What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Audiologist Kensington, MD Kensington Medical Center position at Kaiser Permanente?
Job Summary:
To assess, diagnose, and treat patients with hearing, balance and related disorders.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Evaluates patients audiologic function, interprets findings, and reviews test results with patient or responsible adult.
- Documents patients case history, test results and recommendations for follow up in the medical record and reports results and recommendations to referring physician and/or primary care physician.
- Counsels patients about treatment options for hearing loss and refers patients to ear, nose and throat department for consultation when appropriate.
- Counsels patients about management of chronic tinnitus.
- Educates patients about hearing conservation.
- Evaluates patients vestibular function when referred for dizziness, vertigo, or imbalance.
- Performs canalith repositioning maneuvers for patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and counsels patients about vestibular rehabilitation exercises when appropriate.
- Performs and interprets electro physiologic and special tests of the peripheral and central auditory system.
- Evaluates hearing status of infants and young children with an appropriate comprehensive battery of tests.
- Counsels patients regarding hearing aid device options.
- Evaluates patients hearing aids when appropriate and enters referrals for hearing aids for members with a hearing aid benefit.
- Additional specialized duties performed to include: Programming and fitting implantable devices such as cochlear implants, bone anchored hearing aids (BAHAS) and similar devices AND/OR Fitting, programming, and troubleshooting hearing aids and assistive listening devices, including electroacoustic analysis and real-ear measures AND/OR Advanced vestibular assessment such as rotary chair, vestibular evoked myogenic potential VEMPS, posturography or video head impulse testing (vHIT).
- Performs other related duties as directed. Performs other related duties as directed.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
- N/A
Education
- Current employees: Masters degree AND a minimum four (4) years of experience in audiology required - OR - an Au.D.
- New hires: Au.D.
License, Certification, Registration
- PECOS Enrollment within 3 months of hire
- Basic Life Support from American Heart Association
- National Provider Identifier
Additional Requirements:
- N/A
Preferred Qualifications:
- Minimum one (1) year of experience in vestibular testing (videonystagmography (VNG) or electronystagmography ( ENG)).
- Minimum one (1) year of experience in behavioral pediatric assessment (infants and toddlers).
- Minimum one (1) year of experience in Auditory Evoked Potential testing (all ages).
