Audiologist, Full-time, Days

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare•Chicago, IL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

At Northwestern Medicine, every patient interaction makes a difference in cultivating a positive workplace. This patient-first approach is what sets us apart as a leader in the healthcare industry. As an integral part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to join our quest for better health care, no matter where you work within the Northwestern Medicine system. We pride ourselves on providing competitive benefits: from tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness to 401(k) matching and lifecycle benefits, our goal is to take care of our employees. Ready to join our quest for better? Northwestern Medicine has an exciting opportunity for Audiologist to work in our outpatient Audiology department. The Audiologist will be working closely with the ENT Otology Providers and Otology PAs, and selling hearing aids. Schedule: M-F, (4)10-hour days; day off is flexible but most likely not on Fridays or Mondays. The Audiologist reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards. The Audiologist provides diagnostic and habilitation/rehabilitation services for patients with hearing, balance, or other ear-related health conditions. This role performs diagnostic hearing evaluations, hearing aid selection, fitting and follow-up services, cochlear implant evaluation, programming, and rehabilitation, auditory brainstem response evaluations; and neonatal auditory brainstem response screenings. This position routinely acts as preceptor for graduate student clinicians.

Requirements

Audiologist, Licensed (IL).
Master's degree or higher from accredited program in Audiology.
Minimum of two (2) years of experience as an Audiologist
Experience selling hearing aids

Responsibilities

Obtains case history and formulates appropriate individualized evaluation plan.
Performs comprehensive adult audiologic evaluations and counsels on results and recommendations.
Assesses individual amplification options, selects appropriate amplification options, verifies appropriateness of fitting, utilizes real-ear measurement techniques.
Provides patient education (care, and use of amplification devices), discusses purchase agreement terms, addresses post-fitting issues, and makes programming adjustments as needed.
Performs, analyzes, and reports on electrophysiologic procedures.
Provides clinical instruction and evaluation of doctoral students.
Identifies and evaluates cochlear implant candidates, provides post-surgical activation, programming, rehabilitation, and follow-up services, and performs appropriate documentation of all services provided.
May perform other duties as assigned.