Audiologist

Audiologist Full Time

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.

The Department of Audiology at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center is seeking a full-time clinical Audiologist. This is a full time position, 40 hours a week, reporting to the Clinical Director of Audiology located at the Burlington, MA campus. The audiologist will be responsible for independently providing comprehensive audiologic services to an adult population. Applicants should have a strong interest in practice areas of cochlear implantation and amplification.

Essential responsibilities include:

• Perform full diagnostic hearing evaluation for adults by utilizing thorough case history intake; pure tone air and bone conduction, speech sensitivity and speech discrimination; tympanometry, acoustic reflex threshold, Dix-Hallpike and otoacoustic emissions as applicable.
• Interpret results of diagnostic evaluation and make appropriate recommendations for follow-up care to include: further audiological assessment, medical intervention, and/or rehabilitative management.
• Clearly communicate diagnostic findings to patients, family members, physicians, and associated professionals.
• Perform cochlear implant evaluation, activation, and long-term post-operative cochlear implant care for FDA approved cochlear implant devices.
• Support cochlear implant recipient needs including assistive device and rehabilitation recommendations.
• Ability to obtain and interpret objective measures of cochlear implant function including intraoperative measurements.
• Perform amplification assessment, consultation, and fitting of hearing aid devices for adult population.
• Verification of device function via real ear measurements.

Required qualifications include:

• Master's degree required in Audiology. Doctoral degree preferred.
• 1-2 years related work experience required. Hospital based practice experience preferred.
• Audiology licensure in Commonwealth of Massachusetts required.
• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology from the American Speech/Language Hearing Association (ASHA) required.
• All areas of service must be performed within current standards of practice and code of ethics as defined by BILH and ASHA.
• Experience with computer systems required, including electronic health records, web-based applications, and some Microsoft Office applications to include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Teams.
• Office work environment. Outpatient patient care area and occasional inpatient, operating room areas.