Audiology Specialist II

Kaiser Permanente; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 127,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, CA is seeking an Audiology Specialist to perform diagnostic testing, balance assessments, and hearing aid programming. The role includes interpreting results, planning treatment, and collaborating with physicians, therapists, and patients.

You will provide counseling, fit and maintain hearing devices, educate patients and colleagues, document findings, and contribute to research and quality improvement in a busy specialty clinic.

Qualifications

• Doctorate or Masters in Audiology or related field with required state licensure.
• National Provider Identifier required at hire.
• California Audiologist license (temporary or permanent) required at hire and California license within 12 months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Promotes learning and collaboration across cross-functional/external stakeholders and customers.
• Conducts evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment planning for auditory disorders.
• Maintains accurate diagnostic records and progress notes using appropriate software.
• Performs testing and examination to determine hearing levels and balance assessments.
• Provides patient education and counseling on hearing and balance disorders, and educates professionals.

Skills

Communication

Critical Thinking

Teamwork

Problem Solving

Education

Doctorate degree in Audiology, Speech and Hearing Science, or Communication Disorders

Masters degree in Audiology, Speech and Hearing Science, or Communication Disorders

Tools

Audiology Equipment

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Summary

Performs testing and examination using advanced audiology knowledge to determine a patients hearing level, balance assessment, and/or the site and nature of any damage. Interprets diagnostic audiological results with other diagnostic data to formulate the patients diagnosis, and plans several interrelated auditory disorder treatments to ensure that best practices are followed, and positive care outcomes are achieved. Conducts treatment for patients using advanced knowledge including habilitative, rehabilitative, or conservation programs, custom fitting, programming, and troubleshooting of hearing aids, and counseling individuals with auditory and balance disorders, their families, and other service providers. Maintains records of diagnostic findings and progress made utilizing appropriate software while providing input to other professionals. Independently conducts and evaluates clinical and research procedures as well as improved methods of evaluation of persons with auditory and balance disorders. Provides audiology education for patients and other professionals relating to pre-hearing aid expectations, post-purchase use and care, and hearing and balance disorders.

• Promotes learning in others by proactively providing and/or developing information, resources, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members; builds relationships with cross-functional/external stakeholders and customers. Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; proactively provides actionable feedback to others and to managers. Pursues self-development; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; leads by influencing others through technical explanations and examples and provides options and recommendations. Adopts new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; champions change and helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Facilitates team collaboration to support a business outcome.
• Completes work assignments autonomously and supports business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area and business knowledge to generate creative solutions; encourages team members to adapt to and follow all procedures and policies. Collaborates cross-functionally and/or externally to achieve effective business decisions; provides recommendations and solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate; monitors progress and results. Supports the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; identifies resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines. Identifies, speaks up, and capitalises on improvement opportunities across teams; uses influence to guide others and engages stakeholders to achieve appropriate solutions.
• Conducts treatment for patients by: Utilizing advanced knowledge to conduct or participate in habilitative, rehabilitative, or conservation programs; counseling individuals with auditory disorders, their families and other service providers, independently, regarding the etiology of the disorder, its management, the recommended follow-up and treatment plan as well as providing feedback to others on their counseling; and using advanced knowledge to custom fit and program hearing aids, troubleshoot hearing aid problems, provide in office hearing aid maintenance and repair, perform electroacoustic analysis and Rear Ear measurement to ensure patient benefit.
• Diagnoses and monitors patients by: Coordinating diagnostic audiological results with other diagnostic data, such as educational, medical, social, and behavioral information, and/or providing guidance to other professionals as needed; independently interpreting and providing guidance to other professionals on the process of interpreting the results of all auditory diagnostic data in order to reach a diagnosis; and independently monitoring changes and providing guidance to other professionals in relevant audiometric and other diagnostic data to determine changes over time and progress through treatment.
• Provides audiology education for patients and other professionals by: Preparing, coordinating, and presenting patient educational classes, independently, relating to pre-hearing aid expectations, post-purchase use and care, and hearing and balance disorders, and planning, developing, conducting, and/or participating in seminars/workshops to teach audiology to professional staff and train them to conduct routine audiometry.
• Maintains records by: Independently recording diagnostic findings and progress made utilizing appropriate software as well as providing input on records and processes to other professionals; and completing required visit documentation, reporting results, billing, and service capture and/or providing guidance to other professionals as needed.
• Conducts and evaluates research by: Developing clinical and research procedures, independently, as well as improved methods of evaluation of persons with auditory and balance disorders; using advanced knowledge to postoperatively conduct studies to determine hearing improvement achieved through surgery; and reporting results of research and evaluation using independent judgement and/or providing guidance to other professionals.
• Performs testing and examination by: Applying advanced audiology knowledge to physically and otoscopically examine the outer structure of the ear and its organic or inorganic nature, and administering acoustic and electro-acoustic tests, to determine a patients hearing level, balance assessment, and/or the site and nature of any damage.
• Plans treatments for patients by: Utilizing advanced knowledge to anticipate and predict potential benefits of several interrelated auditory disorder treatments, such as hearing aids or special training; developing and coordinating plans for habilitative and rehabilitative programs including counseling, guidance, auditory training, and hearing conservation, as well as medical referrals as needed through the application of advanced audiology knowledge; and coordinating with other professionals such as audiologists, surgeons, physical therapists, provider staff, and oncologists in order to ensure that best practices are followed and positive care outcomes are achieved and/or providing guidance to other professionals.

