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Health Technician-Hearing Instrument SpecialistUS Department of Veterans Affairs • Columbia, MO, United States
Health Technician-Hearing Instrument Specialist

Health Technician-Hearing Instrument Specialist

US Department of Veterans Affairs • Columbia, MO, United States
4 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Permanent
Job description

Job Title

The duties and responsibilities are to be carried out in all clinical and other patient care areas involved with the Audiology service. The health technician supports the function of the clinical programs in Audiology. The primary responsibility is for patient care, supporting diagnostic and treatment procedures, patient charting and patient education, which do not require a full professional audiology education or knowledge and skills represented by audiology licensure. Support functions include both direct patient care and administrative duties.

Duties include but are not limited to:

  • Hearing aid troubleshooting and repair; performing visual and auditory checks of hearing aids and hearing assistive technology-including all hearing aid accessories as well as alerting devices (troubleshoots performance)
  • Fabricating earmold impressions with proper (non-diagnostic) otoscopy
  • Ordering earmolds based on plan of care through prosthetics or DLC and fitting and modifying earmolds
  • Providing basic hearing aid information for patients and caregivers consistent with the audiologist's treatment plan, including but not limited to, realistic expectations, communication strategies, and/or aural rehabilitation
  • Assisting in set up and delivery of face-to-face and telehealth visits by preparing the equipment for patient evaluation and other audiology procedures including, but not limited to daily biologic listening calibration of audiometric equipment and calibration of real-ear equipment
  • Assisting patients with hearing aid connectivity including, but not limited to downloading applications (or apps), pairing devices in the app, Bluetooth pairing, and pairing hearing aid accessories
  • 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 and ordering functions
  • Maintaining comprehensive supply and equipment tracking systems to include monitoring stock of RME and consumable items
  • Ensuring proper inventory levels to complete the daily tasks
  • Prioritizing the acquisition of all supplies and equipment regarding date of expiration and may maintain a loaner hearing aid inventory
  • Assists patients through triaging phone calls and audiology requests with regards to priority and urgency, following the audiologist's plan of care
  • Provides customer service supporting VA missions to include providing patients and customers with consistent information according to established policies and procedures

Work Schedule: Full Time, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 000000

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