JOB SUMMARY

• Job Summary
• Determines type and degree of hearing impairment and implements habilitation and rehabilitation services for patient.
• Supervisory Responsibilities
• None specified

REQUIREMENTS

• Qualifications
• None specified
• Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
• Licensed in the State of Illinois. Eligible for the Certificate of Clinical Competency in Audiology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
• Education and/or Experience
• Masters Degree in Audiology; two to four years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and training.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Physical Demands
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use finger dexterity and talk and to hear. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.
• Work Environment
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

VALUES AND STANDARDS

• Teamwork
• Works as a team member within QMG providing coordinated care by communicating professionally and positively, recognizing the value of others, demonstrating a positive attitude, speaking kindly, showing appreciation for others and supporting others’ contributions to achieve one collective goal.
• Integrity
• Conducts ones’ self with the highest ethical standards by behaving professionally, ethically and morally, protecting patient confidentiality, providing a safe and respectful environment, accepting responsibility, demonstrating support of policies and applying judgement for each interaction.
• Excellence
• Provides Stellar healthcare in a friendly and caring environment by providing input to improve processes and encourage synergy, endeavoring to make a difference in the lives of patients, providing the highest quality of care and taking action to achieve excellence.
• Customer Service
• Serves others and patients with the utmost respect, dignity and compassion by recognizing that customers have choices, providing stellar customer service, demonstrating care through customer engagement, demonstrating ownership and responding to opportunities for service recovery.
• Leadership
• Evolves to meet the changing needs of our community and organization by demonstrating leadership in providing healthcare, participating in community events, organizations and initiatives, acting on and monitoring new healthcare trends, supporting education for all team members’ professional growth and commits to improving the region’s health.
• Benevolence
• Offers acts of kindness, is charitable and creates a goodwill in our workplace and community by leading as an example, providing ideas, aid and/or donations to our communities, volunteering, actively caring and supporting team members in need and identifying partners to help raise awareness about giving back to the community.

PRIMARY JOB DUTIES

• Administers and interprets variety of tests such as air and bone conduction, and speech reception and discrimination tests, to determine type and degree of hearing impairment, site of damage, and effects on comprehension and speech.
• Evaluates test results in relation to behavioral, social, educational, and medical information obtained from patients, families, teachers, Speech pathologists, and other professionals to determine communication problems related to hearing disability.
• Plans and implements prevention, habilitation, or rehabilitation services, including hearing aid selection and orientation, counseling, auditory training, lip reading, speech conservation, and other treatment programs developed in consultation with Speech Pathologist and other professionals.
• Refers patient to Physician or Surgeon if medical treatment is determined necessary.
• Acts as consultant to educational, medical, legal, and other professional groups.
• Other duties may be assigned.

DEPARTMENTAL/ORGANIZATIONAL GROWTH

• Demonstrates a willingness to assist others in meeting departmental or organizational objectives
• Contributes toward meeting departmental or organizational objectives
• Displays a willingness to accept added duties and responsibilities to help achieve departmental or organizational objectives
• Devotes the time and effort to support the growth of the department and organization
• Achieved the agreed upon individual objectives established for the departmental and organizational growth
• Task: Work with your department leader to establish a minimum of two agreed upon measurable department al and organizational objectives for the evaluation.

• Licensed in the State of Illinois. Eligible for the Certificate of Clinical Competency in Audiology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
• Masters Degree in Audiology; two to four years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and training.