• Job Description

  Req#: C9298-HAN-141?language=en&page=101&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Expected Shortlisting Date

  02/04/2026

  Planned Interview Date

  15/04/2026

  The Hearing and Balance Service at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is looking for an enthusiastic Audiologist to join our Adult Rehabilitation and Diagnostics team. This is an exciting opportunity to begin or develop your career within one of the UKs largest teaching hospital trusts, working in a supportive and forward-thinking service committed to delivering outstanding patient care in line with the values of the Leeds Way.

  Based in our newly developed department at Seacroft Hospital, just outside Leeds city centre, the Hearing and Balance Service offers modern facilities and provides a comprehensive range of audiology services across multiple sites for patients of all ages. Our service includes adult diagnostics and rehabilitation, implantable hearing devices and vestibular assessment clinics.

  You will hold a BSc in Audiology, BSc Healthcare Science (Audiology) or equivalent, and be registered, or in the process of registering, with Health and Care Professions Council, Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists or Academy for Healthcare Science.

  We offer a welcoming and inclusive team culture where staff contributions are valued and encouraged. With the breadth of services we provide, there are excellent opportunities for training, career development and progression into specialist areas, including support through the Higher Training Scheme.

  Main duties of the job

  As a Band 5 Audiologist within the Hearing and Balance Service at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, you will be part of the Adult Rehabilitation and Diagnostics team delivering high-quality audiology care to adult patients. Working alongside experienced Audiologists, Associate Practitioners and administrative staff, you will contribute to a busy clinical service supporting patients with hearing difficulties.

  Your role will include undertaking a range of adult audiology assessments, providing hearing aid fittings and follow-up care, and supporting patients through their hearing rehabilitation journey. You will manage your own clinical caseload while working collaboratively within the wider multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, effective and patient-centred care.

  The service operates across ten sites, with the main base at Seacroft Hospital. This provides a varied and engaging working week, with opportunities to work in a range of clinic environments as well as supporting domiciliary services for patients who are unable to attend clinic appointments.

  You will be supported by senior clinicians and have opportunities to contribute to service development, training and quality improvement initiatives while developing a broad range of clinical skills within a large and innovative NHS audiology service.

  About us

  The Hearing and Balance Service at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is a large, friendly and forward-thinking team delivering high-quality audiology care to patients across Leeds. Based primarily at Seacroft Hospital, the service provides a comprehensive range of diagnostic, rehabilitation, vestibular and implantable hearing device services.

  Our Hearing and Balance team is made up of dedicated and hard-working staff who consistently go above and beyond to improve patient experience and sustain high-quality services. We pride ourselves on having a supportive and inclusive culture where colleagues work collaboratively and staff contributions are valued.

  There are excellent opportunities to develop your skills, including access to a proactive Healthcare Science forum within the Trust and across the wider integrated care system, as well as leadership development opportunities for Healthcare Scientists.

  Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

  Details

  Date posted

  18 March 2026

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 5

  Salary

  £32,073 to £39,043 a year

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  C9298-HAN-141

  Job locations

  St. James's University Hospital

  Beckett Street

  Leeds

  LS9 7TF

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  This Band 5 Audiologist role offers a varied and rewarding clinical experience within the Hearing & Balance Service at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. You will work closely with Team Leaders, contributing to day-to-day service delivery while developing specialist skills in sub-specialist areas of audiology. The role combines routine and non-routine tasks, providing a dynamic and engaging working week across multiple clinical sites, including community clinics (Ear, Nose and Throat and Adult Hearing Aid Aftercare) and domiciliary visits.

  You will manage your own clinical caseload, provide hearing assessments, hearing aid fittings, hearing aid repair and maintenance and rehabilitation, and give support to junior staff and trainees. You will develop sub-specialist skills, such as basic tinnitus advice, and contribute to service improvement projects. You will be required to participate in training and education programmes, including trust mandatory training, all within a supportive, collaborative team culture.

  The role requires proficiency with audiology systems such as Practice Navigator or Auditbase, experience using hearing aid software, audiometry, tympanometry, and Real Ear Measurement equipment, and competence in standard IT systems such as Word, PowerPoint and Excel. You will work effectively both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team, following policies and procedures relevant to your specialist area, department, and the Trust, and embodying the Leeds Way values and behaviours.

