Audiologist II - ENT Goldsboro

Description

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UNC ENT Goldsboro is excited to welcome a skilled and compassionate Audiologist to our growing clinic! This role offers a dynamic blend of diagnostic care, advanced technology, and opportunities to build your own patient panel.

In this position, you'll provide standard audiology services including audiograms and tympanograms, as well as ABRs for infants and children. You'll also conduct hearing aid assessments and fittings, supporting patients through the full continuum of care. Experience with cochlear implants and bone‑anchored hearing aids is strongly valued as part of our comprehensive service line.

Our clinic recently upgraded both our sound booth and audiology equipment, giving you access to modern tools that support high quality diagnostics. Alongside caring for ENT referred patients, you'll also manage your own hearing‑aid patient caseload, including individuals served through the NC Deaf and Hard of Hearing program. To support your workflow, our dedicated Medical Office Assistant handles authorizations, benefit checks, and related administrative needs.

Summary

The Audiologist II position provides a full range of differential diagnostic and rehabilitative audiologic services to patients who have peripheral hearing loss or central auditory disorder. The Audiologist II will assess patients, participate in regular staff training and team continuing education.

Responsibilities

1. Patient Evaluation
   • Performs comprehensive professional evaluation of patients of all ages, primarily children, referred for differential diagnosis of peripheral hearing and auditory function.
   • Selects and administers the audiological test battery most appropriate for the patient's age, developmental level, and cognitive function.
   • Demonstrates specialized audiological tests, including acoustic immittance, otoacoustic emissions, hearing‑aid evaluation, and cochlear implant evaluation.
   • Provides accurate interpretation of all diagnostic test findings.
   • Consults verbally with referring physicians, as necessary, to facilitate appropriate management.
   • Prepares written diagnostic reports for the referring physician, school, and/or agency in a timely manner.
2. Patient Counseling
   • Ensures that patients and/or their families are thoroughly counseled about any hearing or auditory impairment.
   • Provides individual counseling to each patient evaluated.
   • Expands counseling to include members of extended family where requested by the patient and in the case of neonates, children, or dependent adults.
   • Reviews communication treatment and management options with the patient and/or family.
   • Coordinates recommendations related to management and/or educational needs with outside agencies and other resources.
   • Documents above activities in the patient's department file and/or hospital medical record.
   • Plans and recommends management for persons with hearing loss or other auditory disorders.
   • Develops goals for the patient's habilitative or rehabilitative management with amplification and assistive devices.
   • Recommends hearing aids, cochlear implants, and aural rehabilitation for those appropriate.
   • Maintains proficiency in current techniques to remediate the effects of peripheral hearing loss and other auditory disorders.
   • Reevaluates patient management periodically to determine progress and modify recommendations accordingly.
3. Audiology Consultant
   • Acts as audiology consultant to educational, medical, and other professional services.
   • Continuously seeks to improve patient care services and evaluates opportunities to develop new services.
   • Coordinates and prioritizes the patient caseload to ensure efficient service delivery.
   • Provides patient services in a professional manner maximizing efficiency, efficacy, and quality without direct supervision.
   • Recommends new services and/or enhanced techniques to Audiology Leadership.
4. Education and Research
   • Updates professional knowledge and skills.
   • Participates in clinical research and continuing education activities as requested.
   • Conducts didactic sessions within the department or healthcare network when appropriate.

Education Requirements

• Doctorate degree in Audiology.

Licensure/Certification Requirements

• Current license in Audiology issued by the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists.

Professional Experience Requirements

• Must have five years of experience as an audiologist.

Job Details

• Legal Employer: NCHEALTH.
• Entity: UNC Health Medical Group.
• Organization Unit: UNC ENT – Goldsboro.
• Work Type: Part Time.
• Standard Hours Per Week: 20.
• Salary Range: $38.55 – $55.43 per hour.
• Work Assignment Type: Onsite.
• Work Schedule: Day Job.
• Location of Job: US:NC:Goldsboro.
• Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

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