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Health Technician (Audiology)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 54 days ago
On-site East Orange, NJ $43K – $70K Apply by Aug 6, 2026 Health Aid And Technician ESFJISFJISFPISTJ HealthcareTrades
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The New Jersey VA Healthcare System has 2 vacancies for a Health Technician (Audiology) at the East Orange VAMC and Lyons VAMC within the Audiology and Speech Pathology Section of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service. The incumbent serves as a team member of the Audiology and Speech Pathology Section and provides health care support services.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Major duties include but are not limited to: Responsible for routine repairs of all hearing aids that may be delivered or mailed to the Audiology clinic.
- →During clinic hours, the incumbent meets with veterans on a one-to-one basis to solve hearing aid problems.
- →In this capacity, the incumbent provides primary level troubleshooting and repair for veterans who are experiencing hearing aid problems.
- →The ability to succeed in this role requires effective communication with patients who have communication disorders.
- →When it is necessary for a hearing aid to be returned to a VA contract manufacturer for repair, the incumbent prepares all the necessary paperwork and records, wraps the hearing aid, and ships it.
- →The incumbent makes appropriate entries in the clinic's record tracking system in to order to insure that the hearing aid is properly tracked during the repair.
- →When the hearing aid is returned, the technician checks to insure that it is operational.
- →S/he then either mails the hearing aid to the veteran, or asks the clerk to schedule the veteran for an appointment, as appropriate.
- →When the incumbent determines that the patient demonstrates skill or knowledge deficits, s/he provides specific training or patient education and documents as appropriate in the patient record.
- →The incumbent is required to properly document all interactions in the medical record in the form of clinical progress notes.
- →The management of stock and custom hearing aids, batteries, assistive listening devices and ear mold orders of on- and off-contract devices are the responsibility of this staff member.
- →All hearing aids and assistive listening devices are accounted for by this employee with an inventory to be reviewed on a regularly determined schedule.
- →When the hearing aids are delivered to the clinic the incumbent is responsible for certifying the hearing aids and for checking the hearing aids to ensure that all ordered components are present and that the hearing aids are operational and ready to be issued.
- →As part of the hearing aid fitting the incumbent instructs the patient in the proper use and care, as well as the rights and responsibilities, and safety measures for safe and effective use of the hearing aid and any assistive listening devices that are issued.
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
Job ID: 4540e096-67fc-4ce3-bcb5-6cfda4d13369
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