Supervisory Audiologist

Full Job Description

This position is in the Audiology and Speech Pathology Service (ASPS) at Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) in Chattanooga Tennessee.

The duties and responsibilities are carried out throughout all clinical and other patient care areas involved with the ASPS service.

This position serves as an Audiology supervisor responsible for the supervision, administrative management, and direction of the ASPS program in a unified audiology and speech-language pathology service.

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Education.

(1) Doctor of Audiology (AUD) from an audiology program recognized by the Accreditation Commission for Audiology Education (ACAE) or Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).

HR office staff and management officials may verify a program's accreditation from ACAE at acaeaccred.org and CAA at caa.asha.org.

OR (2) Other doctoral degree in hearing science or a directly related field from an institution accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education Licensure.

Individuals must hold a full, current, and unrestricted license to practice audiology at the doctoral level in a United States state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia Loss of Credential.

Management officials, in collaboration with HR Office staff must immediately relieve employees who fail to maintain the required licensure of the duties and responsibilities associated with this occupation which may also result in separation from employment.

English Language Proficiency. Audiologist candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C.

§ 7403(f) May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria).

Grade Determinations: Experience At least two years of experience as a professional audiologist, with at least one year comparable to the next lower grade level.

Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): (a) Skill in conflict resolution to facilitate positive working relationships between employees, team leaders, and managers.

(b) Skill in applying evidence-based practices in a professional area. (c) Ability to analyze organizational and operational challenges to develop and implement solutions.

(d) Ability to develop the abilities and strengths of current employees. (e) Ability to balance responsibilities, set priorities, and delegate tasks to meet multiple deadlines.

(f) Ability to analyze data to manage workload, quality, performance, and productivity within the section.

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-13.

The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS-13.

Physical Requirements: Light lifting and carrying (under 15 pounds); use of fingers and both hands required; Near vision correctable at 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4; Far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other; Mental and Emotional Stability; works outside and inside; works closely with others; ability to distinguish basic colors; ability to distinguish shades of colors; hearing (aid permitted).

Major Duties:

For all assignments above the full performance level, the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope, complexity and range of variety and be performed by the incumbent at least 25% of the time.

A Supervisory Audiologist in this assignment supervises staff, plans, schedules and assigns work.

Has broad program management responsibilities for a specific program or programs that are designed to deliver specialized, complex, highly professional services, which are important program components of the facility and significantly impact the health care provided to Veterans.

Programs include but are not limited to hearing health, inpatient, outpatient and residential audiologic rehabilitation, neuro-audiologic assessments, diagnosis and treatment of tinnitus, externship and postdoctoral fellowship training programs, management of Tele services and Speech Language Pathology program.

Duties include, but not limited to: Supervises and provides input for strategic plans to ensure the provision of high-quality services to meet the needs of the Veterans; develops and implements short and long-term goals and objectives consistent with the program's strategic plan.

Provides oversight of administrative and programmatic resources and deploys those resources to support the program needs.

Develops and implements programs, policies, and procedures to meet program goals, VHA policy and external accreditation requirements.

Develops and implements programs, policies, and procedures to meet program goals, VHA policy and external accreditation requirements.

Monitors outcomes using data-driven quality assurance processes and implement strategies for improvement based on data analysis.

Ability to coach the clinical team in the selection and application of appropriate problem-solving methods and techniques; serves as facilitator and/or negotiator in coordinating initiatives and consensus building activities among clinical team members with wide divergent backgrounds, interest, and points of view.

Develops, organizes, directs, manages, supervises, controls, and implements policies and procedures in focused clinical programs.

Analyzes organizational and operational challenges to develop and implement solutions. Monitors and reports on status and progress of work.

Evaluates quality of programs to ensure that methods, deadlines, and quality have been met; adjusts workload in accordance with established priorities.

Assists in the training and supervision of students, trainees, externs, and fellows, providing feedback on progress toward established educational goals.

Meets the needs of customers while supporting VA missions. Communicates and treats customers in a courteous, tactful, and respectful manner.

Work Schedule: Monday- Friday 7:30- 4:00 pm Telework: Ad-Hoc Functional Statement #: 70321-F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized