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Band 7
Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours
Closes in 3d

Audiology Clinical Lead

East Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustPark Practice, 9 Broadwater Way, Eastbourne, BN22 9PQ, United Kingdom£49,387 - £56,515Closes 01/09/2026

At a glance

Band
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Pattern
Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours
Posted
18/08/2026
Closes
01/09/2026

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Role summary

This is an opportunity for an experienced Clinical Scientist or Audiologist to join the audiology team as a Band 7 Clinical Lead, specialising in adult audiology services. You will deliver high standards of care for adult patients in complex and non-complex pathways and develop leadership skills. The role involves service development, change management, and improving patient lives across East Sussex. You will be part of the senior leadership team, contributing to clinical audit, service evaluation, and implementing evidence-based practice.

Key responsibilities

  • Clinical Leadership
  • Operational Leadership
  • Activity reporting and optimising clinical capacity
  • Risk management and equipment management
  • Rota design and maintenance
  • Audit and service evaluation, action planning and implementation

Essential criteria

  • Registered with HCPC or AHCS
  • MSc or BAAT 1&2 with equivalent MSc level training
  • 3 years post grad clinical experience
  • 3 years post grad experience or equivalent clinical experience
  • expereince working in complex adult audiology
  • delivering audit and action plans
  • delivering service development
  • leading individuals

Desirable criteria

  • Clinical Scientist (Audiology)
  • Leadership training
  • presenting research
  • leading teams
  • vestibular MDT

Useful to know

Band 7 pay context

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

This is an opportunity for an experiencedClinical Scientist or Audiologist to join our audiology team as a Band 7 Clinical Lead, specialising in adult audiology services. You will be someone who is experienced in delivering high standards of care for adult patients in complex and non-complex pathways and keen to develop leadership skills, inspiring the service to provide excellent care. This is a role for someone who enjoys being part of service development and change, improving the lives of our patients across East Sussex.

You will be part of the senior leadership team within the audiology service. Whilst you may not have experience in a leadership role, you will understand the principles of good clinical leadership and operational management and be willing to develop those skills.

You will have experience of delivering clinical audit, service evaluation and the ability to share learning and imbed change. You will have a working knowledge of BSA and BAA guidance and work with the team to imbed evidence based practice within the day to day work. You will also be able to support the lead team to maintain our paediatric UKAS IQIPs registration and achieve UKAS IQIPs accreditation for our adult services.

**This role is base at our Park Practice base in Eastbourne, however we provide services across all of East Sussex, so some cross site travel is requir

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