Full-Time Outpatient Audiologist

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Under the direction of the Facility Director, the Clinical Coordinator, Audiology, provides clinical and programmatic leadership and supervision to all St. Luke's Outpatient Rehab Audiologists. In addition, the Clinical Coordinator provides diagnostic, rehabilitative services for any individual requiring identification and/or management of auditory impairment.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Conduct comprehensive hearing evaluation to include pure tone air and bone conduction audiometry, speech reception threshold and speech discrimination.

• Provides clinical leadership, supervision, and training to other audiologists.

• Assists the Inpatient Director of Rehabilitation and the Outpatient Program Manager in assuring staff audio logy competencies and polices and procedure are updated and maintained according to regulating agencies.

• Oversees the hospital's infant universal hearing screening program at SLA and SLB campuses, and ensures compliance with all regulations. Provides education to staff and physicians and monitors staff competency process for providing screening.

• Assists in the hospital's efforts to maintain compliant with ADA regulations regarding communications impaired individuals; provides recommendations, writes polices and develops staff competencies to ensure organizational compliance.

• Assists the Inpatient Director of Rehabilitation and the Outpatient Program Manager in development of Process Improvement initiatives to enable continual improvement of audiology services.

• Ensures excellent customer service to audiology clients through modeling behavior and handling customer complaints.

• Conduct tympanometry, acoustic reflex threshold testing, and reflex decay testing.

• Conduct brainstem auditory evoked response (BAER) testing for both the identification of hearing loss, and to rule out retrocochlear pathology.

• Conduct infant hearing screening utilizing the BAER screener and/or otoacoustic emissions.

• Conduct electronystagmography.

• Conduct industrial audiometry to include on site sound level measurement as needed.

• Interpretation of above test results, written and/or oral communication results to patients, family or physician, and other agencies as appropriate.

• Recommendation for further testing, medical follow-up, or rehabilitation (i.e.: amplification) based upon results obtained through above procedures.

• Counsels patient regarding rehabilitation/habilitation options.

• Hearing aid services including comparative evaluation, probe tube assessment, hearing aid delivery, and orientation; follow-up and maintenance.

• Referrals to other services within SLUHN (ex: Speech Pathology) or outside agencies (ex: OVR, special education placement, etc.) as needed and appropriate.

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS:

Sitting for up 7 hours daily, 0-2 consecutive hours. Standing for up to 6 hours daily, 1-2 consecutive hours. Continuously fingering, handling, and twisting in operating audiometric equipment controls and servicing hearing aids. Frequently lifting and carrying up to 10 pounds. Occasional stooping/bending, squatting, crouching, crawling. Frequently reaching to height above shoulders and extending arms forward. Touching as it relates to perceiving abnormal conditions of ear mold or hearing aid. Hearing as it relates to accurately performing speech audiometry, and normal conversation. Seeing as it relates to general vision, near and far vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception. Speaking as it relates to accurately performing speech audiometry, and normal conversation.

EDUCATION:

The Clinical Audiologist must have a Master's degree in audiology from an accredited institution.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

Possession of Certification of Clinical Competence (CCC-A) in audiology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association desired. Clinical Fellowship Year candidates are considered with supervision by audiologist who possesses CCC-A. Pennsylvania license in Audiology. Current CPR certification.

Please complete your application using your full legal name and current home address. Be sure to include employment history for the past seven (7) years, including your present employer. Additionally, you are encouraged to upload a current resume, including all work history, education, and/or certifications and licenses, if applicable. It is highly recommended that you create a profile at the conclusion of submitting your first application. Thank you for your interest in St. Luke's!!

St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.