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FOI Request

Disclosure ID
FOI/02129
Request Date
January 10, 2018
Subject
Hearing Service
Description
  1. Do you have an audiological scientist department?
  2. Do you have a technical audiology department?
  3. Do you treat adults?
  4. Do you treat children?
  5. How many attendances did you have in your Hearing Service Department in
    1. 2016/17 (full year)
    2. 2017/18 (year to date – April – November 2017 if possible)
  6. Are the departments managed under one management structure or separate management structures?
  7. Please list all clinical staff within the department by profession and grade (excluding medical staff).
  8. Do you provide the following services (Yes / No):
    1. Tinnitus
    2. Bone conduction implants
    3. Cochlear implants
    4. Electrophysiology
      1. Hearing
      2. Balance
  9. Who leads the above services, for example, Audiologist, Scientist, Manager and specific WTE and grade of service lead.
  10. How many staff do you have in each condition, please specify number and grades.
  11. When you advertise for a job do you differentiate between audiologists and scientists.
Response
  1. No
  2. Yes
  3. Yes
  4. Yes – Diagnostic Only. Otherwise referred to Paediatric Audiology Service &/or Children’s Hearing Service.
  5. Apr 16 to March 17 – 22236Apr 17 to Nov 17 – 13726
  6. One management structure
  7. :-
    Grades of Staff (AfC Band) Profession

    (Audiologist or Audiological Scientist, Other profession, ie Speech & Language Therapists or Hearing Therapist)

    		 Number of staff

    (wte)
    7 Highly Specialist Audiologist 1.67
    6 Specialist Audiologists/ Hearing Therapist 3.57
    5 Audiologist 4.11
    4 Associate Audiologist 1
    3 Assistant Audiologist & Newborn Hearing Screeners 3.57
  8. :-
    1. Yes
    2. Yes
    3. No
      1. Yes
      2. Yes
  9. Highly Specialist Audiologists/Managers – 1.67 WTE
  10. :-
    Service Service Lead

     

    Highly Specialist Audiologists/Managers – 1.67 WTE plus Clinical Leads

     

    		 Number of staff providing care in each service area (wte) by AfC grade
    Professional Group WTE AfC Grade WTE AfC Grade
    Tinnitus Hearing Therapist 0.71 6 0.71 6
    1 5
    Bone conduction implants Specialist Audiologist 1 6 1 6
    3 5
    Cochlear implants N/A N/A N/A
    Electrophysiology – Hearing Highly Specialist Audiologists 1.67 7 1.67 7
    1 6
    Electrophysiology – Balance Specialist Audiologists/ Hearing Therapist 1.6 6 0.95 7
    1.6 6
    Other (please state)
  11. Yes – We advertise for the appropriate band required.
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