Job Summary

Performs testing and examination using advanced audiology knowledge to determine a patients hearing level, balance assessment, and/or the site and nature of any damage. Interprets diagnostic audiological results with other diagnostic data to formulate the patients diagnosis, and plans several interrelated auditory disorder treatments to ensure that best practices are followed, and positive care outcomes are achieved. Conducts treatment for patients using advanced knowledge including habilitative, rehabilitative, or conservation programs, custom fitting, programming, and troubleshooting of hearing aids, and counseling individuals with auditory and balance disorders, their families, and other service providers. Maintains records of diagnostic findings and progress made utilizing appropriate software while providing input to other professionals. Independently conducts and evaluates clinical and research procedures as well as improved methods of evaluation of persons with auditory and balance disorders. Provides audiology education for patients and other professionals relating to pre-hearing aid expectations, post-purchase use and care, and hearing and balance disorders.

Essential Responsibilities

• Promotes learning in others by proactively providing and/or developing information, resources, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members; builds relationships with cross-functional/external stakeholders and customers. Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; proactively provides actionable feedback to others and to managers. Pursues self-development; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; leads by influencing others through technical explanations and examples and provides options and recommendations. Adopts new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; champions change and helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Facilitates team collaboration to support a business outcome.
• Completes work assignments autonomously and supports business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area and business knowledge to generate creative solutions; encourages team members to adapt to and follow all procedures and policies. Collaborates cross-functionally and/or externally to achieve effective business decisions; provides recommendations and solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate; monitors progress and results. Supports the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; identifies resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines. Identifies, speaks up, and capitalises on improvement opportunities across teams; uses influence to guide others and engages stakeholders to achieve appropriate solutions.
• Conducts treatment for patients by: Utilizing advanced knowledge to conduct or participate in habilitative, rehabilitative, or conservation programs; counseling individuals with auditory disorders, their families and other service providers, independently, regarding the etiology of the disorder, its management, the recommended follow-up and treatment plan as well as providing feedback to others on their counseling; and using advanced knowledge to custom fit and program hearing aids, troubleshoot hearing aid problems, provide in office hearing aid maintenance and repair, perform electroacoustic analysis and Rear Ear measurement to ensure patient benefit.
• Diagnoses and monitors patients by: Coordinating diagnostic audiological results with other diagnostic data, such as educational, medical, social, and behavioral information, and/or providing guidance to other professionals as needed; independently interpreting and providing guidance to other professionals on the process of interpreting the results of all auditory diagnostic data in order to reach a diagnosis; and independently monitoring changes and providing guidance to other professionals in relevant audiometric and other diagnostic data to determine changes over time and progress through treatment.
• Provides audiology education for patients and other professionals by: Preparing, coordinating, and presenting patient educational classes, independently, relating to pre-hearing aid expectations, post-purchase use and care, and hearing and balance disorders, and planning, developing, conducting, and/or participating in seminars/workshops to teach audiology to professional staff and train them to conduct routine audiometry.
