Audiologist

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for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info. Remove boilerplate. We need to parse the posting. Key info: - Summary: location: Audiology and Speech Pathology Service at Palo Alto VA Health Care System. Duties throughout medical center including all clinical and other patient care areas involved with the service. The audiologist at this level plans - conducts - and coordinates all aspects of diagnostic evaluation and treatment of hearing impairment and/or balance disorders. - Qualifications: Applicants pending completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. - Basic Requirements: US Citizenship (non-citizens only if cannot recruit qualified citizens per VA Policy). English Language Proficiency: proficient spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C.7403(f). Education: Doctor of Audiology (AUD) from an audiology program recognized by ACAE or CAA of ASHA. OR Other doctoral degree in hearing science or directly related field from an institution accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by US Dept of Education. NOTE about CAA accreditation effective Jan 1 2007. Licensure: must hold full current unrestricted license to practice audiology at doctoral level in US state/territory/commonwealth/DC. Exceptions for non-licensed etc. Many details about temporary appointment, etc. Also mention Grandfathering Provision for current VHA employees. Grade Determinations: GS-11 and GS-12 details. - Duties: Major duties include but not limited to: Plans - conducts - monitors - and coordinates all clinical and administrative aspects of a full range of services associated with contemporary - evidence-based - and patient-centered audiology practice; Engages in differential diagnosis of hearing/tinnitus/vestibular problems and evaluates patients to determine nature - type - and severity of disorders; Reviews medical history and documents in patient's medical record past and current medical history - the evaluations performed - diagnosis - clinical opinions - treatment plans - outcomes of treatment - changes to functional status - and patient/family/caregiver education/counseling; Takes impressions of outer portion of ear and determines need for special earmolds; Documents and demonstrates proper use and cleaning of pertinent reusable medical equipment in accordance with health care system policies; Maintains a safe work environment for patients - staff - and self. - Work Schedule: Monday - Friday - 8:00am - 4:30pm. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. - Functional Statement #: 10742F / 10741F - Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. We need to decide sections. We have content for About the role (summary). Responsibilities (duties). Requirements (basic requirements? maybe Qualifications). Qualifications (education, licensure, citizenship, etc). Skills (KSAs). Benefits? Not mentioned except relocation incentives not authorized (so no benefits). Pay? Not mentioned (grade range GS-11 to GS-12 but not actual salary). Should we include Pay? The instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. It does state Work Schedule, so we can include Schedule. It does not state Pay (salary). It mentions grade range but not actual pay. Should we include Pay? Probably not, as no specific pay amount. The instruction: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state Work Schedule, so Schedule section is okay. Pay not stated (no salary), so omit Pay. Benefits: relocation incentives not authorized is a statement about benefits? It says Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. That is a benefit-related statement. Should we include Benefits? It does state something about benefits (relocation incentives). The instruction: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state something about benefits (relocation incentives not authorized). So we could include Benefits section with that info. However, we need to consider if that is substantive. It's a statement that relocation/recruitment incentives are not authorized. That's substantive. So include Benefits. We also have Functional Statement # maybe could be included in About the role or as metadata; but we can drop minor metadata. The instruction: do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

or drop it. Functional Statement # maybe minor metadata; we could include in a short p under About the role or drop. Probably drop. We need to preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can format them into sections. We must not repeat job title as heading. We need to use

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  for prose. We need to decide which content goes into which section. Potential sections: - About the role: summary paragraph (location, duties overview). Could include location and brief description. - Responsibilities: list of major duties (the bullet points). Use

