Pediatric Audiologist - Mary Bridge

MultiCare Health System; United States; On-site; USD 63,000 - 91,000; Part time

Job summary

MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital & Health Network in Washington state seeks an experienced Audiologist to provide comprehensive diagnostic and rehabilitative services for children up to 18 years in a pediatric setting. The role covers testing, rehabilitation, and collaboration with educators and families.

The position requires a Master's (and ideally AuD) with WA licensure, ASHA certification, and current BLS, supporting family-centered care in a leading pediatric network.

Qualifications

• Master's degree required with clinic practicum experience.
• WA Board of Hearing and Speech audiologist license required.
• ASHA certification expected for professional practice.
• Current BLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Identifies, assesses, diagnoses, manages, and interprets test results related to disorders of human hearing in children birth-18 years.
• Performs otoscopic examinations and fits hearing protection or prosthetic devices.
• Conducts and interprets behavioral, electroacoustic, and electrophysiologic hearing assessments.
• Provides audiological rehabilitation including communication management and counseling for hearing loss.
• Consults with educators and interdisciplinary teams on educational implications and classroom acoustics.
• Reviews research to improve assessment and treatment paradigms.
• Measures outcomes and cost-benefit of audiology practices.
• Prepares reports and communicates findings to referral sources and professionals.

Skills

ASHA Certification

WA Audiology License

BLS Certification

Clinical practicum experience

Education

Master's degree in Audiology

Doctorate degree (AuD)

Job description

Where kids and families are always first At MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital & Health Network, caring for kids is more than what we do — it’s our purpose. As the state-designated Level II Pediatric Trauma Center and the only pediatric hospital in Washington’s South Sound, we provide a comprehensive network of care designed specifically for children and adolescents. Our vision is to be the safest, highest-quality place for children to receive care, where every child has a medical home and every family feels supported. Looking for an experienced Audiologist to help cover PTO and sick calls! FTE: 0.01, Shift: Days, Schedule: Variable

Position Summary

The Audiologist is responsible for providing comprehensive diagnostic and rehabilitative services for all areas of auditory and related disorders. This is a professional level position that provides services in a medical center/speech and hearing center setting to children and young adults age 0-18 years who represent a diverse linguistic, ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic group. The Audiologist serves a large population of patients with multiple disabilities. Work situations require clinical skills, data analysis, problem solving, and decision-making. Internal contacts include pediatric patient care staff, physicians, and support staff. External contacts include physicians, patients, families, school staff, and outside organizations.

Responsibilities

• Identifies, assesses, diagnoses, manages, and interprets test results related to disorders of human hearing in children birth-18 years of age
• Performs otoscopic examinations in order to evaluate ear canal and TM status, make ear impressions, fit hearing protection or prosthetic devices, and monitor the continuous use of hearing aids
• Conducts and interprets behavioral, electroacoustic, and electrophysiologic methods used to assess hearing, in children and young adults
• Provides hearing care by selecting, evaluating, fitting, facilitating adjustment to, and dispensing prosthetic devices for hearing loss, to include hearing aids, sensory aids, and hearing assistive devices
• Provides audiological rehabilitation including communication management, language development, auditory skill development, and counseling for psychosocial adjustment to hearing loss for persons with hearing loss and their families/caregivers
• Consults with educators as members of interdisciplinary teams about communication management, educational implications of hearing loss, educational programming, classroom acoustics, and large-area amplification systems for children with hearing loss
• Reviews and keeps abreast of basic and applied audiologic research to increase the knowledge base, develop new methods and programs, and determine the efficacy of assessment and treatment paradigms
• Measures functional outcomes, consumer satisfaction, effectiveness, efficiency, and cost benefit of practices and programs to maintain and improve the quality of audiological services
• Consults with individuals, public and private agencies, and governmental bodies, or as an expert witness regarding legal interpretations of audiology findings and effects of hearing loss
• Screens speech-language and other developmental areas affecting communication function for the purpose of an audiologic evaluation and/or initial identification of individuals with other disorders in need of referral
• Serves as a case manager and liaison for the consumer, family, and agencies in order to monitor audiologic status and management and to make recommendations about education and vocational programming
• Participates in the development and maintenance of professional and technical standards
• Prepares written reports of findings and correspondence to referral sources and other professionals involved in the hearing health of the child
• Provides inservice instruction to ancillary staff, other professionals, or other interested groups in the community
• Monitors the efficiency/effectiveness of departmental policies and procedures and makes recommendations to the Coordinator regarding potential changes
• Assists the Manager and/or Clinical Coordinator in the preparation of capital expenditure projections and budget preparation
• Provides the Manager and/or Clinical Coordinator with pertinent data for the preparation of departmental statistical reports
• Demonstrates actions consistent with a high quality of patient care, customer satisfaction, fiscal responsibility, and effective productivity
• Contributes to the success of the organization by meeting organizational competency expectations and core values, continuously learning, and by performing other duties as needed or assigned

