Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the main Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
NHS Band 2: Salary £25,272 per annum
Hours per Week: 37.5
Contract Type: Permanent
Do you want a career in Audiology? Want to study towards a degree while working and earning money? Then look no further!
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual who would like to apprentice in Audiology. This will allow you to gain a BSc (Hons), tuition fee free, while working and earning a band 2 salary. This is a 4 year program, and once graduated, you are guaranteed a band 5 post within our department. If you have dreamed of gaining a degree this could be perfect for you; you will be earning whilst you are learning, it couldn’t get any better!
As the successful candidate, you will cover the basics of audiology through to the assessment and fitting of hearing aids. You will work towards becoming an autonomous clinician undertaking your own outpatients’ clinics, providing assessment and rehabilitation to patients. You will be studying regularly at university, with some requirement for funded overnight stays, and spend the rest of your time our Audiology department developing your practical skills.
If you are committed to study alongside learning on the job, then this is a fantastic opportunity for someone who has attained their GCSE’s and A Levels or equivalent.
We are a large friendly team that covers all aspects of Audiology including paediatrics, vestibular, and tinnitus, so can offer ongoing career development. This could be the start of a new exciting varied career for you. For further information please contact Emma Godwin, Audiology training lead Emma.Godwin10@nhs.net
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The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is the first NHS trust on the English mainland to provide community, mental health and acute hospital services. We work with health and social care partners in Somerset to ensure that we deliver outstanding services that meet the needs of our population, and this was highlighted at the Health Service Journal Awards 2021, where we were awarded Mental Health Trust of the Year.
Our trust was formed on 1 April 2020 when Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust merged, bringing together innovative and successful teams who have a track record of providing community and mental health services across the whole of Somerset and acute hospital services in the north, west and centre of the county and beyond.
We are privileged to work with over 9,000 colleagues who deliver or support our patient services. From therapists to nurses, doctors, researchers, scientists, porters, cleaners, kitchen staff, accountants, those who teach the next generation of clinicians and the receptionists who welcome our patients, the contribution of all our colleagues is invaluable.
Working together we provide services from the cradle to the grave, including:
• Services delivered in your own home such as Somerset’s Rapid Response service that cares for patients to support them during a period of crisis and avoided over 1,000 patients going to hospital in its first year
• Primary care from three GP practices
• A range of services from 13 community hospital including outpatient and diagnostic services, 190 inpatient beds and seven Minor Injuries Units.
• A range of specialist mental health services
• Specialist healthcare for adults with learning disabilities
• Community dental health services
• Regional, specialist and hospital services from Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton including medical and surgical care, maternity services and cancer treatment services
