Audiologist

GENERAL SUMMARY OF DUTIES: Responsible for providing a full range of
diagnostic, consultative, and rehabilitative audiology services to patients and
families. Help provide technology and education with respect to amplification
as part of the rehabilitative services.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Patient Engagement:

• Performs hearing aid evaluations and dispenses hearing aids

• Obtains case history and administers diagnostic tests to determine nature, degree, and type of hearing problems
• Consults with patients on the nature of hearing loss and communicative problems
• Develops individualized treatment programs or referrals

• Plans and directs patient treatment programs

• Order and repair processing

• All patients who qualify will be offered information as to the following:

• STAP
• Extended warranties (for hearing aids up to five years of age such that no instrument over five years is warrantied for more than a year)

Operational:

• Maintains work area in a clean and orderly manner

• Keeps equipment in good working condition

• Ensure all diagnostic equipment is turned off at the end of the day

• Report inventory usage to inventory control manager

• Report inventory needs to inventory control manager

• Complete Audiology Tracking Report

Outreach:

• Participate in health fairs

• Network in community based events in order to promote practice

• Participate in professional development activities

• Maintain professional affiliations

• Maintain professional continuing education hours

PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS:

• Participate in planning annual goals for self and meeting expectations

• Prior to any appointment, provider prepares for the appointment relative to review of prior appointment notes and patient needs
• Patient appointment outcomes will be entered in the patient record on the same day as the patient appointment
• Patient reports

• will be sent to the primary care and referring physician within 48 hours of new patient appointment
• will be sent to the primary care and referring physician within 48 hours of current patient annual follow up appointment
• DARS reports will be sent out no later than 48 hours post appointment
• Audiology tracking report to be completed and turned in no later than 5pm every Friday for that week’s patient encounters
• Orders and repairs will be readied for shipment on the same day as the instrument order or repair appointment is completed
• Attend and participate in all staff meetings, to be held at least monthly

• Patient Engagement

• Appointments will be seen on time with a maximum 10 minute wait
• If the prior appointment is running behind (even within the 10 minute window), the provider will notify the PCP so that the subsequent (waiting) patient may be told
• Provider calls the patient 3 days post fit for follow up
• Practice employee manual will be acknowledged in writing and adhered to consistently

EDUCATION: AuD
SKILLS:

• Skill in building healthy rapport with patients and office staff

• Skill in being an excellent TEAM player, and follow instructions

• Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with patients, staff, and the public
• Ability to operate audiology equipment

• Ability to set priorities among multiple requests

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $70,000.00 - $117,427.00 per year

Medical Specialty:

• Pediatrics

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental Pay:

• Commission pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Midland, MI: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

Salary : $70,000 - $117,427