Audiologist

Audiology Center•Sandpoint, ID

56d•$90,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Audiology Research Associates, a DBA of Audiology Center Inc, is a highly regarded audiology practice in Northern Idaho and Southwestern Washington, is a 40+ year private-owned clinic focused on audiology services. Our team is looking for a long term, full-time audiologist to join us in this wonderful region. While dispensing is very much part of our offering, we feel it is our focus and dedication to audiology services that makes us a preferred care partner with patients, physicians and employees alike. Candidates would be expected to be dependable, hard working, and must be comfortable with interpersonal communication with patients, families, and the team. Candidates are particularly expected to be proficient in hearing evaluation and hearing aid treatment. This position will either split time between our Coeur d'Alene and Sandpoint, ID locations (two weeks in Coeur d'Alene, one week in Sandpoint), or full time in Sandpoint for a candidate looking to live in that area instead of Coeur d'Alene. The Audiologist role has four primary functions; evaluating and diagnosing, coordinating and providing care, education and counseling, as well as dispensing hearing aids that align patient needs with business directives. Within these functions, duties, and responsibilities the Audiologist builds lasting relationships of trust with our patients as they project the same outlook on care that our practice has embodied for over 40 years; accessible, compassionate, and honest care - every time for everyone.

Requirements

Excellent interpersonal skills that promote effective working relationships with patients, colleagues, referring professionals, and the community. This includes listening, sales, and problem-solving skills, communicated in a genuinely caring and respectful manner
Ability to operate appropriate audiology equipment to perform diagnostic audiology procedures
Staying adverse in the advancements with software and of amplification devices/accessories and assistive listening devices
Proficient in using EHR
Superb communications skills and tact, both verbal and written, for internal, external, and patient communications
Must have the ability to remain calm and exhibit tact in stressful and/or delicate situations
Must have the ability to handle confidential topics and issues without compromise
Must be able to travel to other office locations or outside the state for professional and team development training as required by the practice
Au.D. or Master's degree in Audiology
Eligible for Idaho State licensure (Washington licensure a plus)
Proficiency in hearing evaluation and hearing aid treatment
Strong interpersonal, communication, and patient-facing skills

Nice To Haves

Cerumen removal skills

Responsibilities

Comprehensive audiometric testing including speech-in-noise and visual reinforcement audiometry
Otoacoustic emissions testing
Report writing, with recommendations for the referring physician as appropriate
Timely maintenance of patient records by recording and updating evaluations, changes, progress, and treatments in EHR
Improve quality results by studying and evaluating processes; investigating research programs; evaluating new equipment, devices, and techniques
Compassionate interpersonal communication and tactful bedside manner when discussing evaluation and treatment recommendations
Willingness to coordinate and collaborate with the patient, their referring physician, and those they have elected, to support them as they adapt to changes in their health
Ability to inform and explain the complexity of patient conditions adapted to their comfort level
Provides hearing aid dispensing, including selection, fitting, ear-mold acoustics, and ongoing management with follow-up and education
Performs hearing aid repairs