Audiologist, Audiology/ENT, HMG, 8-Hour, Thursdays

Heywood Medical Group • Westminster, MA

90d

About The Position

You Matter Here! Heywood Healthcare values our employees! We offer competitive wages, great benefits and generous earned time off. Come work where you will matter! The position involves performing a full range of audiological services including screening and diagnostic assessments, hearing aid dispensing and servicing, maintaining appropriate documentation, assuring quality and appropriateness of patient care, and community outreach to promote these services.

Requirements

• Masters or Doctoral degree in Audiology
• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology required
• Current MA state Audiologists licensure

Responsibilities

• Develops an appropriate care plan for patients based upon the systematic information gathering and analysis.
• Takes appropriate actions when variations are identified.
• Assesses the patient’s learning needs, identifies learning style and barriers to learning and assesses the patient’s readiness to learn.
• Identifies situations when it is appropriate to involve the family and/or significant other and/or friends in patient’s education.
• Plans for and provides patient teaching.
• Evaluates the patient’s understanding of his or her condition, treatment, and/or prognosis.
• Informs the patient of his or her plan of care and/or discharge plan and follow up instructions.
• Performs Audiological Evaluations on outpatients to determine the presence of an impairment, as well as possible interventions for the same.
• Communicates findings in the assigned format in accordance with departmental procedures and standards and in an accurate and professional manner.
• Disseminates results to primary care physician and referral sources, along with recommendations.
• Counsels patients or parents/guardians regarding hearing aids and payment options to help them make an informed decision.
• Provides information relative to benefits and limitations of amplification.
• Meets with patients regularly during the 30 day trial period to train them in the use of their hearing aid, as to make any desired adjustments or recalibrations.
• Remains available to patients throughout the full year warranty period to monitor and correct any problems that may arise and help maximize their use of amplification.
• Maintains audiological equipment, assuring adequate and appropriate functioning and calibration.

Benefits

• Competitive wages
• Great benefits
• Generous earned time off

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Master's degree