Health Technician (Audiology)

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Daytona Beach (FL); Remote; USD 45,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a Staff Health Technician (Audiology) within the Audiology & Speech Pathology Service of the Orlando VA Healthcare System.

The role centers on patient care across clinical audiology settings, including future sites of care, with supervision by a Senior Audiologist. You will assist with patient instruction on hearing loss and hearing aids, perform immittance screening, and help with device pairing, programming, and troubleshooting.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Duties include patient instruction on hearing loss and hearing aids; implant screening and non-diagnostic otoscopy; basic hearing aid info, listening checks, and device function analysis.

Job description

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

This position is located in the Audiology & Speech Pathology Service at Orlando VA Healthcare System. The duties and responsibilities to be carried out in all clinical and other patient care areas involved with the Audiology service including future sites of care not specifically listed. The incumbent is a staff health technician (Audiology) under the supervision of a Senior Audiologist.

Key Responsibilities

Duties include but are not limited to: Patient instruction and counseling on hearing loss or hearing aids either on an individual basis or in a group setting. Immittance screening without interpretation. Non-diagnostic otoscopy, taking earmold impressions, hearing aid troubleshooting and repair. Providing basic haring aid information for patients and caregivers, performing listening checks on hearing aids, analysis of devices function.

Pairing hearing aids and accessories via Bluetooth technology, programming previously stored settings into hearing aids, activating remote controls. Assist in setting up and delivering face-to-face and telehealth/virtual visits by preparing the equipment for patient evaluation and other audiology procedures.

Ensuring timely and accurate documentation of all interactions in the medical records and that all encounters are correctly documented using electronic medical record and computerized tracking and ordering functions via ROES. Responsible of telephone and/or mail communications both within the clinic and within the facility as a whole.

Managing office supplies, tracking loaner stock hearing aid inventory, electronic ordering, verifying orders upon arrival to ensure components are present and working correctly, scheduling appointments, and packaging and mailing hearing aids and accessories. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Telework: Ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #:82585F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Available for highly qualified candidates.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.

Requirements & Education

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.

For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $45409 – $59031/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-29.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.