Pediatric Audiologist - Mary Bridge

MultiCare Health System · United States

Where kids and families are always first At MultiCare Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Network, caring for kids is more than what we do — it’s our purpose. As the state-designated Level II Pediatric Trauma Center and the only pediatric hospital in Washington’s South Sound, we provide a comprehensive network of care designed specifically for children and adolescents. Our vision is to be the safest, highest-quality place for children to receive care, where every child has a medical home and every family feels supported. Looking for an experienced Audiologist to help cover PTO and sick calls! FTE: 0.01, Shift: Days, Schedule: Variable Position Summary The Audiologist is responsible for providing comprehensive diagnostic and rehabilitative services for all areas of auditory and related disorders. This is a professional level position that provides services in a medical center/speech and hearing center setting to children and young adults age 0-18 years who represent a diverse linguistic, ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic group. The Audiologist serves a large population of patients with multiple disabilities. Work situations require clinical skills, data analysis, problem solving, and decision-making. Internal contacts include pediatric patient care staff, physicians, and support staff. External contacts include physicians, patients, families, school staff, and outside organizations. Responsibilities:

• Identifies, assesses, diagnoses, manages, and interprets test results related to disorders of human hearing in children birth-18 years of age
• Performs otoscopic examinations in order to evaluate ear canal and TM status, make ear impressions, fit hearing protection or prosthetic devices, and monitor the continuous use of hearing aids
• Conducts and interprets behavioral, electroacoustic, and electrophysiologic methods used to assess hearing, in children and young adults
• Provides hearing care by selecting, evaluating, fitting, facilitating adjustment to, and dispensing prosthetic devices for hearing loss, to include hearing aids, sensory aids, and hearing assistive devices
• Provides audiological rehabilitation including communication management, language development, auditory skill development, and counseling for psychosocial adjustment to hearing loss for persons with hearing loss and their families/caregivers
• Consults with educators as members of interdisciplinary teams about communication management, educational implications of hearing loss, educational programming, classroom acoustics, and large-area amplification systems for children with hearing loss
• Reviews and keeps abreast of basic and applied audiologic research to increase the knowledge base, develop new methods and programs, and determine the efficacy of assessment and treatment paradigms
• Measures functional outcomes, consumer satisfaction, effectiveness, efficiency, and cost benefit of practices and programs to maintain and improve the quality of audiological services
• Consults with individuals, public and private agencies, and governmental bodies, or as an expert witness regarding legal interpretations of audiology findings and effects of hearing loss
• Screens speech-language and other developmental areas affecting communication function for the purpose of an audiologic evaluation and/or initial identification of individuals with other disorders in need of referral
• Serves as a case manager and liaison for the consumer, family, and agencies in order to monitor audiologic status and management and to make recommendations about education and vocational programming
• Participates in the development and maintenance of professional and technical standards
• Prepares written reports of findings and correspondence to referral sources and other professionals involved in the hearing health of the child
• Provides inservice instruction to ancillary staff, other professionals, or other interested groups in the community
• Monitors the efficiency/effectiveness of departmental policies and procedures and makes recommendations to the Coordinator regarding potential changes
• Assists the Manager and/or Clinical Coordinator in the preparation of capital expenditure projections and budget preparation
• Provides the Manager and/or Clinical Coordinator with pertinent data for the preparation of departmental statistical reports
• Demonstrates actions consistent with a high quality of patient care, customer satisfaction, fiscal responsibility, and effective productivity
• Contributes to the success of the organization by meeting organizational competency expectations and core values, continuously learning, and by performing other duties as needed or assigned

• Master's degrees required
• Certified Audiologist License - Washington Board of Hearing and Speech
• Successful completion of a master’s or doctorate degree program that includes clinic practicum experience
• ASHA - Audiology - American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
• Current BLS Certification