Health Technician (Audiology)

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing • Prescott, AZ

52d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is located in the Audiology Service at Northern Arizona Veterans Administration Health Care System (NAVAHCS). The duties and responsibilities are carried out in all clinical and other patient care areas involved with the Specialty & Diagnostics Service. The health technician supports the function of the clinical programs in Audiology. Primary responsibility is for patient care - supporting diagnostic and treatment procedures - patient charting and patient education.

Requirements

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• Experience and Education: Experience: Six months of experience comparable to the next lower level which demonstrates the knowledge - skills and abilities related to the duties of the position to be filled
• OR Education: Successful completion of two academic years above high school leading to an associate degree or a bachelor's degree with at least 12 semester hours in courses related to the position
• OR Experience/Education Combination: Equivalent combinations of experience and education are qualifying
• An example of a combination of experience/education is three months of experience comparable to the next lower level which demonstrates the knowledge - skills and abilities related to the duties of the position to be filled and one year above high school with a minimum of 6 semester hours related to the health care industry
• Grade Determinations: GS-07 Experience: Completion of one year of progressive experience and/or experience equivalent to the next lower grade level directly related to the position being filled
• Demonstrated Knowledge Skills & Abilities: In addition to the experience above - the candidate must demonstrate the following KSAs: (a) Ability to mentor and train new HTAs
• (b) Ability to prepare patients for advanced testing procedures performed by the audiologist - such as evoked potentials
• c) Ability to develop and implement the technician role for a program in a focused area of audiology
• Assignment: For all assignments above the full performance level - the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope - administrative independence - complexity and range of variety as described in this standard at the specified grade level and be performed by the incumbent at least 25% of the time
• The HTA at this level works under supervision and direction of a licensed audiologist
• Assignments associated with this position include - but are not limited to: completing adjustments to hearing aid settings as outlined in the audiologist's plan of care - preparing patients for advanced diagnostic procedures such as evoked potentials and 12 collaborating with audiology team to develop training programs for patients and staff

Nice To Haves

• Audiology Health Technician Practices Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience - including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. - Peace Corps - AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g. - professional
• philanthropic
• religions
• spiritual
• community
• student
• social)
• Volunteer work helps build critical competencies - knowledge - and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment
• You will receive credit for all qualifying experience - including volunteer experience.

Responsibilities

• Greeting - escorting and triaging patients
• Patient set up for procedures
• Patient instruction and counseling on hearing loss or hearing aids either on an individual basis or group setting
• Conducting hearing pass/fail screenings without interpretation
• Non-diagnostic otoscopy.
• Taking earmold impressions
• Hearing aid troubleshooting and repair.
• Providing basic hearing aid information for patients and caregivers
• Performing listening checks on hearing aids
• Programming previously stored settings into hearing aids
• Activating remote controls

Benefits

• Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases hen setting pay - a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade)
• Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
• Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment - up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth - adoption - or foster care placement of a child
• Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment - full time employees with a total family income below $144 -000 may be eligible for a childcare
• subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66
• Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Associate degree