Audiologist

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About the Position: This position is located in the U.S. Naval Hospital, Yokosuka, Japan.

Incumbent serves as an Audiologist within a Medical Treatment Facility (MTF), independently evaluating and managing an expansive range of patient populations including neonates, infants, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric populations.

This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Basic Requirements for Speech/Language Pathologist: Degree: A graduate or higher level degree that included 18 semester hours in the field of audiology with approved clinical practice.

The education program must have been approved, recognized, or accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) at the time the degree was obtained.

Licensure: Applicants must possess a full, current, and unrestricted license to practice Audiology in a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes conducting audiology assessments to diagnose hearing or communicative disorders; developing treatment or management plans for patients to include both adults and children; and providing recommendations for hearing aids or hearing protection devices.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Major Duties:

• Provide evidence based practice in the differential diagnosis, treatment and management of very complex and sometimes unprecedented auditory disorders for an expansive range of patient populations.
• Administer a large range of specialized audiological procedures including but not limited to behavioral audiologic diagnostic tests, acoustic immittance tests, speech audiometry tests, auditory evoked potentials and otoacoustic emissions procedures.
• Make patient medical determinations including selection, fitting, and programming of hearing aids, hearing protection devices, amplifiers, and more.
• Review patient records and document medical findings systematically for effective retrieval for clinic and investigation requirements.
• Analyze audiology assessment outcomes in relation to the workforce to include preemployment standards, special duty assignment selections, hearing impaired employee work restrictions, retirement and disability factors, noise exposure, and more.