Senior Specialist Paediatric Audiological Scientist

Job summary

The Hearing Implant Centre at Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a Paediatric Audiological Scientist to join its team.

This is a fixed term secondment cover, either full or part time for 12 months.

The Hearing Implant Centre is based at the St Thomas' Hospital site, situated across the river Thames from the Houses of Parliament.

This post involves providing specialist audiological care at the Hearing Implant Centre for paediatric cases.

Working autonomously within the Hearing Implant Centre, the post holder will be responsible for the highly specialist audiological assessment and rehabilitative management of children referred for Cochlear Implants (CI), Bone Conduction Implants (BCI), Middle Ear Implants (MEI), and Auditory Brainstem Implants (ABI).

The post holder will work closely with other Audiological Scientists, Speech and Language Therapists, Teachers of the Deaf, Clinical Psychologists, and ENT Consultants within the hearing implant centre team to devise specific management plans to ensure that optimal post-surgical hearing outcomes are achieved. This includes highly specialist counselling of patients and their families, complex audiological assessment and fitting of complex speech processors using various programming strategies.

The successful candidate will be involved in the assessment, activation and ongoing programming of implants, outcome measures, and provision of ongoing support to children referred to the Hearing Implant Centre for Cochlear Implants, Middle Ear Implants and Bone Conduction Implants, and Auditory Brainstem Implants. Additional training to supplement knowledge will be provided; although experience within the field of implantable devices is desirable.

Candidates should have an MSc in Audiology or a related subject, have completed STP/CAC clinical competency exams or possess an equivalent level of training and experience from an accredited training centre and be registered to practice as a Clinical Scientist (Audiology) with the HCPC or an Audiologist with the RCCP.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation. We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research.

We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.

• Date posted: 27 February 2026
• Pay scheme:
  Agenda for change
• Band:
  Band 7
• Salary: £56,276 to £63,176 a year p.a. inclusive of HCA
• Contract:
  
  Fixed term
• Duration: 12 months
• Working pattern:
  Full-time, Part-time, Job share
• Reference number: 196-LIS
  10321E
• Job locations:
  Hearing Implant Centre, St Thomas' Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 9RT

Experience Essential

• Significant post graduate experience of paediatric audiology
• Experience of undertaking audit and involvement in service development/ quality assurance
• Experience of undertaking research

Desirable

• Assessment and management of CI
• Assessment and management of BCI/MEI

Knowledge/Qualifications Essential

• MSc in Audiology
• Registration with Health and Care Professions Council or RCCP

Desirable

• Advanced courses in Audiology and Hearing Implants
• Membership of Professional societies, e.g, BCIG, BAA, BSA

Skills Essential

• Presentation…