Assistant Director of Audiology - Hospital Facility

Company: The University of Texas Medical Branch
Location: Galveston
Posted on: August 3, 2022

Job Description:

Looking for the next step in your audiology career? Excellent opportunity to provide management of daily clinical/operational management and direct patient care at a leading academic medical center. Our team of 12 audiologists, 3 audiology externs, and 2 audiology assistants provide a full range of audiological services for all ages - infants to geriatrics throughout 4 clinic sites.

• Hearing aid evaluation, fitting, and maintenance
• Central auditory processing evaluation (behavioral and electrophysiological)
• Electrophysiological testing (ECoG, ABR, MLR, LVR, P300, ENoG, VEMP)
• Cochlear and bone-conducted implantables
• Vestibular testing
  • videonystagmography
  • rotary chair
  • posturography
  • vHIT
  • iPass Position-related duties:
    • Work with Center Director to identify, develop, and implement long-range goals for the Center and Audiology section
    • Manage audiology clinic and staff schedules, monitor productivity and efficiency, and complete performance assessments
    • Provide direct patient care services
    • Partner with the Center Director in recruiting and hiring Center staff
    • Act as a liaison with other departments, physicians, and outside agencies Additional opportunities include teaching medical students and ENT residents, preceptor opportunities with 4th-year audiology externs, participation in clinical research, and program development. UTMB is a leading academic health sciences center located on a barrier island along the Texas Gulf Coast, approximately 50 miles from downtown Houston. Galveston Island has 32 miles of beachfront, year-round temperatures ranging from 60's - 90's, and over 550 historical landmarks. The island has a year-round population of 60,000 with 6. 5 million visitors per year. As a major academic medical center, UTMB Health includes schools of Medicine, Nursing, Health Professions, and Graduate Biomedical Sciences; a robust research enterprise that attracts nearly $150 million in funding annually; a comprehensive inpatient care complex, and a level 1 trauma center on Galveston Island; and an extensive network of campus- and off-island community-based outpatient clinics. Over 13,000 employees work on the main campus in Galveston and at locations throughout East, Southeast, and South Texas. UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities. Preferred qualifications are an AuD or Ph.D. and certification. Apply online at: aa083.referrals.selectminds.com/jobs/assistant-director-audiology-speech-audiology-oto-9192 Inquiries should be addressed to: Deborah L Carlson, PhDDirector, Center for Audiology & Speech Pathology301 University BoulevardGalveston, TX 77555-0523 Phone: (409) 772-2711 email: dlcarlso@utmb.edu or Cathy Duncan caduncan@utmb.edu

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