Clinical Audiologist

Job Details

Audiologists identify, evaluate, rehabilitate/habilitate individuals with hearing/balance disorders.

Job Description

• Audiologists identify, evaluate, rehabilitate/habilitate individuals with hearing/balance disorders
• Audiologists create individualized rehabilitative treatment plans for individuals with hearing disorders
• Audiologists provide education regarding hearing/balance disorders and hearing conservation
• Audiologists participate in community outreach events, including hearing screenings as part of hearing conservation
• Audiologists provide tinnitus management options
• Audiologists provide cochlear implant services
• Audiologists provide education/preceptorship:  teaching and mentoring of audiology extern and graduate students, medical students, and residents
• Audiologists participate in research initiatives
• Audiologists should exhibit efficient communication and collaboration among clinical and non-clinical staff across locations
• Audiologists should completion all patient encounters in a timely manner via the institution’s medical record system.
• Timely and efficient completion of all appointment types is expected
• Timely and efficient documentation of outgoing and incoming tasks via the institution’s medical record system is expected
• Efficient utilization and time management across locations is expected
• Positive patient satisfaction/experience is fundamental
• Audiologists are expected to meet knowledge and skill development expectations of supervisors

• Audiologists are expected to set and pursue goals outlined in yearly performance evaluations

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Clinical Doctorate in Audiology (AuD)

  PA and/or NJ License to practice audiology
• By virtue of academic degree, clinical training, and license to practice (preferred) and/or professional credential, qualified to provide a comprehensive array of professional services related to the assessment and habilitation/rehabilitation of persons with auditory and vestibular impairments, and to the prevention of these impairments 

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Primary Location Address

240 Middletown Boulevard, Langhorne, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.    

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.