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Audiologist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program, a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties: Conducts a full range of audiological evaluations to determine the nature, type, and severity of hearing, communication, and vestibular disorders.
- →Counsels patients and family members regarding management of these disorders and independently applies professional, contemporary audio logic treatments to the full range of patient populations.
- →Perform functions associated with the contemporary audiology scope of practice as defined by the American Academy of Audiology and/or the American Speech Language Hearing Association.
- →Determine the nature, type, and severity of hearing, communication, and vestibular disorders.
- →Provide professional advice and consultation in areas related to professional audiology to other health care professionals.
- →Independently apply professional, contemporary audio logic treatments to the full range of patient populations.
- →Participate in the facility's quality improvement program, including responsibility for performance measures related to the specialty.
- →Provide orientation and training of medical staff, assist in the training and supervision of students, trainees, interns, and fellows, providing feedback on progress toward established educational goals.
- →Keep current with theory and practice through continuing education programs, journals, textbooks, and other literature, and in-service programs.
- →Participate in developing guidelines and protocols, new patient programs, and evaluation of existing programs.
- →Work with other departments/facilities to develop joint programs.
- →Maintain patient records and other data required by the clinic, service, and medical center and maintain supplies, equipment, and clinical areas to optimize safety and efficiency.
- →Serve on service-level committees or task forces or represent the service/section on medical center, network, or national committees as requested.
- →May perform ancillary assignments, including program management duties on an occasional basis, where the complexity and amount of work is not substantial.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
Personality Fit
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