Audiologist II (Part-Time)

The Department of Ambulatory Care Services at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a part-time Audiologist II.

The Doctor of Audiology is a professional who diagnoses, treats and manages individuals with hearing loss or balance problems. Our Audiologist will collaborate with physicians, and other medical professionals for medical and surgical evaluation or treatments as needed. The successful candidate will:

• Obtain patient accurate medical history.
• Conduct routine and specialized auditory and vestibular assessment and record presence of disease or abnormality.
• Utilize behavioral and electrophysiological measures for diagnostic testing.
• Accurately analyze and interpret results of diagnostic testing and make appropriate recommendations for treatment, referrals and rehabilitation.
• Assess the patient's candidacy for amplification cases.
• Dispense, fit and troubleshoot hearing aids and other assistive listening devices.

Counsels patients and families in the use of equipment, performs hearing aide repairs and promptly processes off-site repairs.
Consistently and accurately maintains records, utilizing documentation guidelines outlined by facility policies and procedures. May include scheduling, billing and gathering of statistics.
Communicates and collaborates with supervisor or Interdisciplinary team on patient status and needs: communicates with supervisor and Supplemental Health care regarding Issues or concerns.
Responsible for performing tasks that are within the scope of his/her educational preparation,
knowledge, and permitted by the policies and procedures of Supplemental Health Care (SHC), and other local state and federal guidelines and the policies of the facility requesting the services.

Confer and collaborate with the Interdisciplinary team, family and community agencies; assist with the coordination and provision of services.

Procedures:

Comprehensive Audiological Evaluation (CAE) Pediatric

Play Audiometry (Pediatric)

Comprehensive Audiological Evaluation- Adult
Screening, Air only
Pure Tone, Air and Bone Only
Speech Recognition Threshold (SRT) only
SRT and Speech Discrimination
Tympanometry
Acoustic Reflex Decay
Stenger, Pure Tone or Speech
Tone Decay
central Auditory Processing £valuation
Real Ear Measurement
Distortion Product Oto-Acoustic Emission (OAE) Limited
Complete ENG, Electronystagmography
Gaze and Fixation
Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response (ABR) Adult
Electrocochleography

Hearing Aid Check

Hearing Aid Evaluation

Hearing Aid fitting

Cochlear implant management

Educated on and compliant with HIPAA regulations; maintains direct confidentiality of client Information.
Complies with Infection Control, Standard Precautions and OSAA standards for the healthcare professional.
Able to wear personal protective equipment {e.g., face mask, goggles, latex/non-latex gloves) as needed,
Ability to work effectively within role independently and with other team members.
Ability to organize and complete work in a timely manner.
Ability to read, write and effectively communicate  in English

Required Qualifications

• Doctoral Degree from an accredited school of Audiology.
• New York State Audiologist Licensure.
• 1+ years of current experience within the last three years in a comparable job classification.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology (CCC-A) preferred.