Audiologist

Job Title

Duties

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Assess the nature, type, and severity of hearing/communication/vestibular disorders: Identifies and evaluates individuals with hearing disorders in the reception and perception of speech, language, and other acoustic signals. Administers the full range of tests, including auditory evoked potentials, videonystagmography, tinnitus, and balance assessment; evaluates the type and degree of hearing loss; administers compensation and pension evaluations; and provides an expert opinion regarding the etiology of auditory dysfunction, as needed.
• Recommends remedial measures to mitigate hearing loss: Responsible for direct services of a remedial and preventative nature. Services include the selection, evaluation, and fitting of hearing aids, assistive listening devices, and accessories; and issuance of hearing protection. Incumbent plans, conducts, and coordinates auditory (aural) rehabilitation, tinnitus and/or vestibular rehabilitation programs for patients; designs patient-centered treatment plans to assist patients and caregivers to maximize and restore to the greatest extent possible physical and social functioning; and designs, monitors, and conducts a comprehensive hearing conservation program for employees at risk for noise exposure.
• Counsels patients and family members on managing hearing communication and vestibular disorders: Counsels patients, family, and other health care providers on hearing loss and hearing loss management, and provides patient educational resources. Incumbent serves as a consultant to other facility personnel involving the most difficult and complex cases.
• Provides professional advice and consultation in areas related to professional audiology to other health care professionals: Serves as consultant to other health care professionals and is recognized as a subject matter expert (SME) on matters related to hearing, tinnitus, and balance disorders. The supervisor may assign staff audiologists to any VHA program and setting, such as inpatient or outpatient medicine, primary care, surgery, hearing health, neurology, rehabilitation medicine, geriatrics, compensation and pension.
• Independently applies professional contemporary audiology treatments to the full range of patient populations: Applies clinical skills in such areas as hearing conservation, electrophysiological assessment and interpretation, central auditory function assessment and treatment, counseling for coping with tinnitus, and analysis and fitting of advanced amplification technology. Applies knowledge, theories, and techniques to a full range of complex adult patients. Applies knowledge of embryology, genetics, pharmacology, basic physiology/disease processes, and the effects of high-intensity noise on the auditory mechanism.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:45 am - 4:30 pm

Telework: Ad-hoc

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 000000

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized