Description
**This is a Full Time, salaried position at 40 hours per week that requires travel between both Lake Forest and Glenview clinics. Schedule is as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday will be in Lake Forest and Thursday and Friday will be in Glenview.**
The Audiologist reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.
The Audiologist provides diagnostic and habilitation/rehabilitation services for patients with hearing, balance, or other ear-related health conditions. This role performs diagnostic hearing evaluations, hearing aid selection, fitting and follow-up services, cochlear implant evaluation, programming, and rehabilitation, auditory brainstem response evaluations; and neonatal auditory brainstem response screenings. This position routinely acts as preceptor for graduate student clinicians.
Responsibilities:
- Obtains case history and formulates appropriate individualized evaluation plan.
- Performs comprehensive adult audiologic evaluations and counsels on results and recommendations.
- Assesses individual amplification options, selects appropriate amplification options, verifies appropriateness of fitting, utilizes real-ear measurement techniques.
- Provides patient education (care, and use of amplification devices), discusses purchase agreement terms, addresses post-fitting issues, and makes programming adjustments as needed.
- Performs, analyzes, and reports on electrophysiologic procedures.
- Provides clinical instruction and evaluation of doctoral students.
- Identifies and evaluates cochlear implant candidates, provides post-surgical activation, programming, rehabilitation, and follow-up services, and performs appropriate documentation of all services provided.
- May perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Required:
- Audiologist, Licensed (IL).
- Master's degree or higher from accredited program in Audiology.
- Zero (0) to two (2) years of experience in a relevant role.
- CPR BLS through American Heart Association.
Preferred:
- 1-2 years of adult cochlear implant experience.
Equal Opportunity
Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.
If we offer you a job, we will perform a background check that includes a review of any criminal convictions. A conviction does not disqualify you from employment at Northwestern Medicine. We consider this on a case-by-case basis and follow all state and federal guidelines.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events. Please visit our Benefits section to learn more.
