Audiology Specialist

Description

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Summary:

UNC Hospitals Department of Audiology is seeking a full-time Clinical Pediatric Audiologist to provide services in Orange County at UNC Hospitals Audiology at Meadowmont as well as the NC Children's Hospital. We are looking for a highly motivated, experienced audiologist to provide provide audiology services to pediatric patients in inpatient and outpatient settings. Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

* Administering basic and complex diagnostic evaluations to assess auditory, vestibular, and related conditions in patients of all ages

* Behavioral and electrophysiologic assessment of infants and young children

o Newborn Hearing Screenings (NICU & OP setting)

o ABRs under natural sleep as well as under sedation (in conjunction with imaging, sedated procedures, or surgeries)

o Behavioral assessments (including two-tester VRA and CPA)

o Participation in UNC interdisciplinary clinics when needed (NICU follow up clinic, Trisomy 21 clinic)

* Hearing aid fitting (air and bone conduction devices) and verification using real ear measures

* Counseling and communication with children and their families regarding hearing loss and its implications, and establishing goals and treatment programs

* Provide pediatric audiology care to families across the state via UNC Mobile Speech and Hearing Clinic (up to four times per month)

* Provide diagnostic audiology services for co-located pediatric ENT and Otology partners

* Precepting AuD trainees during their clinical training and externship

* *This position does not include working with or programming of cochlear implants.

Clear communication with multiple providers to maximize patient outcomes is critical. Experience in the assessment and audiologic management of infants and young children with hearing loss is required. Must be comfortable with clinical teaching and student supervision associated with employment in a leading academic medical center. The ideal candidate will have at least one year of experience working in an academic medical center or children's hospital in collaboration with otolaryngologists and related professionals. Must have a doctoral degree in Audiology (AuD). Requires current NC Audiology license or eligibility for license. This is a 40 hours/week daytime position; however, schedule may vary depending on clinic needs.

Responsibilities:
1. Contribute to quality of clinical services, including maintenance of valid and reliable records of patient procedures and progress, promotion of quality assurance initiatives, studies and surveys in specialty areas, conference with physicians regarding evaluation, treatment, and progress of patients, and provision of intramural and extramural in-services in areas of expertise.
2. Develop new clinical programs within Audiology to meet emerging needs by surveying and evaluating market trends, assembling technical hardware/software components, and developing programmatic infrastructure through accepted channels. Promote new program through professional public speaking and regional publicity.
3. Provide basic and complex diagnostic tests of conductive, sensori-neural, mixed and central auditory impairments using audiometry, impedance, otoscopy, emissions, and ABR. Performs ABR and cochlear implant-related electrophysiological testing in OR environment.
4. Provide hearing screening and full diagnostic hearing procedures for neonatal population
5. Provide programming of cochlear implant speech processors and provide auditory rehabilitation services to cochlear implant patients.
6. Serve as consultant to NC government departments and statewide health professionals in specialty area.
7. Teach and supervise Audiology and Speech Pathology students, ENT residents and other students or staff. Provide intra/extramural in-services.

Other information:
Education Requirements:
* Graduation from an accredited Audiology program.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
* Licensed as an Audiologist by the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists.
Professional Experience Requirements:
* If a Doctorate degree in Audiology (Au.D.): No prior experience required.
* If a Bachelor's degree: at least two (2) years of experience as an Audiologist is required.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: Audiology Meadowmont

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range: $32.23 - $46.33 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.