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Audiologist
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Family Practice-Without OB
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Permanent/Full-Time
Locums/Travel
Part-Time/Contract
Work Environment
Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC)
Academic/Training Program
Hospital
Clinic/Private Practice
Location
Oceanside, California, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
7/14/16
Vesa Health and Technologies, Inc. is looking for an Audiologist to provide services in the Audiology, Speech, Vestibular Clinic, ENT, and Concussion Care Clinic at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton (NHCP).
Location: Oceanside, California 92055
Qualifications:
Possess a minimum of one year experience within the previous three years in Vestibular Audiology assessment to include the following testing procedures: Video Nystagmography (VNG)/ Electro-Nystagmography (ENG); Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential (VEMP); Rotational Chair testing; or Electro-Cochleography (ECOG).
Possess a Master’s or a Doctor of Audiology degree in Audiology from a college or university accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) or the Accreditation Commission for Audiology Education (ACAAE) of the American Academy of Audiology.
Possess and maintain one of the following:
Current certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) in the field of Audiology (CCC-A) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA-CCCA).
OR
Current certification from the American Board of Audiology of the American Academy of Audiology (AAA).
Possess and maintain a current, valid, unrestricted license to practice Audiology in one of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Staffing and Scheduling:
Services shall be required in the assigned clinical area, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 0630 – 1800 for an 8.5 or 9 hour shift including an uncompensated 30 minute or one-hour meal break. Services are not normally required on Federal Holidays. The HCW shall generally be on duty for 40 hours each week, except during periods of approved leave or for holidays. In no instance will the HCW be required to provide services in excess of 80 hours in a 2-week period. The specific schedule for each two-week period will be schedule one month in advance by the Government supervisor.
The HCW will accrue eight hours of personal leave (annual plus sick) per 80 hours worked and shall be subject to the leave approval.
Duties: Administer a full range of diagnostic testing for the evaluation and management of audiologic and vestibular disorders. Develop rehabilitation plans for patients with hearing loss, tinnitus, and vestibular disorders; work in conjunction with other health care providers including but not limited to otolaryngology, speech pathology, mental health and vestibular rehabilitation physical therapy to coordinate appropriate care and management of patients.
Evaluate degree and nature of hearing loss and determine the effect of hearing impairment on communication for all patient populations. Provide assistance in determining “fitness of duty” for operational military personnel. Develop and execute aural rehabilitation plans for improving communication skills which may include hearing aid evaluation, hearing aid fitting, aural rehabilitation and tinnitus therapy.
Interpret diagnostic testing of vestibular disorders utilizing Video-electronstagmography (VNG), Electonystagmography (ENG), Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential (VEMP), Rotary Chair testing and Electrocochleography (ECochG). Work in conjunction with otolaryngology and physical therapy to develop vestibular rehabilitation treatment plans; provides quantitative data to determine a patient’s level of response, compensation, and progress with the patient’s vestibular rehabilitation therapy program.
Document case histories, counseling and recommendations for follow up and treatment.
Administer audiological tests to all types of aurally handicapped patients including military personnel and their dependents from newborns to geriatric patients.
Review accompanying consultation forms and records, independently determine appropriate tests, adapt test techniques, and utilize clinical judgment based on audiological and psychological precepts.
Conduct routine tests, to include air conduction, bone conduction, speech reception thresholds and speech discrimination, including high intensity speech discrimination testing.
Test for non-organicity and determine accuracy and reliability of test results. Administer additional tests to rule out presence of non-organicity such as the Stenger Test. Employ objective test techniques such as Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) and Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE) to help determine true organic thresholds.
Conduct special Audiological tests as necessary to assist the otologist in the medical diagnosis of site of lesion to differentiate between cochlear and retrocochlear pathology. Independently determine which tests are indicated.
Perform electrophysiological tests such as Auditory Brainstem Response, Electrocochleography and Otoacoustic Emissions when indicated and appropriate.
Conduct special speech tests for differentiating central auditory pathology when indicated to include filtered and competing message tests, such as Staggered Spondee Words (SSW), Synthetic Sentence Index (SSI) and other dichotic and monotic listening tests.
Conduct Hearing Aid Evaluation. Administer formal objective hearing aid evaluations and informal subjective selection of hearing aids to both children and adults. Recommend for purchase the instrument which is most effectively suited to the patient’s needs, orient patient to hearing aid use, and initiate a proper attitude for rehabilitation by means of an appropriate psychological approach.
Maintain area audiometric equipment pool; request required equipment or supplies as needed.
Selection of Hearing Aids. Follow the Audiology Division Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for hearing aid selections and the processing of referrals to fit hearing aids by commercial hearing aid specialists and recommendation of purchase of aid after subsequent testing and orientation for all patients not eligible for military issue.
Counseling:
Counsel patients, regarding hearing problems, implications for or against use of a hearing aid, recommend or arrange for classroom training when indicated and provide narrative summary of each patient to referring physician and other interested agencies.
