Audiologist II (Peabody) | Boston Children's Hospital
Boston Children's Hospital
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Peabody, MA | United States
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Schedule: 40 hours, may need to work occasional Saturdays
This Audiologist II will be responsible for...
- Determining candidacy for hearing assistive technology (e.g. hearing aids and remote microphone systems). Fit appropriate technology and monitor function and use. Facility with validation and verification techniques, including real ear measurements.
- Obtaining case history data by interviewing the patient, family and caregivers, and by reviewing medical records, in order to determine indicators for hearing loss and medical development, social and educational factors which may influence case management decisions.
- Performing audiological evaluations, including the selection, administration, and interpretation of behavioral and physiological tests of auditory threshold sensitivity including auditory brainstem evoked response and otoacoustic emissions tests, speech detection, speech recognition, auditory perception, and middle ear measures. Performing evaluations for patients, interacting directly with patient and parent to obtain test results and observations. Provideing assistance to other audiologists in evaluations for young or developmentally-impaired children, interacting directly with patient and parent to obtain test results and observations.
- Counseling patient and family regarding test results and recommendations; including provision of information to family regarding funding sources for needed devices or services, and training in the use of hearing technology and methods of communicating effectively with the patient.
- Applying test results and observations to formulate case management plan including preparation of written case reports with recommendations for evaluation by other services, selection and fitting of hearing technology, assistive listening devices, therapeutic and educational strategies.
- Coordinating implementation of case management plan, including communication with physicians, participation in interdisciplinary staffing, telephone and paperwork assistance to the family in obtaining funding for and fitting of hearing technology, coordinating return visits with appointments in related services, and facilitating contacts with outside services.
- Assisting in maintaining efficiency of clinical operations, including day to day schedule coordination, provision of unscheduled services to patients having urgent needs, support to other staff in implementing clinical assignments, maintenance of up to date consignment stock of hearing technology with liaison to manufacturers' representatives; equipment calibration; organization of equipment and supplies.
- Participating in program development and research related to clinical assignments.
- Continuing individual professional growth by participating in continuing education activities, reading professional journals, mastering use of new equipment and technologies; fosters professional growth of other staff by sharing information gained through continuing education.
- Planning, implementing and analyzing quality improvement monitors on a rotating basis; communicates results to interdepartmental committees; uses findings to assist in modification of existing practices to improve quality of service delivery.
- Providing training and supervision to graduate student externs, clinical fellows, and new staff members
To qualify you must have... - Current License in Audiology from the Division of Registration, Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology (CCC A) from the American Speech Language Hearing Association or Board Certification from the American Board of Audiology.
- Certificate Holder of Audiology Precepting (CH-AP) or equivalent
- Doctoral Degree (Audiology)
- 1 year of clinically supervised experience in Pediatric Audiology and minimum 3 years of progressively responsible and specialized clinical experience
About Boston Children's Hospital
Boston Children's Hospital is a 395-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care. As one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States, Children's offers a complete range of health care services for children from birth through 21 years of age.
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