Current, permanent VA employees or Federal employees from another agency should apply under CBST-11722509-23-AK. The Staff Audiologist conducts a full range of vestibular evaluations and audiological evaluations to determine the type and degree of hearing loss, determines patients' need for amplification, predicts, and measures the effectiveness of amplification, and determines need for and type of rehabilitation and counseling of veterans and their families. Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. English Language Proficiency: Staff Audiologist must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f). Education. (1) Doct