Full Time Outpatient Audiologist

St. Luke’s University Health Network; Emmaus Junction (PA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke’s University Health Network in Pennsylvania seeks a Clinical Audiologist to perform comprehensive hearing evaluations, tympanometry, BAER testing, and infant hearing screening. The role includes interpretation of results and patient communication.

The position also covers hearing aid services, referrals to other services, and collaboration with Speech Pathology. Requires a Doctoral degree in audiology, PA/NJ license, and BLS/CPR certification.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in audiology from an accredited institution.
• BLS certification from the American Heart Association or equivalent required within 30 days of hire.
• Current PA or NJ Audiologist license required, location dependent.
• ASHA CCC-A certification is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive hearing evaluations including pure tone air/bone conduction, speech, tympanometry and reflex testing.
• Perform BAER testing and infant hearing screening.
• Conduct electronystagmography and industrial audiometry as needed.
• Interpret results and communicate findings to patients, families, and physicians.
• Provide hearing aid services including evaluation, fitting, orientation, and follow-up.
• Refer to other services as appropriate (e.g., Speech Pathology, external agencies).

Education

Doctoral degree in audiology

Current PA or NJ Audiologist license

BLS certification

CPR certification

ASHA CCC-A desired

Job description

St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Conduct comprehensive hearing evaluation to include pure tone air and bone conduction audiometry, speech reception threshold and speech discrimination.
• 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 with SLH (ex: Speech Pathology) or outside agencies (ex: OVR, special education placement, etc.) as needed 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 earmold 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 doctoral degree in audiology from an accredited institution.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA) or equivalent, required upon hire or to be obtained within 30 days of hire.
• Current Audiologist license in the State of Pennsylvania or New Jersey, based on work location, is required.
• The Physical Therapist or Occupational Therapist shall work within the practice guidelines as defined by Pennsylvania or New Jersey state law (based on work location).

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.
• Follows code of ethics set forth by ASHA.

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

Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 23,000 employees providing services at 16 campuses and 350+ outpatient sites. With annual net revenue in excess of $4 billion, the Network’s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey.

St. Luke’s hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital. SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction.

It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital. The Network’s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Premier 13 times total and eleven years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY.

In 2021, St. Luke’s was identified as one of the 15 Top Health Systems nationally. St. Luke’s is the ONLY health care institution in the Lehigh Valley to be named a Top Workplace regionally repeating the exclusive honor for the third year in a row. Also, for the third straight year, St. Luke’s has been a Top Workplaces in the Philadelphia Region by the Philadelphia Inquirer, ranking 9th in the large employer category for 2025 and the only health care system in PA to receive this award.

In 2025, St. Luke’s was recognized as a national Top Workplaces by USA Today, three years in a row, including the 3rd best health care system in the nation in 2023 and 2024. Lastly, in 2025, St. Luke’s was named a Top Workplace in New Jersey for the third year in a row.