Audiologist

Veterans Health Administration • Charleston, SC

16d • Onsite

About The Position

The Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation service is seeking a full-time Audiologist at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center in Charleston, South Carolina. This is a GS-12, full-performance staff audiologist position. The audiologist independently provides audiologic services, consulting with peers and supervisors as appropriate, and serves as a subject matter expert and consultant to other health care professionals on hearing, tinnitus, and balance disorders. The role may serve patients in a range of VHA programs and settings, including inpatient or outpatient medicine, primary care, surgery, hearing health, neurology, rehabilitation medicine, geriatrics, and compensation and pension.

The audiologist assesses patients, diagnoses and treats audiologic disorders, determines the need for amplification or medical referral, and identifies appropriate audiologic rehabilitation. The role includes counseling Veterans and their families, providing auditory-disorder treatments and adjunctive interventions, and participating in education, training, program evaluation, and research activities. The position is scheduled Tuesday through Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Telework is not available, and the position is not virtual. Relocation and recruitment incentives and permanent change of station are not authorized. The position is full-time and permanent.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship, subject to the stated exception for non-citizens when qualified U.S. citizens cannot be recruited under VA policy.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.
• Doctor of Audiology (AuD) from an audiology program recognized by ACAE or ASHA’s CAA, or another doctoral degree in hearing science or a directly related field from an institution accredited by a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accreditor.
• Full, current, and unrestricted doctoral-level audiology license in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia, unless qualifying under the stated VHA grandfathering provision.
• One year of professional experience comparable to the next lower grade level.
• Skill in determining the nature, type, and severity of hearing, communication, and vestibular disorders.
• Skill in counseling patients and family members about management of hearing, communication, and vestibular disorders.
• Ability to provide professional audiology advice and consultation to other health care professionals.
• Ability to independently apply contemporary professional audiologic treatments to the full range of patient populations.
• Ability to meet the position’s physical requirements, including prolonged sitting and periods of bending, reaching, crouching, stooping, stretching, and lifting moderately heavy items; pushing a patient in a wheelchair; and assisting with transfers from a wheelchair to an exam chair.
• Must meet federal pre-employment requirements, including background/security investigation, onboarding, acceptable identification, and required application documentation.
• Must participate in the VA seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• Must serve a one- or two-year trial period, as applicable.

Nice To Haves

• One to two years of experience with Tinnitus Management (PTM).

Responsibilities

• Identify, evaluate, diagnose, manage, and treat disorders of hearing, balance, tinnitus, and other disorders within audiology practice.
• Conduct and interpret behavioral, electroacoustic, and electrophysiologic tests to evaluate audiologic disorders.
• Determine whether amplification devices and systems are appropriate, considering Veterans’ physical, acoustic, cosmetic, situational, and contextual needs.
• Select, evaluate, fit, and program amplification devices and systems customized to Veterans; verify effectiveness; counsel and train Veterans in their use; and determine their benefit.
• Determine auditory implant candidacy based on hearing and communication information.
• Evaluate and provide tinnitus treatment and management, including educational counseling, biofeedback, masking, sound therapy, hearing aids, directed counseling, and combined methods.
• Provide individual, family, and group audiologic rehabilitation and other appropriate treatments or adjunctive interventions.
• Consult with medical center staff and provide professional advice and consultation to other health care professionals on audiology and patient-care issues.
• Participate in audiology graduate and professional education, including educating, mentoring, and supervising associated health trainees.
• Train health technicians and other support personnel.
• Measure functional outcomes, consumer satisfaction, effectiveness, efficiency, and cost-benefit of practices and programs to maintain and improve audiology service quality.
• Participate in program evaluation, teaching, training, and research activities as applicable.

Benefits

• Comprehensive federal employee benefits package; specific benefit eligibility and offerings depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree