Part Time Newborn Hearing Screening Technician

Overview

Newborn Hearing Screening Technician PT - Part-time position available at Ochsner LSU Health-St. Mary's Medical Center in Shreveport, LA.

Responsibilities

• Conducting newborn hearing screenings on all infants in the well baby and NICU units, prior to discharge from the hospital.
• Carefully coordinate post-discharge follow-up care as needed, utilizing appropriate procedures and computer technology.
• Communicate the relevance of hearing screening and early identification to support positive outcomes, working directly with nursing staff, patients, and parents.
• Analyze and communicate responses to problem situations in a manner consistent with the company and customer's needs.
• Maintain and use hearing screening equipment, assist with database management.
• Interact as needed with various hospital departments.
• Perform duties in accordance with the policies and procedures of HSA, hospitals, and respective departments.
• Uphold the code of conduct and compliance policies.
• Upon completion of HSA/Hospital training, have thorough knowledge of procedural variables and instrumentation in the application of Transient Otoacoustic Emissions and/or Automatic Auditory Brainstem Response technology.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• A High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) is required.
• One (1) or more years of healthcare or childcare training/experience, or related college curriculum is a plus.
• Possess basic computer skills.
• Ability to function independently in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Willingness and ability to learn and operate hearing screening equipment.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to walk and stand for a complete shift, 2-6 hours depending on size of hospital.
• Must be able to lift to 25 pounds at times.

Benefits

This part-time position offers approximately 6-12 hours per week, with a pay rate of $16.00/hour + $1.00/hr weekend differential. It is also contingent upon passing a seven (7) year background check, drug test, and background check with favorable results, bloodwork to verify immunization titers, and providing a vaccination record upon hire.

Schedule

Alternating weekends and 1-2 weekday shifts each week with a start time of 8 AM daily. Shifts generally average between 3-5 hours daily.

Pay

$16.00/hour + $1.00/hr weekend differential!

Employment

The employment is contingent upon the following clear seven (7) year background check including criminal history and education verification, verifiable prior employment including title and dates of hire, passing drug test and background check with favorable results, bloodwork to verify immunization titers, and providing a vaccination record upon hire and willingness to receive updated vaccinations, including COVID and Flu vaccination confirmation as required by hospital location.

About the Company

Hearing Screening Associates (HSA) is part of the Demant Group, a world-leading hearing healthcare group. Demant is active and engaged in more than 30 countries, employs over 14,500 staff, and generates annual revenue of DKK 14 billion (approx. 2.1 billion USD).

Hearing Screening Associates is an Equal Opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.