Audiologist Recruitment-Relocation Incentive Authorized

Klickitat Valley Health•El Paso, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

This position will be located in the El Paso VA Health Care System Audiology Department. The duties and responsibilities are carried out throughout the medical center including all clinical and other patient care areas involved with the service.

Requirements

United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
Doctor of Audiology (AUD) from an audiology program recognized by the Accreditation Commission for Audiology Education (ACAE) or Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
Other doctoral degree in hearing science or a directly related field from an institution accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education
Individuals must hold a full - current - and unrestricted license to practice audiology at the doctoral level in a United States state - territory - commonwealth - or the District of Columbia
Audiologist candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. Â§ 7403(f)
Skill in determining nature - type - and severity of hearing/communication/vestibular disorders
Skill in counseling patients and family members regarding management of hearing/communication/vestibular disorders
Ability to provide professional advice and consultation in areas related to professional audiology to other health care professionals
Ability to independently apply professional contemporary audiologic treatments to the full range of patient populations

Nice To Haves

Experience in providing care to adults - 18 years of age and older and doctoral level audiologists (either Au.D or PhD)
Knowledge with contemporary audiology practice (basic audiology - being able to recognize psychogenic hearing loss/non organic hearing loss - etc.) - as described in the American Academy of Audiology Scope of practice
Experienced with administrating vestibular studies and tinnitus evaluation
Experience with cochlear implants mapping

Responsibilities

Conducts audiological assessment to determine a patient's need for amplification - predict effectiveness of amplification - determine need for and type of aural rehabilitation and counseling of the hearing-impaired veteran and their family - conducts and interprets behavioral - electroacoustic - or electrophysiological methods used to assess hearing - balance - tinnitus - and neural system function
Assess the degree and nature of hearing loss - evaluates the vestibular/balance systems
Identifies and evaluates Individuals with hearing disorders in the reception and perception of speech - language - and other acoustic signals
Administers the full range of tests including the testing of vestibular nerve function evaluates the type and degree of hearing loss of patients who are normally unable to provide consistent and reliable reaction to diagnostics
Recommends remedial measures to mitigate hearing loss: The audiologist is responsible for direct services of remedial and sometimes preventative nature
use of hearing aids the selection of monaural - binaural or cross hearing aids of particular type the issuance of ear defenders for prevention of acoustic trauma for those individuals working in a noise environment recommendations for special ear molds made necessary because of allergic reactions - severe hearing loss or other reasons recommendations for procurement of special instruments such as desk amplifiers - telephone amplifiers - radio - or TV magnetic induction devices for special communication problems routine hearing aid inspection and repair where indicated
Develops treatment plans for most difficult and complex cases
Recommends aural rehabilitation programs for patients with significant physical and psychological complicating conditions
Designs training plans to assist patient and caregivers in utilizing available hearing resources
Sometimes makes a recommendation for change of job in those cases where hearing loss is progressing due to high noise level exposure
Promoting - designing - implementing - and coordinating wellness programs for prevention of hearing loss and protection of hearing function
Identifying - evaluating - diagnosing - managing - and treating disorders of human hearing - balance - tinnitus - and other disorders associated with the practice of audiology
Performing otoscopic examination and external ear canal management for removal of cerumen
Conducting and interpreting behavioral - electroacoustic - or electrophysiologic tests used to evaluate disorder associated with the practice of audiology
Administering and interpreting electrophysiologic measurements of neural function including - but not limited to - sensory and motor evoked potentials - tests of nerve conduction velocity - and electromyography These measurements are used in differential diagnosis - pre- and postoperative evaluation of neural function - and neurophysiologic intraoperative monitoring of central nervous system - spinal cord - and cranial nerve function
Evaluating and providing rehabilitation for central auditory processing disorders
Determining the appropriateness of amplification devices and systems such as hearing aids - sensory aids - hearing assistive devices - alerting and telecommunication systems - and captioning devices for Veterans with hearing impairment taking into consideration physical - acoustic - cosmetic - situational - and contextual factors
Selecting - evaluating - fitting and programming amplification devices and systems customized to the individual needs of Veterans verifying the effectiveness of such devices or systems counseling and training Veterans in the use of amplification devices and systems - and determining the benefit of amplification devices and systems
Determining candidacy based on hearing and communication information for auditory implants (e.g. - cochlear implants - middle ear implantable hearing aids - fully implantable hearing aids - bone-anchored and post-surgical assessment - counseling - and all aspects of audiologic treatment including auditory training - rehabilitation - implant programming - and maintenance of implant hardware - etc