Counsel family members as required regarding patient’s problem, interpret results and provide guidance and advice on educational and training needs. Provide narrative summary of each patient to referring physician and other interested agencies.
Location: Oceanside, California 92055
Qualifications:
Possess a minimum of one year experience within the previous three years in Vestibular Audiology assessment to include the following testing procedures: Video Nystagmography (VNG)/ Electro-Nystagmography (ENG); Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential (VEMP); Rotational Chair testing; or Electro-Cochleography (ECOG).
Possess a Master’s or a Doctor of Audiology degree in Audiology from a college or university accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) or the Accreditation Commission for Audiology Education (ACAAE) of the American Academy of Audiology.
Possess and maintain one of the following:
Current certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) in the field of Audiology (CCC-A) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA-CCCA).
OR
Current certification from the American Board of Audiology of the American Academy of Audiology (AAA).
Possess and maintain a current, valid, unrestricted license to practice Audiology in one of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Staffing and Scheduling:
Services shall be required in the assigned clinical area, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 0630 – 1800 for an 8.5 or 9 hour shift including an uncompensated 30 minute or one-hour meal break. Services are not normally required on Federal Holidays. The HCW shall generally be on duty for 40 hours each week, except during periods of approved leave or for holidays. In no instance will the HCW be required to provide services in excess of 80 hours in a 2-week period. The specific schedule for each two-week period will be schedule one month in advance by the Government supervisor.
The HCW will accrue eight hours of personal leave (annual plus sick) per 80 hours worked and shall be subject to the leave approval.
Duties: Administer a full range of diagnostic testing for the evaluation and management of audiologic and vestibular disorders. Develop rehabilitation plans for patients with hearing loss, tinnitus, and vestibular disorders; work in conjunction with other health care providers including but not limited to otolaryngology, speech pathology, mental health and vestibular rehabilitation physical therapy to coordinate appropriate care and management of patients.
Evaluate degree and nature of hearing loss and determine the effect of hearing impairment on communication for all patient populations. Provide assistance in determining “fitness of duty” for operational military personnel. Develop and execute aural rehabilitation plans for improving communication skills which may include hearing aid evaluation, hearing aid fitting, aural rehabilitation and tinnitus therapy.
Interpret diagnostic testing of vestibular disorders utilizing Video-electronstagmography (VNG), Electonystagmography (ENG), Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential (VEMP), Rotary Chair testing and Electrocochleography (ECochG). Work in conjunction with otolaryngology and physical therapy to develop vestibular rehabilitation treatment plans; provides quantitative data to determine a patient’s level of response, compensation, and progress with the patient’s vestibular rehabilitation therapy program.
Document case histories, counseling and recommendations for follow up and treatment.
Administer audiological tests to all types of aurally handicapped patients including military personnel and their dependents from newborns to geriatric patients.
Review accompanying consultation forms and records, independently determine appropriate tests, adapt test techniques, and utilize clinical judgment based on audiological and psychological precepts.
Conduct routine tests, to include air conduction, bone conduction, speech reception thresholds and speech discrimination, including high intensity speech discrimination testing.
Test for non-organicity and determine accuracy and reliability of test results. Administer additional tests to rule out presence of non-organicity such as the Stenger Test. Employ objective test techniques such as Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) and Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE) to help determine true organic thresholds.
Conduct special Audiological tests as necessary to assist the otologist in the medical diagnosis of site of lesion to differentiate between cochlear and retrocochlear pathology. Independently determine which tests are indicated.
Perform electrophysiological tests such as Auditory Brainstem Response, Electrocochleography and Otoacoustic Emissions when indicated and appropriate.
Conduct special speech tests for differentiating central auditory pathology when indicated to include filtered and competing message tests, such as Staggered Spondee Words (SSW), Synthetic Sentence Index (SSI) and other dichotic and monotic listening tests.
Conduct Hearing Aid Evaluation. Administer formal objective hearing aid evaluations and informal subjective selection of hearing aids to both children and adults. Recommend for purchase the instrument which is most effectively suited to the patient’s needs, orient patient to hearing aid use, and initiate a proper attitude for rehabilitation by means of an appropriate psychological approach.
Maintain area audiometric equipment pool; request required equipment or supplies as needed.
Selection of Hearing Aids. Follow the Audiology Division Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for hearing aid selections and the processing of referrals to fit hearing aids by commercial hearing aid specialists and recommendation of purchase of aid after subsequent testing and orientation for all patients not eligible for military issue.
Counseling:
Counsel patients, regarding hearing problems, implications for or against use of a hearing aid, recommend or arrange for classroom training when indicated and provide narrative summary of each patient to referring physician and other interested agencies.
Counsel family members as required regarding patient’s problem, interpret results and provide guidance and advice on educational and training needs. Provide narrative summary of each patient to referring physician and other interested agencies.