  You will contribute to aspects of service management, including performance monitoring, health and safety, stock control, monitoring and ordering processes, and ensuring patient safety and safeguarding standards are maintained. You will act as a positive role model for junior staff while gaining exposure to service workflows and departmental projects. You will support continuous service improvement through the audit cycle and play an active role in monthly team and staff meetings.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  This Band 5 Audiologist role offers a varied and rewarding clinical experience within the Hearing & Balance Service at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. You will work closely with Team Leaders, contributing to day-to-day service delivery while developing specialist skills in sub-specialist areas of audiology. The role combines routine and non-routine tasks, providing a dynamic and engaging working week across multiple clinical sites, including community clinics (Ear, Nose and Throat and Adult Hearing Aid Aftercare) and domiciliary visits.

  You will manage your own clinical caseload, provide hearing assessments, hearing aid fittings, hearing aid repair and maintenance and rehabilitation, and give support to junior staff and trainees. You will develop sub-specialist skills, such as basic tinnitus advice, and contribute to service improvement projects. You will be required to participate in training and education programmes, including trust mandatory training, all within a supportive, collaborative team culture.

  The role requires proficiency with audiology systems such as Practice Navigator or Auditbase, experience using hearing aid software, audiometry, tympanometry, and Real Ear Measurement equipment, and competence in standard IT systems such as Word, PowerPoint and Excel. You will work effectively both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team, following policies and procedures relevant to your specialist area, department, and the Trust, and embodying the Leeds Way values and behaviours.

  You will contribute to aspects of service management, including performance monitoring, health and safety, stock control, monitoring and ordering processes, and ensuring patient safety and safeguarding standards are maintained. You will act as a positive role model for junior staff while gaining exposure to service workflows and departmental projects. You will support continuous service improvement through the audit cycle and play an active role in monthly team and staff meetings.

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working within a clinical setting e.g. during the degree programme
  • Evidence of modern practice

  Desirable

  • Supervision of juniors and support staff
  • Micro-budgetary administration

  Additional Requirements

  Essential

  • Working independently and within a team
  • Working under pressure
  • Communication with the team and wider organisation

  Skills & behaviours

  Essential

  • Good communication skills in general and those additional skills associated with communicating with the deaf and hard of hearing
  • Competence in performing hearing assessment, hearing aid fitting, counselling and rehabilitation skills
  • Good personal time management
  • Ability to work and contribute to team goals
  • Problem solving skills
  • Ability to accommodate and respond to 'change'

  Desirable

  • Basic knowledge of specialist clinical areas (i.e. tinnitus and implantable devices)

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • BSc Hons - Audiology from an accredited University or Equivalent
  • Be registered with an appropriate registration body or eligible for registration

  Desirable

  • Evidence of learning from other professionally appropriate sources, supervisory experience

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working within a clinical setting e.g. during the degree programme
  • Evidence of modern practice

  Desirable

  • Supervision of juniors and support staff
  • Micro-budgetary administration

  Additional Requirements

  Essential

  • Working independently and within a team
  • Working under pressure
  • Communication with the team and wider organisation

  Skills & behaviours

  Essential

  • Good communication skills in general and those additional skills associated with communicating with the deaf and hard of hearing
  • Competence in performing hearing assessment, hearing aid fitting, counselling and rehabilitation skills
  • Good personal time management
  • Ability to work and contribute to team goals
  • Problem solving skills
  • Ability to accommodate and respond to 'change'

  Desirable

  • Basic knowledge of specialist clinical areas (i.e. tinnitus and implantable devices)

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • BSc Hons - Audiology from an accredited University or Equivalent
  • Be registered with an appropriate registration body or eligible for registration

  Desirable

  • Evidence of learning from other professionally appropriate sources, supervisory experience

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Leeds Teaching Hospitals

  Address

  St. James's University Hospital

  Beckett Street

  Leeds

  LS9 7TF

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Leeds Teaching Hospitals

  Address

  St. James's University Hospital

  Beckett Street

  Leeds

  LS9 7TF

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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