Dispensing Audiologist - Vancouver

Kaiser Permanente; Vancouver (WA); On-site; USD 49,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Washington/Vancouver is seeking an Audiologist to provide hearing aid dispensing, evaluation, and related audiologic services in a Mill Plain area clinic.

The role includes patient counseling, device programming, and clinic management within an onsite specialty care department. Licensure and CFY completion are required, with opportunity for professional development and team collaboration.

Qualifications

• Masters degree in communication disorders/audiology and completion of a CFY with a passing score on National examinations in Audiology administered by Educational Testing Services.
• Audiologist License (Oregon) and National Provider Identifier required at hire.
• Meeting licensure requirements for continuing education.
• Previous experience fitting/dispersing hearing aids preferred.

Responsibilities

• HEARING AID DISPENSING AND MAINTENANCE: Evaluation and custom fitting patients with amplification and programming.
• HEARING AID EVALUATION AND COUNSELING: Determine candidacy for amplification and discuss types, styles, and costs.
• AUDIOLOGIC EVALUATIONS: Include audiometric testing and impedance measurement; provide patient information.
• CLINIC MANAGEMENT: Oversight of dispensing services, protocols, and customer service standards.
• DOCUMENTATION: Record test results and modify charts; complete programming sheets.
• INVENTORY MANAGEMENT/RECORD KEEPING: Manage supplies and track hearing aid sales and costs.
• PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT: Develops new programs and shares updates with staff.

Skills

Hearing aid dispensing

Counseling patients

Clinical audiology

Education

Masters degree in communication disorders/audiology

Job description

Job Summary

Provide state-of-the-art hearing aids to our members without a hearing aid benefit. This is a fee-for-service offering for our members.

• HEARING AID DISPENSING AND MAINTENANCE. Evaluation and custom fitting patients with amplification. Programming and designing the hearing aid response to match the individual hearing loss. Adjusting and modifying the amplification characteristics as patients acquire experience with amplification and/or developing changing needs. Provide patients with ongoing counseling and hearing aid checks to determine the aide effectiveness. REM as a objective measure of the aids effectiveness. Earmold impressions. Hearing Aid Repairs including replacing battery doors, tubing, and small patching of holes. Grind, buff, and polish the hearing aid to modify it. Fill out repair forms, review hearing aid history and warranty information.
• HEARING AID EVALUATION AND COUNSELING. Determine clinical candidacy for amplification utilizing objective measurements, evaluation of the patients level of motivation and level of acceptance for their hearing problem. By in-depth discussion, provide precise hearing aid information re: types, styles, and costs. Outline the significant and varied technologies in a manner that can be understood by the consumer.
• AUDIOLOGIC EVALUATIONS. Includes audiometric testing, impedance measurement. Determine status of patients hearing abilities, provides information for both physician and patient. CLINIC MANAGEMENT. Responsible for clinical and administrative oversight of dispensing services at the HAC. Helps to determine job duties for reception staff. Management of clinical protocols, product selections, and customer service protocols. Monitors quality assurance issues relating to the practice of audiology and dispensing including compliance with audiology and dispensing laws and ethical codes, ensuring high quality professional standards. DOCUMENTATION. Record test results in charts. Document in chart modifications and adjustments for each hearing aid encounter. Complete programming sheets, delineating the characteristics of the hearing aids response.
• INVENTORY MANAGEMENT/RECORD KEEPING. Determine the needs for the supply of hearing aids and related materials used in the fitting process. Review invoices for accuracy and log on monthly expense sheet, confirm cost of goods sold for each member. Record hearing aid sales, types, and styles sold on monthly tally sheets. PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT. Develops new programs and policies for hearing aid dispensing services. Provides new technology updates and shares information for improving hearing aid fitting skills to staff audiologists and physicians. Journal and research article reading and review of related professional reports.

Job Summary

Provide state-of-the-art hearing aids to our members without a hearing aid benefit. This is a fee-for-service offering for our members.

Essential Responsibilities

• HEARING AID DISPENSING AND MAINTENANCE. Evaluation and custom fitting patients with amplification. Programming and designing the hearing aid response to match the individual hearing loss. Adjusting and modifying the amplification characteristics as patients acquire experience with amplification and/or developing changing needs. Provide patients with ongoing counseling and hearing aid checks to determine the aide effectiveness. REM as a objective measure of the aids effectiveness. Earmold impressions. Hearing Aid Repairs including replacing battery doors, tubing, and small patching of holes. Grind, buff, and polish the hearing aid to modify it. Fill out repair forms, review hearing aid history and warranty information.
• HEARING AID EVALUATION AND COUNSELING. Determine clinical candidacy for amplification utilizing objective measurements, evaluation of the patients level of motivation and level of acceptance for their hearing problem. By in-depth discussion, provide precise hearing aid information re: types, styles, and costs. Outline the significant and varied technologies in a manner that can be understood by the consumer.
• AUDIOLOGIC EVALUATIONS. Includes audiometric testing, impedance measurement. Determine status of patients hearing abilities, provides information for both physician and patient. CLINIC MANAGEMENT. Responsible for clinical and administrative oversight of dispensing services at the HAC. Helps to determine job duties for reception staff. Management of clinical protocols, product selections, and customer service protocols. Monitors quality assurance issues relating to the practice of audiology and dispensing including compliance with audiology and dispensing laws and ethical codes, ensuring high quality professional standards. DOCUMENTATION. Record test results in charts. Document in chart modifications and adjustments for each hearing aid encounter. Complete programming sheets, delineating the characteristics of the hearing aids response.
• INVENTORY MANAGEMENT/RECORD KEEPING. Determine the needs for the supply of hearing aids and related materials used in the fitting process. Review invoices for accuracy and log on monthly expense sheet, confirm cost of goods sold for each member. Record hearing aid sales, types, and styles sold on monthly tally sheets. PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT. Develops new programs and policies for hearing aid dispensing services. Provides new technology updates and shares information for improving hearing aid fitting skills to staff audiologists and physicians. Journal and research article reading and review of related professional reports.

Experience

Basic Qualifications:

• N/A

Education

• Masters degree in communication disorders/audiology and completion of a CFY with a passing score on National examinations in Audiology administered by Educational Testing Services.

License, Certification, Registration

• Audiologist License (Oregon)
• National Provider Identifier required at hire

Additional Requirements

• Meeting licensure requirements for continuing education.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience fitting/dispersing hearing aids preferred.

Primary Location:

Washington,Vancouver,Mill Plain One Specialty Care

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Shift:

Day

Workdays:

Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri

Working Hours Start:

08:30 AM

Working Hours End:

05:00 PM

Job Schedule:

Full-time

Job Type:

Standard

Worker Location:

Onsite

Employee Status:

Regular

Employee Group/Union Affiliation:

W05|AFT|Local 5017

Job Level:

Individual Contributor

Department:

Mill Plain I Specialty Care - Head and Neck-Audiology - 1008

Pay Range:

$49.01 - $74.17 / year

Travel:

Yes, 10 % 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.