Principal Audiologist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 20/08/2026
- Closes
- 02/09/2026
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Role summary
The Principal Audiologist will provide highly specialist assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and advice to adult patients with complex audiological needs. This role involves autonomous working, including lone working at community locations, and requires the ability to supervise and train junior staff. The post holder will also contribute to service development and ensure clinical and professional standards are maintained.
Essential criteria
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Desirable criteria
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- General Requirements
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Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
Provide highly specialist assessment, diagnosis, treatment and advice to patients and their carers. The specialist area is adult audiological assessment and management, many having complex disabilities and/or presentations. This includes activities which are complex and non-routine
The Audiologist performs work involving specific areas of responsibility. They work autonomously without direct supervision and at times lone working at a variety of community locations.
They are able to provide supervision, training and support to staff in junior positions.
They are expected to ensure that clinical and professional standards are maintained at all times and be expected to provide evidence of CPD.
They are expected to work with managers to develop the service in line with patient need and trust wide developments and to help provide an equitable service across the trust.
Main duties of the job
For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most.
About us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provi
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