Managing Audiologist

Oversees and performs testing and examination to determine a patients hearing level, balance assessment, and/or the site and nature of any damage. Oversees the interpretation of diagnostic audiological results with other diagnostic data to formulate the patients diagnosis, and plans and oversees several interrelated auditory disorder treatments to ensure that best practices are followed, and positive care outcomes are achieved. Oversees and conducts treatment for patients including habilitative, rehabilitative, or conservation programs, custom fitting, programming, and troubleshooting of hearing aids, and counseling individuals with auditory and balance disorders, their families, and other service providers. Provides training and maintains records of diagnostic findings and progress made utilizing appropriate software. Oversees, conducts, and evaluates clinical and research procedures as well as improved methods of evaluation of persons with auditory and balance disorders. Provides audiology education for patients and other professionals across the region relating to pre-hearing aid expectations, post-purchase use and care, and hearing and balance disorders.

Provides developmental opportunities for others; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships. Solicits and acts on performance feedback; works closely with employees to set goals and provide open feedback and coaching to drive performance improvement. Pursues professional growth; develops and provides training and development to talent for growth opportunities; supports execution of performance management guidelines and expectations. Leads, adapts, implements, and stays up to date with organizational change, challenges, feedback, best practices, processes, and industry trends. Fosters open dialogue amongst team members, engages, motivates, and promotes collaboration within and across teams. Delegates tasks and decisions as appropriate; provides appropriate support, guidance, and scope; encourages development and consideration of options in decision making. Manages designated work unit or team by translating business plans into tactical action items; oversees the completion of work assignments and identifies opportunities for improvement; ensures all policies and procedures are followed. Aligns team efforts; builds accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results; determines and ensures processes and methodologies are implemented; resolves escalated issues as appropriate; sets standards and measures progress. Fosters the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; obtains and distributes resources. Removes obstacles that impact performance; identifies and addresses improvement opportunities; guides performance and develops contingency plans accordingly; influences teams to execute in alignment with operational objectives. Conducts and ensures that patients receive quality treatment by: Conducting, overseeing, and maintaining quality of care and service standards for habilitative, rehabilitative, or conservation programs across all teams in a region through the application of advanced audiology knowledge; counseling individuals with auditory disorders, their families, and other service providers, independently, regarding the etiology of the disorder, its management, the recommended follow-up and treatment plan while developing training plans to improve counseling capabilities across multiple audiology departments; and using advanced knowledge to custom fit and program hearing aids, troubleshoot hearing aid problems, provide in office hearing aid maintenance and repair, perform electroacoustic analysis and Rear Ear measurement to ensure patient benefit while monitoring all activities of the Hearing Aid Center business venture. Ensures that diagnostic information is properly utilized by: Coordinating diagnostic audiological results with other diagnostic data, such as educational, medical,