Managing Audiologist

Responsibilities

• Oversees and performs testing and examination to determine a patient's hearing level, balance assessment, and/or the site and nature of any damage.
• Interprets diagnostic audiological results with other diagnostic data to formulate the patient’s diagnosis, and plans and oversees several interrelated auditory disorder treatments to ensure best practices are followed and positive care outcomes are achieved.
• Conducts and oversees 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 applying 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.
• Ensures that diagnostic information is properly utilized by coordinating diagnostic audiological results with other diagnostic data, such as educational, medical, social, and behavioral 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.
• Maintains and manages recordkeeping by independently recording and providing training to audiologists regarding diagnostic and progress recording software, 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.

Qualifications

• 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
• Audiologist License (California) required at hire
• Valid Dispensing Audiologist License in state of primary practice.