Supervisor, Audiology

Job Description

Supervises and coordinates the staff and daily operations of the audiology department. Performs complete audiological evaluations for all age groups including special testing – vestibular, cochlear implant, OAE, ABR and CTB evaluations. Maintains and calibrates all audiological tests equipment.

Job Responsibility

• Promotes Audiology department goals by selecting, motivating, and training capable team members.
• Leads the activities of assigned Audiology team members by communicating and providing guidance toward achieving department objectives.
• Supervises, hires, trains, disciplines and evaluates the performance of staff; ensures performance appraisals are completed in a timely manner.
• Administers wide variety of audiological tests to determine patient’s hearing level and most likely site of damage to auditory system.
• Prioritizes, schedules, assigns and monitors work to optimize operational service.
• Supervises the cochlear implant program; evaluates patients to determine candidacy for cochlear implantation and provides post-operative rehabilitation for cochlear implant patients.
• Administers ABR and ENG examinations including detailed questionnaire and battery of tests to evaluate auditory and vestibular system; reads, interprets, prepares and sends tracings to referring physician.
• Prepares reports on diagnostic findings; ensures reports are distributed appropriately and confidentially as authorized by patient or patient’s family.
• Ensures adequate inventory of supplies; responsible for maintenance and calibration of test equipment.
• Anticipates degree of social disability due to hearing loss, predicts potential benefits to hearing aid use and/or special training.
• Participates in research, conferences and meetings relative to the professional program.
• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

• Master’s Degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Current License to practice as an Audiologist in New York State, and Current Clinical Competence – AUD (ASHA) Certification required, plus specialized certifications as needed.
• 4-6 years of relevant experience and 0-2 years of leadership / management experience, required.
• Hospital experience, strongly preferred

*Additional Salary Detail 
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member’s base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).