Pediatric Audiologist

Your job is more than a job.

The Audiologist evaluates, diagnoses, and provides aural rehabilitative services to patients ranging from infancy through 21 years of age who demonstrate hearing loss. Responsibilities include administering a variety of diagnostic tests to assess hearing levels and identify hearing impairments, recommending and prescribing hearing aids and/or specialized training, and coordinating audiometric findings with other diagnostic information. The Audiologist also assists in the selection, fitting, and use of appropriate hearing devices and develops treatment recommendations to support optimal patient outcomes.

Why a Great Place to Work

You're more than your job. Everyone is. And that's what makes you great at your job-all the little extras you bring to work every day, the things that make you you. At LCMC Health we value those things about you, because we know that all those little extras add up to extraordinary. And we've built a culture that supports and celebrates the extraordinary. You'll see it when you come to work here, in the spirit of our places and the faces of our people. And every patient we heal, every family we comfort, every life we improve is the outcome of countless little extras adding up to an extraordinary result. Join LCMC Health, and you'll find that our everyday makes it easy to live your extraordinary.

GENERAL DUTIES

Performs patient hearing test assessments, analyzes results and recommends varied treatment and product options.
Delivers clinically appropriate evaluation, therapy and aural rehabilitative services to assigned population/patients with hearing and balance problems as guided by preferred practices outlined in the Standards of Clinical Practices Manual. Generates appropriate rehabilitative protocols/timelines.

Counsels patients, documents treatment plans and works with the physician on a treatment plan. Develops appropriate recommendations for patient follow-up.

Provides clinically appropriate neural telemetry testing in the operating room.

Fits and dispenses hearing aids or other equipment as required.

Performs daily equipment biological calibrations, maintains equipment, and initiates requests for repair.

Keeps accurate and comprehensive records in patient's medical chart and department-based files.

Facilitates the organization's compliance with JCAHO, CARF, ASHA, OSHA and ADA guidelines.

EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS

6 months of experience Certified Audiologist

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

Basic Life Support Health Care Provider American Heart Association

Audiology American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Audiology Louisiana Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.


WORK SHIFT:

Days (United States of America)
LCMC Health is a community.


Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little "come on in" attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health's culture of everyday extraordinary

Children's Hospital, at the heart of LCMC Health's incredible community of care, has been the go-to hospital for expert children's health, wellness, and one-of-a-kind care in Louisiana and the Gulf Coast. Learn more about Children's Hospital's 40+ specialties and our national ranking by U.S. News & World Report as a Best Children's Hospital

Your extras

• Deliver healthcare with heart.
• Give people a reason to smile.
• Put a little love in your work.
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
• Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
• See opportunities, not problems - it's all about perspective.
• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
• Love what makes you, you - because we do

You are welcome here.


LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.


The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

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