What are the responsibilities and job description for the Audiologist Assistant-Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery position at The University of Mississippi Medical Center?
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Job Requisition ID:
R00040489
Job Category:
Allied Health
Organization:
Ambulatory Otolaryngology Clerical
Location/s:
UMMC Lakeland Drive Building
Job Title:
Audiologist Assistant-Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Job Summary:
Responsible for planning, organizing, and providing various assignments to enhance the patient experience including but not limited to: setting up the exam rooms, rooming patients, prepping patients for audio logical tests, managing hearing aids as allowed by state law, managing new hearing aid orders and repairs.
Education & Experience
High School diploma or equivalent. Completion of courses in Audiologic Testing and amplification preferred.
Certifications, Licenses or Registration Required: N/A
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Excellent interpersonal skills that allow effective working relationships with a diverse customer, colleague, and vendor population. This includes listening, sales, and problem solving skills. Strong keyboard/computer skills, time management skills, and ability to prioritize numerous duties within strict deadlines. Ability to deal with numerous interruptions. Must be detailed oriented. Ability to remain patient centered, caring and respectful at all times.
Responsibilities
- Turn on the equipment and computers upon arrival and turning off equipment and computers at the end of the day; manages all hearing aid company software, cords and boots/flex strips.
- Verifies equipment and supplies are available in each room; cleans rooms between patients, including cleaning audiologic equipment; rooms patients according to procedure.
- Performs daily biological calibration checks; performs Otoscopic Inspection. Performs pure-tone air-condition threshold testing.
- Conducts Pure-Tone and Immittance Screening on children and adults; assists the Audiologist with VRA, play audiometry & Immittance Testing.
- Send out hearing aid orders; track orders to ensure that they arrive in a timely manner for the hearing aid fitting; check the hearing aids when they arrive, which include programming hearing aids as necessary; send out hearing aid repairs when necessary; contact patients for hearing aid related matters, e.g. pick up repairs, schedule appointments, etc.
- As allowed by state law, perform routine cleaning or repairing of hearing aids, which may include replacing earmold tubing, clean receivers and microphones of all hearing aids, and cleans corrosion on battery contacts.
- Performs electroacoustic analysis of hearing aids; performs hearing aid orientation, including basic care and use of the hearing aid (insertion, removal, adjusting volume, etc.; makes impressions for earmolds/hearing aid shells; modifies earmolds/shells.
- Demonstrates and sells assistive listening devices (ALD's), batteries, and other special products.
- Completes basic paperwork such as repair forms, purchase agreements, and warranty information; maintains inventory of clinical supplies; maintain hearing aid supplies and orders as needed; performs front office/desk duties as needed.
- Assists customers with exchanges or returns; provides excellent customer service and maintains good public relations; follows safety and infection control protocols; exercises confidentiality relating to patient and business information.
- The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.
Physical and Environmental Demands
Requires occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, occasional handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, frequent exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, frequent work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, frequent bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 75 pounds, occasional climbing, occasional crawling, occasional crouching/stooping, frequent kneeling, frequent pushing/pulling, constant reaching, occasional sitting, constant standing, occasional twisting, and constant walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)
Requires occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, occasional handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, frequent exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, frequent work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, frequent bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 75 pounds, occasional climbing, occasional crawling, occasional crouching/stooping, frequent kneeling, frequent pushing/pulling, constant reaching, occasional sitting, constant standing, occasional twisting, and constant walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)
Time Type:
Full time
FLSA Designation/Job Exempt:
No
Pay Class:
Hourly
FTE %:
100
Work Shift:
Day
Benefits Eligibility:
Grant Funded:
No
Job Posting Date:
01/16/2025
Job Closing Date (open until filled if no date specified):
