Director, Audiology Practices

Job Details

The Director works to support ASHA’s strategic direction and provide technical expertise regarding audiology practice information and assistance to members, students, national office staff, federal agencies, external organizations, and other professionals in the health care community.

Responsibilities

• Identify current issues, trends, and topics within the Audiology profession and provide audiology expertise to national office staff related to development and implementation of projects, professional development opportunities, for-sale products, continuing education conferences, other events, activities, and opportunities that would be beneficial and useful to ASHA Audiology members.
• Develop relationships with and identify subject matter experts who can partner with ASHA in professional development opportunities; convention and meeting activities; resource creation for consumers and ASHA members; service as a representative of ASHA with external organizations, committees, boards, etc.
• Provide clinical advice and technical support expertise on a variety of topics to ASHA members to support their professional work; consumers to assist them with their hearing health needs; represent the Association in interviews with national and regional print, broadcast, and news media on a variety of audiology topics.
• Serve on Association work groups and governance-related joint committees.
• Cultivate and enhance working relationships with related professional and consumer organizations, and national public and private agencies, on behalf of the profession of audiology and ASHA members.
• Write and submit articles and provide audiology content expertise for a variety of Association resources, including the ASHA Practice Portal, The ASHA Leader, ASHANow (eNewsletter), Audiologist Connections (annual print magazine), and Audiologist Information Series (consumer patient information handouts).

Contacts

• To accomplish responsibilities listed above, the incumbent has contact with: Director, ASHA Audiology Professional Practices; Chief Staff Officer for Audiology; Board of Directors and other Association volunteer leaders and members; National Office staff; State and federal governmental agencies; The public and audiology members; ASHA Audiology Practices team members and other National Office staff.

Qualifications

• Education: Master’s or doctorate degree in audiology
• Experience: Five years or more of successful experience in the practice of audiology; pediatric / educational audiology experience is preferred but not required
• Knowledge and Skills: Current CCC-A; Excellent oral and written communication skills; Demonstrated ability to use appropriate computer software and to learn new software as needed; Knowledge of professional content areas and professional issues related to audiology; Evidence of professional publications or presentations in the area of audiology preferred

Freedom to Act

• Coaching and direction of tasks will be provided by the Senior Director, ASHA Audiology Professional Practice Unit
• Responsibility and authority to complete tasks related to such policy
• Freedom to propose innovative and creative projects

Equal Opportunity

It is the policy of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association to provide equal opportunity to all employees without regard for race, sex, national origin, religion, marital status, disability, veteran's status, age, sexual orientation or LGBT status, genetic information, citizenship, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ASHA's Bylaws. This policy applies to recruiting, hiring, transfer, promotion, compensation and benefits, upward mobility, training and development, access to facilities, termination, and other personnel actions.