Requirements

• Master's degrees required
• Certified Audiologist License - Washington Board of Hearing and Speech
• Successful completion of a master’s or doctorate degree program that includes clinic practicum experience
• ASHA - Audiology - American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
• Current BLS Certification

About Mary Bridge Children’s

For more than 70 years, MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital & Health Network has cared for children and families across the South Sound. Anchored by an 82-bed pediatric hospital in Tacoma, Mary Bridge offers a Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a 24-hour pediatric-only Emergency Department and a state-designated Level II Pediatric Trauma Center. As a comprehensive pediatric health network, Mary Bridge delivers expert, family-centered care across inpatient, outpatient and specialty services, supported by multidisciplinary teams dedicated to the unique needs of every child and family we serve.

Why Mary Bridge Children's?

Built for children and families delivering care designed specifically for kids and the families who support them, with a strong focus on family-centered care.

Award-winning care

Named a Top Children’s Hospital by The Leapfrog Group, earning this national recognition six times in the past eight years, with physicians consistently recognized on Top Doctors lists by Seattle Magazine, Seattle Met and the Tacoma News Tribune.

Growing for the future

A new pediatric hospital and medical office building designed to support the future of children’s care.

Well-being and support

Generous time off, wellness resources and programs designed to help you maintain balance in your work and life.

Living our values

Respect, integrity, kindness and collaboration guide how we care for patients, communities and each other.

Pacific Northwest lifestyle

Work and live where natural beauty, adventure and strong community connections are part of everyday life.

Pay and Benefit Expectations

We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position. The pay scale is $45.62 - $65.66 USD. However, pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to: skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and/or education. If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflective of the appropriate step on the pay scale to which the applicant’s years of experience align. Associated benefit information can be viewed here.

MultiCare is a not-for-profit health care organization with more than 28,000 team members, including employees, providers and volunteers. MultiCare has been caring for our community for well over a century, since the founding of Tacoma’s first hospital and today is the largest community-based, locally governed system of health in the state of Washington, serving communities across Washington and Northern Idaho.

MultiCare’s comprehensive system of health includes numerous primary care, urgent care and specialty services - including Mary Bridge Children's Hospital & Health Network; MultiCare Indigo Urgent Care; Pulse Heart Institute; MultiCare Medical Associates, affiliated physicians; MultiCare Rockwood Clinic, the largest multispecialty clinic in the Inland Northwest region; and MultiCare Connected Care, our Accountable Care Organization. Thirteen hospitals complete the organization: Allenmore Hospital, Auburn Medical Center, Capital Medical Center, Covington Medical Center, Deaconess Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, Mary Bridge Children's Hospital - the Puget Sound region’s only children’s hospital and state-designated Level II Pediatric Trauma Center for Western Washington - Overlake Medical Center, Navos Behavioral Health Hospital, Valley Hospital, Yakima Valley Hospital, Tacoma General Hospital - which is home to the South Puget Sound region’s only Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - and Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital.

Our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration, Kindness and Joy, serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other. MultiCare is also proud of our commitment to workforce diversity and culturally competent care. This commitment is led by our CEO and supported through employee education and community outreach.

MultiCare provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and job applicants. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

If you are an external job applicant who requires reasonable accommodation in the job application process, please contact the Employee Resource Center (ERC) at 253-403-6947 and we will assist you with submitting a ticket to initiate your request for accommodation. If you are a current employee, you can submit an ERC ticket or call the ERC for assistance.