Managing Audiologist

Responsibilities

• Oversees and performs testing and examination to determine a patients hearing level, balance assessment, and/or the site and nature of any damage.
• Oversees the interpretation of diagnostic audiological results with other diagnostic data to formulate the patients diagnosis, and plans and oversees several interrelated auditory disorder treatments to ensure that best practices are followed, and positive care outcomes are achieved.
• Oversees and conducts treatment for patients including habilitative, rehabilitative, or conservation programs, custom fitting, programming, and troubleshooting of hearing aids, and counseling individuals with auditory and balance disorders, their families, and other service providers.
• Provides training and maintains records of diagnostic findings and progress made utilizing appropriate software.
• Conducts and ensures that patients receive quality treatment by: Conducting, overseeing, and maintaining quality of care and service standards for habilitative, rehabilitative, or conservation programs across all teams in a region through the application of advanced audiology knowledge; counseling individuals with auditory disorders, their families, and other service providers, independently, regarding the etiology of the disorder, its management, the recommended follow-up and treatment plan while developing training plans to improve counseling capabilities across multiple audiology departments; and using advanced knowledge to custom fit and program hearing aids, troubleshoot hearing aid problems, provide in office hearing aid maintenance and repair, perform electroacoustic analysis and Rear Ear measurement to ensure patient benefit while monitoring all activities of the Hearing Aid Center business venture.
• Ensures that diagnostic information is properly utilized by: Coordinating diagnostic audiological results with other diagnostic data, such as educational, medical, social, and behavioral information while developing training plans to support the integration of this information; independently interpreting results and fostering an understanding of auditory diagnostic processes, including interpretation of data and results to reach a diagnosis, for all audiologists in a region; and independently monitoring changes in relevant audiometric and other diagnostic data to determine changes over time and progress through treatment while identifying treatment issues by analyzing data across multiple teams.
• Manages audiology education for patients and other professionals by: Preparing, coordinating, and presenting patient educational classes relating to pre-hearing aid expectations, post-purchase use and care, and hearing and balance disorders, while emphasizing the importance of patient education across multiple teams; planning, developing, and overseeing seminars/workshops that teach audiology to professional staff and train them to conduct audiometry for all audiologists in a region; and supervising staff to ensure audiologists are in compliance with audiology licensing laws ethical codes and other local, state, and federal regulations.
• Maintains and manages recordkeeping by: Independently recording and providing training to audiologists regarding diagnostic and progress recording software; and completing required visit documentation, reporting results, billing, and service capture while overseeing the completion of required visit documentation, reporting results and analyzing reports for potential risks or issues, and determining reporting processes for all audiologists in a region.
• Influences research in and evaluation by: Designing and developing strategic, cutting-edge clinical and research procedures as well as ensuring that all audiologists in the region are familiar with recent advancements in clinical and research procedures as well as improved methods of evaluation of persons with auditory and balance disorders; using advanced knowledge to conduct and oversee postoperative studies to determine hearing improvement achieved through surgery, and utilizing innovation and ingenuity to develop solutions to complex cases; and reporting results of research and evaluation and/or determining the direction of research and evaluation in accordance with organizational long-term strategic plans.

Qualifications

• Minimum two (2) years of experience managing operational or project budgets.
• Minimum three (3) years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
• Doctorate degree in Audiology, Speech and Hearing Science, Communication Disorders AND minimum four (4) years of experience in audiology or a directly related field OR Masters degree in Audiology, Speech and Hearing Science, Communication Disorders AND minimum six (6) years of experience in audiology or a directly related field.
• National Provider Identifier required at hire
• Basic Life Support required at hire
• Temporary Audiologist License (California) required at hire OR Audiologist License (California) required at hire
• Audiologist License (California) within 12 months of hire
• Valid Dispensing Audiologist License in state of primary practice.