Audiologist, Harrington Hospital, Charlton - Per Diem, Various Shifts

Major Responsibilities

• Identifies, assesses, diagnoses, manages, and interprets test results related to disorders of human hearing, balance, and other neural systems for neonatal through geriatric populations.
• Conducts and supervises newborn hearing screening programs.
• Measures and interprets tests for neurophysiologic intraoperative monitoring and cranial nerve assessment.
• Conducts tests of hearing, balance, and neural system dysfunction.
• Conducts otoscopic examinations and manages external ear canal.
• Evaluates and manages children and adults with central auditory processing disorders.
• Selects, evaluates, fits, facilitates adjustment to and dispenses hearing aids, cochlear implants, sensory aids, hearing assistive devices, alerting systems, telecommunication systems and captioning devices.
• Provides audiological rehabilitation including speech-reading, communication management, language development, counseling for psychosocial adjustments to hearing loss for persons with hearing loss and their families and caregivers.
• Acts as a consultant to educators as members of interdisciplinary teams about communication management, education implications of hearing loss, education programming, classroom acoustics, large area amplification systems for children with hearing loss.
• Designs, implements, and coordinates occupational, school and community hearing conservation and identification programs to prevent workplace and recreational hearing loss due to noise.

Position Qualifications

• Licenses/Certifications/Education: Master's or Doctorate Degree in Audiology from an accredited institution of higher learning. Massachusetts’ Audiologist license. Certificate of Clinical Competence within six months of date of hire.
• Experience/Skills: Thorough knowledge of the discipline of Audiology. Demonstrated skill in analyzing problems and making decisions. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Ability to work cooperatively with all members of the healthcare team. Strong computer skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite. Minimum of 1 year Audiology experience.

Physical Demands And Environmental Conditions

• Work is considered sedentary. Position requires work indoors in a patient care and normal office environment.