Audiologist I - Full-Time, Days

About the role

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system at UChicago Medicine as an Audiologist with our Audiology team at our DCAM - Hyde Park location. This position is a 100% onsite opportunity. You will need to be based in the greater Chicagoland area.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the rest of the clinical team to provide patients the highest quality of care.
• Treat everything from mild hearing loss to complex ear conditions.
• Provide prompt and efficient attention to patient needs.
• Manage and perform administrative duties related to clinical role.
• Effectively manage entry level volumes of patients with basic hearing needs.
• Celebrate ongoing advancements in medicine and provide education for the public and aspiring health professionals.
• Conduct audiology/vestibular testing, including pure-tone air and bone conduction audiometry, tympanometry, acoustic reflex thresholds and decay testing.
• Perform basic diagnostic evaluation of the functional status of the peripheral auditory system in adults and interpret these results.
• Review test results with the patient and their family, which may include patient education, counseling, and appropriate referrals.
• Write and present written reports of audiologic test results and recommendations in the form of the audiogram and letter report to the UCH chart and referral source.
• Discuss audiologic test results and recommendations with OHNS attending and resident staff, attending and resident staff from other UCH clinics, such as Primary Care, Oncology, Psychiatry, Neurology or other appropriate referral source.
• Communicate with the patient and patient's family, which could include patient education, counseling, and appropriate educational referrals.
• Maintain written documentation of transactions regarding the patient, such as telephone conversations with patient or other professional involved in the patient's case.
• Attend regular Audiology and Interdisciplinary team meetings.
• Make appropriate referrals to outside agencies.
• Schedule appointments in EPIC and inform (verbal or written) patient of special instructions, if needed, for the scheduled appointment.
• Complete and submit charge forms for each patient seen, enter charges on daily census.
• Participate in the UCH Studies when appropriate and provide follow-up recommendations to the study patient's family.
• Maintain Audiology files with patient audiograms and hearing aid or other reports.
• Participate in continuing education courses/seminars/workshops related to the practice of clinical audiology.
• Provide patient education to the patient and to the patient's family.
• Confirm appointments, review instructions, referrals for "managed care".
• Pull Clinic Charts.
• Maintain Clinic appearance and follow all appropriate hospital patient care, regulatory, and administrative policies.
• Provide presentations/in-services to colleagues or UCM residents once per year.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Master of Science/Arts (MS/MA) in Audiology
• Doctor of Audiology (AuD or PhD) degree from an accredited educational body
• Recent graduates from accredited audiology programs will be considered
• The candidate must have completed the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) or ABA Certificate of Clinical Competence
• The candidate must hold or be able to obtain an Illinois Department of Professional Regulation License for Audiology