Position Overview:
Diagnostic audiologists provide clinical audiology services to adults who are seeking evaluation due to a suspected auditory disorder. Diagnostic Audiologists work closely with a team of clinical audiologists and speech language pathologists to provide interdisciplinary hearing healthcare to the aforementioned patients.
Principle Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide:
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Routine diagnostic audiology procedures
- Physiologic assessment of auditory function
- Hearing screening
- Educational audiology services and consultation
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- Contribute to regularly scheduled clinical staffings
- Protect patients’ privacy and well-being in accordance with HIPAA and FERPA guidelines
- Completes patient visit notes within a timely fashion consistent with Hearts for Hearing policies and procedures
- Completes billing in a timely fashion using accepted coding and billing practices endorsed by Hearts for Hearing
- Ensures patient services comply with internal policies, clinical protocols, and are HIPAA compliant.
- Maintains program ideals and standards, quality assurance and safety*
- Works with other members of the audiology team to assure successful communication and coordination between all programs and participate in strategic planning
- Maintains state licensure to practice audiology and meets state CEU requirements
- Performs other duties as needed or required
Qualifications & Skills:
This position requires an AuD with ongoing training, mentoring, and management.
- Excellent clinical skills and a passion to optimize listening and spoken language abilities of children and adults with hearing loss
- Solves problems with effective decisions and makes decisions in a timely manner
- Listens well and demonstrates excellent communication
- Uses problem-solving skills to implement creative solutions when challenges arise
- Deals effectively with change and can function without knowing all the answers
- Learns quickly when confronting new challenges
- Relates well to individuals inside and out of the organization
- Responds to feedback and incorporates feedback productively
- Demonstrates self-awareness to behavioral tendencies and patterns
- Ability to travel for conferences, training in satellite locations or other actions as requested by the Director of Pediatric Audiology
- Deals with confidential information and/or issues using discretion and judgment
BENEFITS:
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Opportunities for professional development and continuing education.
- A supportive and collaborative work environment.