Audiologist-Audiology Evanston Full Time Days

Benefits

• $10,000 Tuition Reimbursement per year ($5,700 part-time)
• $10,000 Student Loan Repayment ($5,000 part-time)
• $1,000 Professional Development per year ($500 part-time)
• $250 Wellbeing Fund per year($125 for part-time)
• Matching 401(k)
• Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Annual Employee Salary Increase and Incentive Bonus
• Paid time off and Holiday pay

Northwestern Medicine is powered by a community of colleagues who are purpose-driven and committed to our mission to deliver world-class care. Here, you'll work alongside some of the best clinical talent in the nation leading the way in medical innovation and breakthrough research with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

We recognize where you've been, and we support where you're headed. We celebrate diverse perspectives and experiences, which fuel our commitment to equity and culture of service.

Grow your career with comprehensive training and development opportunities, mentorship programs, educational support and student loan repayment.

• Create the life you envision for yourself with flexible work options, a Reimbursable Well-Being Fund and a Total Rewards package that support your physical, mental, emotional and financial well-being.
• Make a difference through volunteer opportunities we offer in local communities and drive inclusive change through our workforce-led resource groups.

From discovery to delivery, come help us shape the future of medicine.

Description

**This is a Full Time, salaried position at 40 hours per week located at the Evanston clinic. Schedule is 4, 10 hour shifts Tuesday through Friday, 7:00am-5:00pm. The Audiologist is responsible for managing their own panel of patients providing support for those with hearing aids and cochlear implants, therefore the Audiologist will need to have cochlear implant experience. Additionally, the Audiologist collaborates closely with the Otolaryngology team to conduct necessary hearing assessments.**

The Audiologist reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

The Audiologist provides diagnostic and habilitation/rehabilitation services for patients with hearing, balance, or other ear-related health conditions. This role performs diagnostic hearing evaluations, hearing aid selection, fitting and follow-up services, cochlear implant evaluation, programming, and rehabilitation, auditory brainstem response evaluations; and neonatal auditory brainstem response screenings. This position routinely acts as preceptor for graduate student clinicians.
 

Responsibilities:

• Obtains case history and formulates appropriate individualized evaluation plan.
• Performs comprehensive adult audiologic evaluations and counsels on results and recommendations.
• Assess individual amplification options, selects appropriate amplification options, verifies appropriateness of fitting, utilizes real-ear measurement techniques.
• Provides patient education (care, and use of amplification devices), discusses purchase agreement terms,  addresses post-fitting issues, and makes programming adjustments as needed. 
• Performs, analyzes, and reports on electrophysiologic procedures.
• Provides clinical instruction and evaluation of doctoral students.
• Identifies and evaluates cochlear implant candidates, provides post-surgical activation, programming, rehabilitation, and follow-up services, and performs appropriate documentation of all services provided. 
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Competencies / Performance Expectations:

• Please refer to NMHC Performance Standard Competencies.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, including the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with patients, physicians, management, staff and other customers.
• Demonstrated customer service skills, including the ability to use appropriate judgment, independent thinking, flexibility and creativity when resolving customer issues.
• Ability to apply critical thinking, communication, influence, and flexibility to make optimal decisions based on multiple variables and desired outcomes.
• Ability to effectively handle challenging situations.
• Strong data, analytical and finance orientation.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Desire to work in multi-disciplinary setting.

Qualifications

Required:

• Audiologist, Licensed (IL).
• Master's degree or higher from accredited program in Audiology.
• Zero (0) to two (2) years’ experience in a relevant role. 

Preferred:

• 1-2 years of adult cochlear implant experience.

Equal Opportunity

Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events. Please visit our Benefits section to learn more.