Audiology Pay Rates - Audiologist Rates of Pay
Okay so the bare truth will be something along the lines of: “So what are your skills and time worth?”
Then again, can a price tag be hung around health and medical services to fellow beings? And what about the daily personal reward you receive from making changes to and improving quality of life? I’ll leave this to you to decide, my experience is Audiology is a very grateful and rewarding job.
Permanent Audiology Jobs
This really depends upon your qualification, amount of experience and the band / pay point on which you are appointed. The most up to date table with figures I could find is available to download from the following link: Audiology Pay Rates
Permanent Audiology Pay Rates starts at £12,182 up to £90,607 and should you live in High Cost Area there are additional payments from £867 up to £5,779 to be received.
Locum Audiology Jobs
The same rules applies; your rate of pay will depend upon your qualification and especially on the amount of experience you have to date. The Purchasing and Supply Agency of the NHS aka PASA has some set amounts they specified. Depending upon the qualification/experience level of the position the rate will vary. Apart from qualification/experience levels these rates are also influenced depending upon if you are working as a paid employee of the agency or working as a contractor.
To keep it simple and rather than referring to MTO1/2/3/4 and Spine Point or Band let us keep to:
Locum Audiologist and Senior Locum Audiologist. (This can really be referred to MTO2 and MTO3 OR Band5 and Band6/7 Audiologists). It is rare to never that there is a need for a MTO1/Band4 or MTO4/Band8 and above Locum Audiologist. So,
Locum Audiologist Jobs expect anything from £18.50 / hour up to £23.50 per hour
Senior Locum Audiologist Jobs expect anything from £24 / hour to £29 per hour, however I would say the majority of rates do not exceed £27.50
I hear some agencies promise rates in the low £30s but then again it may just be a lure to attract candidates.
I hope this has put some light on the issue of Rates Paid to Audiologists for both permanent and locum positions.
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