Audiologist

Veterans Health Administration•Saint George, UT

11d•Onsite

About The Position

This Audiologist position is in the Audiology & Speech Pathology Service at the Salt Lake City VA Medical Center’s St. George, Utah Community Based Outreach Clinic. The role plans, conducts, and coordinates diagnostic evaluation and treatment of hearing impairment and balance disorders, carrying out clinical and administrative aspects of contemporary audiology practice throughout the medical center and relevant patient-care areas. The Audiologist provides direct care across a broad range of audiology and balance evaluation and treatment services. This includes identifying and evaluating hearing disorders; administering diagnostic tests, including vestibular nerve function testing; assessing patients who may not provide consistent or reliable responses; selecting and fitting hearing aids and amplification systems; providing auditory rehabilitation and counseling; and planning, delivering, and monitoring patient-centered treatment and rehabilitation for patients with complex physical or psychological conditions. The role also provides assistive listening devices and hearing protection, programs digital hearing aids, and inspects, modifies, and repairs amplification devices and ear molds. The Audiologist plans and coordinates auditory, tinnitus, and/or vestibular rehabilitation programs, develops treatment plans for patients and caregivers, and designs and monitors a hearing-conservation program for employees at risk of noise exposure. The position serves as a consultant on difficult and complex cases and as a subject matter expert in hearing, tinnitus, and balance disorders. Care is also delivered through telehealth in cooperation with telecommunication technicians. The position maintains professional competency through continuing education and engagement with professional literature and colleagues. The Audiologist attends staff and interdisciplinary team meetings, reviews policies and procedures, and participates in in-service training. The role maintains and calibrates specialized electro-acoustic and calibration instruments; orders and repairs hearing aids through ROES in accordance with the Independent Hearing Aid Program; and provides clinical direction and oversight to audiology technicians and telecommunications technologists without supervising them. The work schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Telework and virtual work are not available.

Requirements

Doctor of Audiology (AuD) from an audiology program recognized by ACAE or CAA/ASHA, or another doctoral degree in hearing science or a directly related field from an institution accredited by a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accrediting institution.
Full, current, unrestricted doctoral-level audiology license in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia; a limited temporary GS-11 graduate-audiologist appointment exception is described for eligible non-licensed applicants.
Proficiency in spoken and written English.
For GS-12 consideration, one year of professional experience comparable to the next lower grade level.
Knowledge of principles and techniques for assessing and treating auditory and balance disorders.
Ability to perform functions within contemporary audiology scope of practice.
Ability to interact with patients, families, and other health care professionals.
For GS-12 consideration, skill in determining the nature, type, and severity of hearing, communication, and vestibular disorders.
For GS-12 consideration, skill in counseling patients and family members about managing hearing, communication, and vestibular disorders.
For GS-12 consideration, ability to provide professional audiology advice and consultation to other health care professionals.
For GS-12 consideration, ability to independently apply contemporary audiologic treatments across the full range of patient populations.
U.S. citizenship is required, subject to the stated exception under VA policy when qualified citizens cannot be recruited.
Must meet applicable Selective Service registration requirements for males born after December 31, 1959.
Must complete the required background/security investigation and online onboarding process and provide acceptable identification.
Must participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program as a VA health care personnel requirement.
Must serve a one- or two-year trial period.
Foreign education must be evaluated as at least equivalent to conventional U.S. programs by a private organization specializing in foreign educational credentials.
Work requires moving about the work unit and regularly bending, lifting, stooping, stretching, and repositioning or transferring patients; may involve exposure to combative patients or patients requiring restraints.
Must be able to work effectively in stressful situations and take prompt, dependable emergency action to prevent accidents.

Responsibilities

Plan, conduct, and coordinate diagnostic evaluation and treatment of hearing impairment and balance disorders.
Conduct and coordinate clinical and administrative aspects of contemporary audiology practice.
Provide direct patient care, including audiology and balance evaluations and treatment, hearing-aid selection and fitting, auditory rehabilitation, and counseling for veterans and families.
Identify and evaluate hearing disorders involving reception and perception of speech, language, and other acoustic signals.
Administer diagnostic tests, including vestibular nerve function testing, and evaluate hearing loss when patients cannot provide consistent or reliable responses.
Plan, deliver, and monitor patient-centered treatment and rehabilitation for patients with complex physical or psychological conditions.
Select and fit hearing aids and assistive devices; program digital hearing aids; issue hearing protection; and inspect, modify, and repair amplification devices and ear molds.
Plan, conduct, and coordinate auditory, tinnitus, and/or vestibular rehabilitation programs.
Develop patient-centered treatment plans that help patients and caregivers maximize or restore functioning.
Design, monitor, and conduct a hearing-conservation program for employees at risk of noise exposure.
Consult on difficult and complex cases and serve as a subject matter expert on hearing, tinnitus, and balance disorders.
Deliver care through telehealth and work cooperatively with telecommunication technicians.
Maintain professional competency through professional reading, continuing education, and professional learning and communication.
Attend staff and interdisciplinary health care team meetings, review policies and procedures, and attend in-service training.
Maintain and calibrate specialized electro-acoustic and calibration instruments.
Order and repair hearing aids through ROES in accordance with the Independent Hearing Aid Program.
Provide clinical direction and oversight to audiology technicians and telecommunications technologists without supervising them.

Benefits

Federal employee benefits package; specific benefits depend on position eligibility.
Selected applicants may request consideration of prior work or military service for annual leave accrual credit, subject to approval and not guaranteed.

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