Audiologist (Clinical Specialist) - Education Coordinator

Audiologist The Audiologist conducts a full range of 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 with hearing loss and their families. Major duties include, but are not limited to: Special program responsibilities including coordinating all aspects of the specialty care related to the student training program to ensure local, VISN, national and individual affiliate guidelines are followed. Serves as the Audiology Education Coordinator for Audiology interns and externs at all levels, both paid through the Office of Academic Affiliates (OAA) and unpaid without compensation (WOC) students at all levels of education. Manages requests for student shadowing/observation experiences with educational affiliates. Responsible for working with the facility Designated Education Officer (DEO) (or their designee) and the OAA in establishing affiliation agreements with partnering university programs. Maintains continual contact with the affiliated programs and students by providing application criteria for interested students of all levels of education including undergraduate for shadowing/observation opportunities and graduate students for paid and WOC 2nd & 3rd year semester placements and 4th year placements. Develops and maintains an Audiology Student Trainee handbook with the policies and procedures of the HWW VAMC and the Audiology Service. Develops and provides the initial and ongoing training for all audiology students. Ensures the student clinical experience is of high quality and the supervising audiologists are providing appropriate clinical supervision. Coordinates with the Audiology Service Administrative Officer, Human Resources, Learning Resources and Office of Information Technology for the onboarding and offboarding of all paid and all WOC students. Exercises independent clinical judgment and adapts clinical procedures and techniques to accommodate age-specific and unique patient conditions, needs, and expectations. Evaluates patients to determine nature, type, and severity of hearing and balance disorders using a full range of diagnostic tests and techniques, past, family, and social history, record review, and consultation with family and other health care practitioners. Serves as a consultant to other facility personnel involving the most difficult and complex cases and is recognized as a subject matter expert on matters relating to hearing, tinnitus and balance disorders. All other duties as assigned, pertaining to this occupation, to meet the needs of the Agency, Department, Facility, and/or Service.