Urgent Search Head of Adult Hearing

Head of Adult Hearing

The closing date is 16 October 2025

Cambridge University Biomedical Campus (Addenbrooke's Hospital) has an upcoming vacancy for the head of our adult hearing service. For the right individual this is an exciting opportunity for your next career move.

We need an able and experienced audiologist or clinical scientist to develop this service to maintain CUH Audiology as a flagship service. You will be organised and efficient and have a track record of service developments and promoting service oriented‑research. You will have extensive clinical experience with good knowledge of the underlying evidence. You will be experienced in promoting good practice within your service and beyond.

In this role, you will be responsible for the clinical outcomes of the adult hearing team and for demonstrating quality and driving service efficiencies.

In addition to leading the adult rehabilitation team, this post requires you to act as deputy for the Head of Service across the wider Audiology team and hence includes significant leadership responsibility. It is expected that you will already have gained some experience in leading a team and be able to demonstrate the necessary skills and attributes. You will be an able communicator both within your team and with other disciplines and professional groups.

We are in IQIPS accredited tertiary service.

You will have at least a BSc or MSc in Audiology or equivalent and will already have gained experience in a clinical setting. RCCP/HPC registration is expected.

Main duties of the job

- Lead all aspects of the adult rehabilitative audiology work of the Department and act as Deputy to the Head of Service.

- Provision of a comprehensive adult rehabilitative audiology service within the context of the wider department.

- Responsibility for all operational planning and clinical outcomes within the adult rehabilitative service.

- Policy decision making and strategic leadership of the adult hearing team.

- Responsibility for all aspects of specialist adult hearing services, including:

- Single-sided deafness clinic

- Severe‑profound hearing loss clinic

- Responsible for quality across the adult rehabilitation team and meeting the requirements for IQIPS accreditation programme.

- Provision of advice on equipment and development.

- Work with and deputise for the Head of Service; lead in all aspects of service management for Audiology in consultation with the Head of Service.

- Service‑orientated research and development.

- Promotion of the Audiology service to related professions and across the East of England region.

About us

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1,100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, it is a testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high‑quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:

- applied for a Graduate visa

- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment

- or the Trust has agreed that they will sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start

For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 16th October 2025.

Interviews are due to be held on 11th November 2025.

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on‑site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose‑created colleague‑only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work‑life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part‑time working, job‑share, term‑time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person Specification

Qualifications

- M.Sc. in Audiology or equivalent higher level training

- State registration

- Higher level clinical training eg STP/HTS/STP or equivalent

- Registered Clinical Scientist

Experience

- Extensive previous experience in clinical audiology and expert specialism in adult rehabilitative Audiology underpinned by specialist theoretical knowledge.

- Able to work autonomously with proven clinical ability in all routine aspects of adult rehabilitation and expertise also in:

- Specialist test of hearing function

- Hearing aid provision in patients with complex needs

- Specialised skills in hearing rehabilitation in adults including highly complex cases

- Significant experience in clinical leadership and experience in line management

- Research experience

- Experience in budget management

Skills

- Able to plan and prioritise own administrative workload and complex workload of the adult rehabilitative Audiology service.

- Able to supervise and take responsibility for the work of other clinical scientists and technical staff when they are performing work under the postholder's direction, including CAC and BSc Trainees.

- Ability to make policy decisions for future service provision within the department and take responsibility for implementation.

- Have awareness of financial issues relating to departmental budget.

- Able to act as HoD when necessary.

- To be able to communicate effectively:

- With all patients, particularly those with significant hearing difficulties

- To explain highly complex information about hearing loss and management options

- With other professionals and staff within Clinic 10(ENT) and Audiology

- With other organisations (volunteers, social services, GPs etc)

- With all members of the team in management role including dealing with complex scenarios such as over work performance.

- With finance and hospital managers.

- In delivering specialist scientific and educational talks within and outside the department.

- Able to deal sensitively with patients with distressing medical conditions or those who are emotionally struggling with the implications of their hearing loss.

- Able to deal with aggressive patients.

- Able to create and maintain databases and spreadsheets, and extract information for internal and external use.

- Able to input clinical data and up‑date computer‑held patient records for every patient attendance.

- Have good keyboard skills for report writing and data analysis.

- Able to spend prolonged periods in front of a VDU.

- Good fine motor skills for aural impression taking, ear mould modification and real ear measurement tests.

- Able to safely and appropriately use delicate audiological equipment.

- Able to safely move patients in wheel chairs.

Additional Requirements

- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.

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.

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