Audiology & Speech Tech: Patient Care & Testing

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Columbia VA Health Care System is seeking an Audiology Technician to support audiology and speech pathology services across the medical center and CBOCs.

You will assist licensed professionals and help with patient care and testing procedures. Responsibilities include patient triage, setup for procedures, cerumen management, ear impressions, hearing aid maintenance, and basic screening tasks.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship required; non-citizens per VA policy.
• One year progressive experience or two academic years above high school with related courses.
• HTA - HTSLP or HTASLP must be proficient in English.

Responsibilities

• Greeting and escorting patients throughout facility.
• Triaging patients to an audiologist based on procedure complexity.
• Prepare patients for vestibular, neurodiagnostic, or swallowing evaluations.
• Conduct hearing pass/fail screenings without interpretation.
• Non-diagnostic oto-scopy and cerumen management.
• Take earmold impressions and hearing aid maintenance.
• Listening checks and electroacoustic analysis of devices.
• Programming stored settings and Bluetooth pairing for aids.
• Work Monday to Friday 7:30am-4:00pm; telework not available.

Skills

Mentor HTASLPs

Prepare patients for advanced testing

Identify dysphagia risk factors

Linguistic parameter knowledge

Program development for audiology/SLP

Experience with evoked potentials

Education

Two academic years above high school with related courses or associate/bachelor degree

Job description

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Columbia VA Health Care System is seeking an Audiology Technician to support audiology and speech pathology services across the medical center and CBOCs.

You will assist licensed professionals and help with patient care and testing procedures. Responsibilities include patient triage, setup for procedures, cerumen management, ear impressions, hearing aid maintenance, and basic screening tasks.