Audiologist

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We strive to be an employer of choice and establish a reputation for being a talent rich organization where Associates can grow their career caring for others. For over a century, we’ve served the health care needs of the people of Memphis and the Mid-South.

The Audiologist is responsible for evaluating, treating, and counseling patients with auditory disorders in accordance with professional and MLH quality standards. Models appropriate behavior as exemplified in MLH Mission, Vision and Values.

Working at MLH means carrying the mission forward of caring for our community and impacting the lives of patients in every way through compassion, a deliberate focus on service expectations and a consistent thriving for excellence.

A Brief Overview
The Audiologist is responsible for evaluating, treating, and counseling patients with auditory disorders in accordance with professional and MLH quality standards. Models appropriate behavior as exemplified in MLH Mission, Vision and Values.

What you will do

• Administers diagnostic tests to evaluate hearing and balance to establish a basis for patient treatment.
• Develops, implements, and measures effectiveness of individualized treatment programs for patients requiring aural rehabilitation.
• Acts as an auditory consultant to identify hearing-impaired patients in the hospital and community. Facilitates community awareness of hearing impairment and management.
• Promotes professional practice of all members of the departmental care team.
• Performs other job functions as assigned or requested.

Education/Formal Training Requirements

• Master's Degree Audiology
• Doctorate Audiology

Work Experience Requirements

• No prior work experience

Licenses and Certifications Requirements

• Audiologist Tennessee - Tennessee Board of Communications Disorders and Sciences
• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology - American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of audiology methods and techniques in two or more of the following areas: • Cochlear Implants including candidacy assessment and ongoing mapping services. • Hearing aid fitting and aural habitation. • Hearing assessment including otoacoustic emissions and evoked potentials. • Educational audiology including assessment and management of auditory/language/hearing disabled • Advanced differential diagnostic testing of otologic and neurologic patients. • Assessment of spatial orientation including ENG, posturography and behavioral assessment. • Intra-operative surgical monitoring.
• Ability to understand and prepare moderately complex written materials such as patient records.
• Ability to communicate verbally with associates, physicians and other outside professionals.
• Ability to work without close supervision and to exercise independent judgment.
• Ability to organize multiple tasks and maintain control of workflow.
• Must demonstrate basic skills in Microsoft Word and Excel, or equivalent software programs.

Supervision Provided by this Position

• There are no supervisory or lead responsibilities assigned to this job.

Physical Demands

• The physical activities of this position may include climbing, pushing, standing, hearing, walking, reaching, grasping, kneeling, stooping, and repetitive motion.
• Must have good balance and coordination.
• The physical requirements of this position are: medium work - exerting up to 50 lbs. of force occasionally and/or up to 25 lbs. of force frequently.
• The Associate is required to have close visual acuity including color, depth perception, and field of vision to perform an activity, such as assessing patients, preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; or extensive reading.
• Frequent invasive and non-invasive patient contact.
• Exposure to patient body fluids as well as exposure to hazardous or poisonous materials.
• Ability to react quickly to emergency situations.
• Occasional travel within the Memphis area.

Our Associates are passionate about what they do, the service they provide and the patients they serve. We value family, team and a Power of One culture that requires commitment to the highest standards of care and unity.

Boasting one of the South's largest medical centers, Memphis blends a friendly community, a thriving and growing downtown, and a low cost of living. We see each day as a new opportunity to make a difference in the lives of the people in our community.