Supervisory Audiology (Speech Pathologist)

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Audiology and Speech Pathology Service at the Jesse Brown VAMC.

The duties and responsibilities are carried out throughout the medical center including all clinical and patient care areas involved with the service.

Incumbent is the Service Chief for the Audiology and Speech 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: Must possess a 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).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: 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.

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 GS-14: Must possess at least at least three years of experience as a professional audiologist, with at least one year comparable to the next lower grade level, must fully meet the KSAs at that level.

In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate the following KSAs: (a) Skill in promoting collaboration to accomplish goals.

(b) Skill in translating management goals and objectives into efficient service operations. (c) Skill in balancing operational resources to ensure appropriate delivery of service operations.

(d) Ability to supervise staff. (e) Ability to effectively interact and collaborate with local, VISN and/or national leadership.

(f) Ability to establish and monitor productivity standards, production and performance priorities to achieve management goals and objectives.

Preferred Experience: Experience as supervisory speech pathologist or audiologist. Licensed Audiologist or Speech Pathologists. Employee management experience. Prior VA experience preferred.

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

Physical Requirements: See https://dvagov.sharepoint.com/sites/OCHCO/SitePages/D5019.aspx Major Duties:

DUTIES INCLUDE: EDUCATION Provides orientation/training of medical staff Assists in orientation and training of new staff Assists in the training and supervision of students, trainees, and fellows, providing feedback on progress toward established educational goals Keeps current with theory and practice through continuing education programs, journals, textbooks, and other literature, and in-service programs.

Provides patient and family education including informed consent.

ADMINISTRATIVE In carrying out the administrative duties and responsibilities of the position, incumbent: Develops, organizes, directs, manages, supervises, controls, and implements policies and procedures for complex service-level departments; Demonstrates skill in managing and directing work to include setting priorities and delegating tasks, meeting multiple deadlines, analyzing complex organizational problems in order to develop and implement effective solutions; Balances responsibilities applicable to a large service-level or multi-service organizational environment and to work with great autonomy; Has skill in interpersonal relationships in dealing with employees, team leaders, and managers and shows potential ability to supervise, motivate, and manage effectively a diverse clinical staff applicable to a service-level department in a large, complex, or multi-division facility; Has advanced knowledge of and ability to utilize evidence-based practices and clinical practice guidelines in multiple professional areas, and to guide the service staff in applying these tools; Has skill in problem solving and conflict resolution,; Shows potential ability to and knowledge of, and ability to budgets for a large, integrated services including not only speech-language pathology but also other focused rehabilitation, ancillary, or other health care services; Has overall responsibility for planning, assessing, and evaluating programs to ensure proper coordination between care delivered by the service and the overall delivery of health care within the facility; Delegates responsibilities to subordinate section or assistant chiefs (if applicable), planning, and scheduling work; assigning work to employees; accepting, amending or rejecting completed work; assuring that production and accuracy requirements are met; appraising performance and recommending performance standards and ratings; assigning delineated clinical privileges; approving leave; and effecting all levels of disciplinary measures; Exercises supervision, administrative management and direction of both professional areas in a unified audiology and speech-language pathology service or equivalent service-level department, or administrative management and program direction of other rehabilitation-related areas; Establishes and monitors productivity standards and production and performance priorities and accommodates to new and changing work conditions and contingencies, including staffing changes; Work Schedule: Monday- Friday 8:00am-4:30pm Telework: Ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 000000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized