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Company: Kaiser Permanente
Location: North Kensington, MD
Career Level: Entry Level
Industries: Recruitment Agency, Staffing, Job Board

Description

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 performed to include: Programming and fitting implantable devices such as cochlear implants, bone anchored hearing aids (BAHAS) and similar devices AND/OR Fitting, programming, and troubleshooting hearing aids and assistive listening devices, including electroacoustic analysis and real-ear measures AND/OR 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. Performs other related duties as directed.

Basic Qualifications: Experience
  • N/A
Education
  • Current employees: Masters degree AND a minimum four (4) years of experience in audiology required - OR - an Au.D.
  • New hires: Au.D.
License, Certification, Registration
  • PECOS Enrollment within 3 months of hire
  • Basic Life Support from American Heart Association
  • National Provider Identifier
Additional Requirements:
  • N/A
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Minimum one (1) year of experience in vestibular testing (videonystagmography (VNG) or electronystagmography ( ENG)).
  • Minimum one (1) year of experience in behavioral pediatric assessment (infants and toddlers).
  • Minimum one (1) year of experience in Auditory Evoked Potential testing (all ages).


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