This role is eligible for a $15,000 sign on bonus!
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:
Programming and fitting implantable devices such as cochlear implants, bone anchored hearing aids (BAHAS) and similar devices
• Fitting, programming, and troubleshooting hearing aids and assistive listening devices, including electroacoustic analysis and real-ear measures • 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.