Health Technician; Audiology

Overview

The Health Technician (Audiology) position is designed to provide assistance to the Audiologists in meeting the clinical needs of the Veteran population served in the Audiology Service at Thomas

E. Creek VA Medical Center in Amarillo, TX. Works under the supervision and direction of a licensed Audiologist. Performing duties such as cleaning, maintaining, and repairing hearing aids as well as post-care counseling.

• Direct patient care duties may include, but not limited to the following:
  Greeting and escorting patients; patient instruction and counseling on hearing loss or hearing aids either on an individual basis or in a group setting; conducting hearing pass/fail screenings without interpretation; non-diagnostic otoscopy; cerumen management; taking earmold impressions; hearing aid troubleshooting and repair; providing basic hearing aid information for patients and caregivers; performing listening checks on hearing aids; electroacoustic analysis of devices;
  
  pairing hearing aids and accessories via Bluetooth technology; programming previously stored settings into hearing aids; activating remote controls.

• Administrative duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:
  Managing office supplies; tracking loaner stock hearing aid inventory; electronic ordering, verifying orders upon arrival to ensure components are present and working correctly; scheduling appointments; packaging and mailing hearing aids and accessories; processing transactions such as certifying and issuing hearing aids, entering orders and repairs; responding to routine inquiries from patients, including determining nature of hearing aid inquiry and responding to administrative questions;
  
  assisting patients, visitors, and others requesting information; management of infection control, patient safety, and clinical supplies for the audiology clinic; maintenance of clean, disinfected instrumentation, equipment, and work surfaces in the audiology clinic, reprocessing reusable medical equipment based on facility policy according to Medical Center infection control procedures and reusable medical equipment policies.

Documentation:
The incumbent is responsible for ensuring timely and accurate documentation of all interactions in the medical records and that all encounters are correctly documented using electronic medical record and computerized tracking.

Work Schedule: Monday to Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized

Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases.

Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)

Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience.

Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.

Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 53198-F, 53199-F, 53200-F

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements: This section is included for completeness; it does not add any new substantive information beyond the responsibilities and schedule listed above.