Job Code:	1298
Job Title:	Audiologist II
Creation Date:	03/01/86
Revision Date:	06/02/07
FLSA Status:	Exempt

JOB SUMMARY:

To provide advanced professional skills in audiological diagnosis and evaluation and to provide habilitative and rehabilitative treatment services.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Administers a variety of routine and complex audiometric tests on hearing impaired patients.
• Determines, through testing, patient's hearing range and the degree, site, and nature of damage to auditory system.
• Determines need for patient referral to specialists.
• Plans, conducts, and directs conservation, habilitative, and rehabilitative programs.
• Supervises clinical work of support personnel.
• Assists in evaluating patient care offered by the Center, assessing areas of need or improvement and making recommendations.
• Instructs and demonstrates testing procedures and therapy treatments to clinic personnel, medical students, and residents.
• Provides consultation and guidance services to patients and other departments.
• Participates in interdisciplinary testing and research projects.
• Prepares reports on diagnostic findings, treatment used, and patient's progress made.
• Provides patient evaluation and treatments, employing techniques consistent with age specific concerns for the following age groups: neonate, adolescent, adult, and geriatric as defined in position addendum.
• Adheres to internal controls established for department.

MARGINAL OR PERIODIC JOB FUNCTIONS:

·        Performs related duties as required.

REQUIRED EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:

Master's degree in Audiology and three years of experience, Certification or eligible for Certificate of Clinical Competency in Audiology from the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association, and Licensure or eligible for Audiology License from the Texas State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.

EQUIPMENT:

Various audiometric testing devices, rehabilitative devices, and electro acoustic instrumentation.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

Standard clinical environment.

OTHER:

Specific job requirements or physical location of some positions allocated to this classification, may render this position security sensitive, and thereby subject to the provisions of Section 51.215, Texas Education Code.