Assistant Audiology Practitioner

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

The closing date is 11 March 2026

UHNM is currently unable to provide sponsorship for this role. This is in accordance with UKVI guidelines and legislation, as these roles do not meet the skill nor salary threshold for sponsorship. If you hold a graduate visa, you are welcome to apply for this role; however, UHNM will be unable to offer sponsorship at the end of your graduate visa.

You must also have at least six months until your graduate visa expires at the start of your employment for training and operational reasons.

Based in the Hearing and Balance Centre at Royal Stoke, this exciting opportunity involves supporting the clinical team to deliver a wide range of sub‑specialty services, including routine, complex adult and paediatric audiology, vestibular assessment and rehabilitation, and hearing therapy. The post holder will be responsible for implementing infection prevention measures, assisting with stock control, and assisting with the administration of clinical procedures.

• Perform routine hearing aid repairs to adult and paediatric audiology patients
• Meet and greet patients and families and escort them to the clinic room
• Under supervision, assist in paediatric audiological assessment and rehabilitation by actively engaging with children to support successful outcomes
• Assist the Audiologist with rehabilitation of patients with hearing loss, including sign posting, advice, providing hearing aid information and accessories, and following individual patient care plans
• Process messages from audiologists' direct phone line/email from internal and external health professionals and parents/guardians of paediatric patients
• Assist with equipment set‑up, room preparation, and daily calibration of equipment
• In conjunction with the audiologists, be responsible for infection control within department protocols
• Assist with invoices, stock control, and audit of stock
• Provide support to the Assistant Audiologists with the maintenance of an organised, clean stock room
• Be responsible for processing, dispatch, registration, and filing of departmental ear moulds using appropriate recording mechanisms as implemented by the Head of Service and/or Audiologist
• Under the supervision of the Assistant Audiologist, arrange external repair/replacement of faulty hearing aids
• Assist in maintenance of other departmental data recording systems, databases, and filing systems
• Process returned patient questionnaires and liaise with the clinical team and admin team to arrange appointments where appropriate
• Actively participate in clinical audit at local, regional or national levels
• Assist the audiologist with preparation of domiciliary visits and accompany on domiciliary visits, assisting with necessary clinical procedures in the domiciliary environment
• Attend departmental staff meetings and training events as required by the Head of Service
• Other duties as may be discussed and agreed with the line manager and in keeping with the General Description, but excluding diagnostic audiometry and rehabilitative procedures

The Audiology Team will support your learning throughout this period and provide you with the necessary training to perform basic clinical procedures, hearing aid repairs and advice to patients, in addition to promoting deaf awareness throughout the trust and wider community. It is hoped that the successful candidate will be motivated to continue with further training in the form of an Audiologist Apprenticeship.

Ideally, the successful candidate will have experience of excellent customer services and a passion for patient‑centred care.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we serve around three million people and are highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

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