Audiologist

Alameda Health Sytem; San Leandro (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a skilled Audiologist to join their dedicated team. This role involves administering audiological diagnostic studies and conducting rehabilitation programs aimed at improving patients' hearing. You will provide counseling to patients and their families, ensuring they understand the implications of hearing loss and the use of hearing aids. Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team, you will document patient progress and contribute to workshops aimed at enhancing departmental practices. This position offers a fulfilling opportunity to make a significant impact in the lives of individuals with hearing disorders while working in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Audiology required with current California licensure.
• Expertise in audiological diagnostic studies and rehabilitation.

Responsibilities

• Administer routine and special audiological diagnostic studies.
• Conduct aural rehabilitation programs and provide patient counseling.
• Document patient care and progress, ensuring compliance with guidelines.

Skills

Audiological Diagnostic Studies

Aural Rehabilitation

Counseling Skills

Basic Audiologic Tests

Special Audiological Tests

Education

Master's Degree in Audiology

Job description

Audiologist Internal Only

Available to current Alameda Health System employees only

• San Leandro, CA
• Fairmont Hospital
• AUDIOLOGY SERVICES
• Full Time - Day
• Allied Health
• Req #: 41796-30960
• FTE: 1
• Posted: Yesterday

Summary

SUMMARY: Under the direction of the Chief of Speech Pathology and Audiology, to administer routine and special audiological diagnostic studies on patients with hearing disorder; to participate in planning, directing, and conducting programs aimed at hearing problems, hearing conservation, aural rehabilitation and habilitation; and to other related work as required.

DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: NOTE: The following are the duties performed by employees in this classification. However, employees may perform other related duties at an equivalent level. Not all duties listed are necessarily performed by each individual in the classification.

1. Rehabilitative and Habilitative Audiology: carries out Aural Rehabilitation and Habilitative program that includes visual communication instruction (lip reading instruction, etc.), hearing aid orientation and auditory training, speech correction and speech conservation, counseling of hearing-handicapped patients, their families, and in the case of children, their teachers.
2. Diagnostic Audiology:
   a. Basic Audiologic Tests: administers and interprets basic audiological tests such as pure tones, (including air and bone conduction) and speech-hearing tests (including speech reception threshold and speech-sound discrimination).
   b. Special Audiological Tests: administers and interprets special audiological procedures such as impedance audiometry, Bekesy audiometry, Reflex Decay, Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR), PI-PB (non-organic) hearing disorders.
3. Hearing Aid Evaluation:
   a. Unaided: Administers audiological speech, hearing and warble tone tests in a sound field to determine patient’s need for a hearing aid.
   b. Aided: Performs electroacoustic analysis of hearing aids and administers audiologic speech, hearing and warble tone tests to determine the amount of help a patient might expect from a hearing aid. May also administer a lip reading test to determine amount of visual dependence the patient uses in communicating with others.
   c. Provides loaner hearing aids to patients when indicated.
4. Counseling: Counsels patients and relatives regarding problems resulting from hearing impairment, expectations from amplification, and hearing aid orientation; counsels department and other Fairmont hospital personnel on the management of hearing-handicapped patients, including the care of the patient’s hearing aid; acts as a consultant in audiology to the community.
5. Documentation: Writes formal evaluation reports; keeps records regarding the patient’s care and progress; attends inter-disciplinary staff conferences to discuss the problems and progress of various patients; participates in staff meetings for planning total patient care.
6. Monitoring: Performs hearing tests on patients who are to be administered potentially toxic drugs; carries out hearing monitoring programs for such patients.
7. Workshops: Conducts workshops to instruct personnel in the proper use of equipment within the department; ensures that all electroacoustic equipment is up-to-date, properly maintained and calibrated quarterly; keeps accurate maintenance records.
8. Reimbursement: Ensures audiological services provided are reimbursable and within guidelines.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Possession of a Master's Degree in Audiology from a school approved by the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association (ASLAHA).

Required Licenses/Certifications: Current Licensure with the California Speech Language Pathology and Audiology Board. Possession of a Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology (CCC-A) from the American Speech, Language, Hearing Association. Audiologists must have both a state license and their certificate of clinical competence from ASHA.