Audiologist

Lexington Medical Center

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About The Position

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed
teaching
hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare
and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction
status for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as best
in the Columbia Metro
area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health
delivers more than 4,000
babies each year, performs more than 34,000
surgeries annually and is
the region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.Job SummaryDetermines type and degree of hearing impairment and implements habilitation and rehabilitation services for patient.

Requirements

• Minimum Education: Master's Degree in Audiology or AuD
• Minimum Years of Experience: None
• Required Certifications/Licensure: SC Audiology License
• Required Training: None

Responsibilities

• Administers and interprets variety of tests, such as air and bone conduction, and speech reception and discrimination tests, to determine type and degree of hearing impairment, site of damage, effects on comprehension and speech, administers vestibular testing, and recommends treatment.
• Evaluates test results in relation to behavioral, social, educational, and medical information obtained from patients, families, teachers, speech pathologists and other professionals to determine communication problems related to hearing disability.
• Plans and implements prevention, habilitation, or rehabilitation services, including hearing aid selection and orientation, counseling, and other treatment programs developed in consultation with speech pathologist and other professionals.
• May refer patient to physician or surgeon if medical treatment is determined necessary.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
• Adoption assistance
• LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan forgiveness

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level