• Maintains records by: Independently recording diagnostic findings and progress made utilizing appropriate software as well as providing input on records and processes to other professionals; and completing required visit documentation, reporting results, billing, and service capture and/or providing guidance to other professionals as needed.
• Conducts and evaluates research by: Developing clinical and research procedures, independently, as well as improved methods of evaluation of persons with auditory and balance disorders; using advanced knowledge to postoperatively conduct studies to determine hearing improvement achieved through surgery; and reporting results of research and evaluation using independent judgement and/or providing guidance to other professionals.
• Performs testing and examination by: Applying advanced audiology knowledge to physically and otoscopically examine the outer structure of the ear and its organic or inorganic nature, and administering acoustic and electro-acoustic tests, to determine a patients hearing level, balance assessment, and/or the site and nature of any damage.
• Plans treatments for patients by: Utilizing advanced knowledge to anticipate and predict potential benefits of several interrelated auditory disorder treatments, such as hearing aids or special training; developing and coordinating plans for habilitative and rehabilitative programs including counseling, guidance, auditory training, and hearing conservation, as well as medical referrals as needed through the application of advanced audiology knowledge; and coordinating with other professionals such as audiologists, surgeons, physical therapists, provider staff, and oncologists in order to ensure that best practices are followed and positive care outcomes are achieved and/or providing guidance to other professionals.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Core)

• Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management
• Attention to Detail
• Business Knowledge
• Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Cross-Group Collaboration
• Decision Making
• Dependability
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support
• Drives Results
• Facilitation Skills
• Health Care Industry
• Influencing Others
• Integrity
• Learning Agility
• Organizational Savvy
• Problem Solving
• Short- and Long-term Learning & Recall
• Teamwork
• Topic-Specific Communication

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Functional)

• Acts with Compassion
• Audiology Equipment
• Clinical Audiology
• Confidentiality
• Coordination
• Health Care Policy
• Health Care Quality Standards
• Health Information Systems
• Interpersonal Skills
• Literature Searches
• Maintain Files and Records
• Medical Terminology
• Microsoft Office
• Negotiation
• Operational Policy
• Patient Safety
• Presentation Skills
• Quality Assurance and Effectiveness
• Relationship Building
• Service Focus
• Time Management

Minimum Qualifications

• Doctorate degree in Audiology, Speech and Hearing Science, Communication Disorders AND minimum two (2) years of experience in audiology or a directly related field OR Masters degree in Audiology, Speech and Hearing Science, Communication Disorders AND minimum four (4) years of experience in audiology or a directly related field.
• National Provider Identifier required at hire
• Basic Life Support required at hire
• Temporary Audiologist License (California) required at hire OR Audiologist License (California) required at hire
• Audiologist License (California) within 12 months of hire

Preferred Qualifications

• Valid Dispensing Audiologist License in state of primary practice.

Primary Location:

California,Oakland,Oakland Specialty Medical Office Bldg.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Shift:

Day

Workdays:

Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri

Working Hours Start:

07:00 AM

Working Hours End:

06:00 PM

Job Schedule:

Full-time

Job Type:

Standard

Worker Location:

Onsite

Employee Status:

Regular

Employee Group/Union Affiliation:

NUE-NCAL-09|NUE|Non Union Employee

Job Level:

Individual Contributor

Department:

Oakland Hospital - Head and Neck-Audiology - 0206

Pay Range:

$126700 - $163900 / year

Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data, internal alignment, and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location.

Travel:

Yes, 20 % of the Time

Work Setting:

Onsite

Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy.

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.