  • . - Requirements: maybe basic requirements (citizenship, English proficiency, education, licensure). Could be a list. - Qualifications: maybe grade determinations (GS-11, GS-12) and experience requirements? Or we could combine Requirements and Qualifications. But we need to follow headings list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can include those that have content. We have content for Skills: KSAs (knowledge, skills, abilities) for GS-11 and GS-12. Could be under Skills. We have content for Benefits: relocation/recruitment incentives not authorized. We have Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm, not virtual. We have no Pay. We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler text. Let's extract details. About the role: - Located in Audiology and Speech Pathology Service at Palo Alto VA Health Care System. - Duties and responsibilities carried out throughout the medical center including all clinical and other patient care areas involved with the service. - The audiologist at this level plans - conducts - and coordinates all aspects of diagnostic evaluation and treatment of hearing impairment and/or balance disorders. We could also mention that it's not a virtual position (but that's schedule). We'll keep schedule separate. Responsibilities (major duties): List: - Plans - conducts - monitors - and coordinates all clinical and administrative aspects of a full range of services associated with contemporary - evidence-based - and patient-centered audiology practice - Engages in the differential diagnosis of hearing/tinnitus/vestibular problems and evaluates patients to determine nature - type - and severity of disorders - Reviews medical history and documents in the patient's medical record past and current medical history - the evaluations performed - diagnosis - clinical opinions - treatment plans - outcomes of treatment - changes to functional status - and patient/family/caregiver education/counseling - Takes impressions of the outer portion of the ear and determines the need for special earmolds - Documents and demonstrates the proper use and cleaning of pertinent reusable medical equipment in accordance with health care system policies - Maintains a safe work environment for patients - staff - and self We could also include that they conduct diagnostic evaluation and treatment (but that's in summary). Keep as is. Requirements (basic requirements): - United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy - English Language Proficiency: Audiologist candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C.7403(f) - Education: 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). HR office staff and management officials may verify a program's accreditation from ACAE at acaeaccred.org and CAA at caa.asha.org - OR 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 - NOTE: Effective January 1 - 2007 - the CAA in Audiology and 3 Speech- Language Pathology of ASHA accredits only doctoral degree or AUD programs in audiology - Licensure: 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 - The Under Secretary of Health - or designee - may appoint a candidate without a license who will be assigned to a research - academic - or administrative position with no patient care responsibilities - In such instances - HR office staff can only appoint these candidates in exceptional circumstances where their credentials demonstrate high professional attainment or expertise in the specialty area - All audiologists who perform compensation and pension examinations perform direct patient care duties and must possess a full - current - and unrestricted license to practice audiology and must meet the experience requirements under Section 2D - See 38 C.F.R4.85 - Exception for Non-Licensed Audiologist (a) Non-Licensed applicants who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements for licensure - may be given a temporary appointment as a graduate audiologist at the GS-11 grade under the authority of 38 U.S.C.7405(c)(2) - (b) Non-Licensed individuals shall only provide care under the supervision of a fully licensed audiologists at or above the full performance level - (c) Non-Licensed individuals may only be appointed at the entry level and may not be promoted/converted to the GS-12 grade level until licensure is obtained - (d) Temporary appointments of non-Licensed audiologists may not be extended beyond two years or be converted to a new temporary appointment - Failure to Obtain Licensure: In all cases - the graduate audiologists must actively pursue obtaining the required licensure from the date of their appointment - HR office staff will provide unlicensed audiologists with written requirements to obtain licensure - the date by which the license must be acquired and the consequences for not becoming licensed by the deadline - Written notices must be provided prior to the entrance on duty date - Failure to obtain the required credentials by the prescribed date will result in termination of employment - May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria) That's a lot. 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    • list under Requirements. Qualifications: Could include grade determinations (GS-11 and GS-12) details. Let's extract. Grade Determinations: Audiologist - GS-11 (1) Education None beyond the basic requirements (2) Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities (KSAs) In addition to the basic requirements - the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs: (a) Knowledge of principles and techniques in the assessment and treatment of auditory and balance disorders (b) Ability to perform functions associated with contemporary audiology scope of practice as defined by the American Academy of Audiology or the ASHA (c) Ability to interact with patients - families - and other health care professionals (3) Assignment Employees at this grade level serve in audiologist entry-level developmental positions Audiologists perform audiology assessment and treatment intervention - exercise clinical judgment - adapt clinical procedures and techniques - and document in the medical record appropriate information related to patient care Audiologist - GS-12 (1) Experience In addition to the requirements at the GS-11 level - completion of one year of