Audiologist

Responsibilities/Job Description:

Are you looking for a team-focused, fast-paced, and culturally diverse clinic that provides a wide range of audiology services? Fairview Maplewood Audiology Clinic will give you just that!

 

We are seeking an independent and collaborative audiologist to join us and complete our team of four audiologists and one audiology assistant. This clinic provides ENT audiology coverage, diagnostic hearing evaluations, hearing aid consultations, fittings and follow-up services. There is also potential for BAHA, newborn hearing screens and auditory brainstem response testing, if interested. The patient population is mostly adults, with about 30% pediatrics and a good amount of non-English speaking patients seen via interpreters. The audiologist is responsible for providing safe and effective delivery of patient care within scope of practice - this includes examination, evaluation, diagnosis, planning, intervention and establishing outcomes. 

• FTE: 1.0, authorized to work 80 hours per pay period.
• Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm or 8:00am - 4:30pm. No weekends or evenings.
  
• Full benefits such as medical, HSA, dental insurance, vision insurance, 403b, PTO, Shift Differentials, health & wellbeing resources, paid for continuing education credits, and more!

Fairview Rehabilitation offers a broad range of services that serve patients across10 acute-care hospitals, 3 post-acute settings and 70 outpatient adult and pediatric therapy clinics. Consisting of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy as well as Audiology and Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehab, our therapists collaborate with colleagues in all medical settings and offer dozens of specialty programs.

 

As an academic health system with residency and fellowship programs and a rehab-focused clinical quality team, we have a collaborative culture that is centered on learning with an emphasis on evidence-based, patient-centered care. Rehab’s continuing education program offers 40+ continuing education courses per year at no cost to employees and further supports numerous external CE courses each year.

 

As a member of the Fairview rehab team, you would have opportunities for formal mentorship, clinical specialization and further recognition and compensation through our clinical specialist program. As an industry leader in rehabilitative care with nationally recognized programs, our therapists play a critical role in helping patients reach their goals and live more fulfilling lives.

Responsibilities

• Evaluation
• Gathers pertinent data
• Performs routine hearing evaluations, physiologic auditory assessment and special auditory testing for all ages
• Provides evaluation and management of cochlear implants and other implantable technologies
• Hearing aid evaluation and fittings
• Plan of Care
• Analyzes data to identify needs and potential risks
• Determines prognosis for recovery
• Establishes individualized goals with patient and/or caregiver
• Individualizes plan of care considering developmental level and cultural differences
• Implements and modifies plan of care based on reassessment and patient response
• Coordinates care and communicates effectively with interdisciplinary team for all aspects of patient care
• Establishes appropriate discharge plan
• Skilled Intervention
• Implements plan of care
• Alters treatment/plan of care to reflect change in patient status and response to treatment
• Assesses patient and/or caregiver learning needs and provides appropriate education
• Documentation/Billing
• Uses acceptable medical terminology
• Follows professional practice standards
• Completes documentation in a timely manner per department standards
• Complies with department billing standards
• Professional Expectations
• Prioritizes tasks and patient care for effective time management
• Understands and follows professional licensure/certification requirements
• Directs team members and/or supervises students as designated
• Pursues personal and professional development to support clinical best practice
• Productivity
• Meets or exceeds departmental standards for productivity
• Quality Improvement
• Identifies opportunities for process /quality improvement
• Participates in and supports entity/system initiatives

Required Qualifications

• Current Audiology licensure in the State of Minnesota
• Basic Life Support Certification from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross

Preferred Qualifications

• Doctorate in Audiology
• 1 year experience

Qualifications:

$90,792.00- $131,123.20 Annual