AUDIOLOGIST

Sign-on Bonus and Relocation Reimbursement available!

The Department of Audiology at UNM Hospitals is committed to building a healthy, well-educated, economically vigorous New Mexico. We are a rapidly growing department and are currently searching for an audiologist to join our team.

As part of the only level 1 trauma center in New Mexico, UNM Hospitals and the audiology clinic provide a rewarding mix of tertiary and indigent care, and inpatient and outpatient services for ages birth through the aged. We provide:

· Comprehensive hearing evaluations

· Hearing aid services (traditional and bone conduction)

· Cochlear implant services

· Auditory Brainstem Implant services

· Auditory Brainstem Response testing, including sedated ABRs

· Electrocochleography

· Videonystagmography

· cVEMPs

· Support in two busy ENT clinics

· Newborn hearing screenings and follow up

Applicants must have earned the Doctorate of Audiology, and experience is preferred. A strong background in pediatrics, the special needs population and electrophysiology is ideal. The successful candidate is expected to have a strong commitment to clinical care as they work collaboratively with other well-respected colleagues in primary, specialty, and surgical care teams. Our practice focuses on providing patient-centered, community-service based, quality and compassionate care for all New Mexicans.

New Mexico is known as the Land of Enchantment for good reason. Albuquerque is a culturally rich and naturally beautiful city, with good weather year-round, perfect for outdoor enthusiasts. The Sandia Mountain wilderness is 20 minutes from UNM. There is a lively arts scene, and we are close to the galleries of Santa Fe and Madrid, NM. There are two national laboratories nearby - Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories. This is an exciting career prospect, which offers many opportunities for development of skills, growth, collaborative teamwork, learning, and teaching while contributing to our continued commitment towards providing quality care for the community.

Department: Audiology

FTE: 1.00
Full Time
Shift: Days

Position Summary:
Provide comprehensive assessment, diagnostic and rehabilitative services for all area of auditory, vestibular, and related disorders. Provide supervision of graduate students and clinical fellows engaged in similar work. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may include neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric age groups.

Detailed responsibilities:
* AUDITORY EVALS - Provide direct clinical services to patients including standard hearing evaluations, electrophysiologic testing, otoacoustic emission testing and electronystagmography testing
* ASSESSMENT - Provide patient care services including assessment, diagnosis, prevention, identification, consultation, habilitation, rehabilitation, instruction, counseling and prognostication
* AUDITORY SERVICES - Provide auditory services including hearing aid and assistive listening device evaluations and dispensing; initiate appropriate follow-up and referral to other healthcare professionals
* HEARING IMPAIRMENT - Supervise programs identifying cases of hearing impairment including newborn hearing screens
* POLICY & PROCEDURE - Follow established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards
* SUPERVISION - Supervise graduate students, clinical fellows and/or paraprofessionals as delegated
* EDUCATION & LIAISON - Provide in-services and serve as a liaison to other health care providers and related professionals as assigned
* EQUIPMENT & RECORDS - Provide support and assistance in the areas of equipment calibration, maintenance and supply; monitor and maintain departmental data and records
* CUSTOMER RELATIONS - Establish and maintain good rapport and effective working relationships with patients, visitors, physicians and Hospitals employees
* PATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols
* PATIENT SAFETY 2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes
* PATIENT SAFETY 3 - Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk
* PATIENT SAFETY 4 - Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner
* PATIENT SAFETY 5 - Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may 'not seem right'

Qualifications

Education:
Essential:
* Master's Degree
Nonessential:
* Doctorate Degree
Education specialization:
Essential:
* Related Discipline
Nonessential:
* Related Discipline

Experience:
Essential:
No minimum experience required

Nonessential:
Bilingual English/American Sign Language, Spanish, Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo

Credentials:
Essential:
* CPR for Healthcare/BLS Prov or Prof Rescuers w/in 30 days
* Audiology & Hearing Aid Dispensing Lic in NM w/in 60 days

Physical Conditions:
Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Sedentary Work. May require walking or standing to a significant degree or requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or may require working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of materials is negligible.

Working conditions:
Essential:
* Minor Hazard - physical risks, dirt, dust, fumes, noise
* May be credentialed by UNMH Credentialing Committee
* 60 days written notice required to be eligible for rehire