Summary
Assesses the clinical status of patients by identifying, assessing, and habilitating patients of all ages with auditory, vestibular, and related disorders to initiate a treatment process.
Responsibilities
- Assesses the clinical status of the peripheral and central auditory and vestibular systems of neonate, pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients to initiate a treatment process
- Provides surgeon with immediate feedback on cranial nerve function to assist in avoiding permanent neurofuncional deficits by using neurophysiologic intraoperative monitoring
- Utilizes professional knowledge and communication skills, counsels patient / family regarding results of the assessment and strategies to facilitate patient's recovery from or adjustment to a communication disorder
- Employs screening procedures, identifies at-risk populations and intervenes to minimize the impact on communication / development / ability
- Utilizes professional expertise; confers with physicians, other professionals, and / or referral agencies to provide results for assessment and to recommend appropriate treatment / intervention
- Employs appropriate aural rehabilitation procedures, improves communication abilities of an individual with hearing loss to maximize the patient's interaction skills
- Utilizes the basis of pharmacology to determine how medications may effect the patient's symptoms and results of test procedures
- Provides knowledge of business skills and governmental regulations for third party reimbursement as related to audiological services and procedures
- Employs leadership qualities that support and mentor the department and community
- Understands the role of imaging techniques in the evaluation of audiovestibular pathologies
- Completes assigned goals
- Performs other duties as assigned
Requirements, Preferences And Experience
Licensure, Registration, Certification
Minimum : BLS CERTIFICATION WITHIN 14 DAYS OF HIRE;DRIVER'S LICENSE (CURRENT);STATE LICENSE AS REQUIRED
About Baptist Memorial Health Care
At Baptist, we owe our success to our colleagues, who have both technical expertise and a compassionate attitude. Every day they carry out Christ's three-fold ministry-healing, preaching and teaching.
And, we reward their efforts with compensation and benefits packages that are highly competitive in the Mid-South health care community.
For two consecutive years, Baptist has won a Best in Benefits award for offering the best benefit plans compared with their peer groups.
Winners are chosen based on plan designs, premiums and the results of a Benefits Benchmarking Survey.
At Baptist, We Offer
- Competitive salaries
- Paid vacation / time off
- Continuing education opportunities
- Generous retirement plan
- Health insurance, including dental and vision
- Sick leave
- Service awards
- Free parking
- Short-term disability
- Life insurance
- Health care and dependent care spending accounts
- Education assistance / continuing education
- Employee referral program
Job Summary
Position : 11680 - Audiologist-Doctorate
Facility : BMG - Madison Campus
Department : MG JS ENT Madison Clinic
Category : Rehabilitation & Wellness
Type : Clinical
Work Type : Full Time
Work Schedule : Days
Location : US : MS : Madison
Located in the Jackson, MS metro area