Position Overview: The Clinical Audiologist at Ear, Nose, & Throat Associates (ENTA) is a medical professional who works with people who have hearing, balance, and related ear problems. Audiologists provide services to prevent, diagnose, evaluate, and treat communication disorders. The services performed by the Cochlear Clinic Audiologist in ENTA’s Audiology Department include, but are not limited to, providing diagnostic testing and evaluation services, Cochlear Implant and Baha/Osia evaluations and treatment services. The primary function of the ENTA Audiologist is to provide Cochlear Implant services to patients of all three manufacturers as well as Baha and Osia services to patients, while being responsible for all diagnostic audiology services across the practice.

Audiologists at ENTA must obtain and maintain a license to practice as an Audiologist in the state of Florida. To obtain this license, the Audiologist must have earned a Doctor of Audiology degree (AuD) from an accredited University or have been grandfathered into the Audiology profession after having previously earned a Master’s degree from an accredited University. Audiologists at ENTA are expected to have proficiency in working with and providing services to both our adult and pediatric populations. They often work in a team with other healthcare professionals including Otolaryngologists.

Supervision: Clinical Audiologists report directly to the ENTA’s Practice Administrator.

Flexibility: While this Job Description is meant to provide an overview of general and specific responsibilities of a Clinical Audiologist, ENTA Management reserves the right to make changes, adjustments, and revisions, as needed, to this document and will coordinate such modifications with the Practice Administrator, and/or the Physician Liaison to Audiology.

Physical Demands: Coordination, manual, and physical dexterity sufficient to properly and adequately use various items of medical test equipment and office equipment as required of the position. The job is not physically demanding but does require attention to detail and intense concentration. The emotional needs of patients and their families may be demanding. Audiologists ideally possess personality traits and attributes that contribute to an effective and efficient use of their College-acquired skills including: an excellent bedside manner; the ability to communicate well with their patients despite potential hearing issues; compassion and patience to make a patient feel comfortable; critical-thinking and problem-solving skills; and a detail-orientated personality with excellent record keeping skills.

Our Audiologists usually work at a desk or table in clean, comfortable surroundings, but also must be prepared to provide services to patients with communicable disease processes. Responsibilities may also require the employee to travel between ENTA offices for support purposes. The employee must be capable of lifting up to 25 pounds while performing normal daily activities but should be aware that on occasion they might be asked to assist patients in and out of test booths.

Working Conditions: Clinical Audiologists at ENTA, utilizing their extensive training, ENTA-supplied test equipment and computers, and various technological devices currently available in the marketplace, are tasked with providing essential diagnostic and hearing aid services to a large single-specialty medical group practice. These services are provided in a normal medical office environment with regular interactions with Otolaryngologists. ENTA’s daily clinical environments though often require the Audiologist to deal with a high traffic volume of patients and stressful situations. This environment therefore requires the Clinical Audiologist to be able to think clearly; respond quickly; react in a professional manner; and to be able to perform multiple tasks simultaneously. Periodic training and administration workshops and meetings specific to Audiology are regularly scheduled. When scheduled, employees are expected to attend and participate.

Summary of General Duties: Clinical Audiologists at ENTA are primarily tasked with diagnosing and treating a patient’s hearing challenges using advanced technology and standardized medical procedures. This requires the Audiologist to utilize the training they acquired while earning a Doctor of Audiology degree to interact with patients and other professionals in various and often dynamic clinical environments in a manner that benefits our patients. The Clinical Audiologist at ENTA generally spends a majority of their workday performing and interpreting diagnostic procedures and performing the tasks necessary for the successful fitting and follow-up of hearing surgical solutions (mainly cochlear implants, must be proficient in all three brands, and bone anchored hearing aids). In addition to their University-based training, the Audiologist in an effort to best develop proper and professional plans of action for each individual patient, must acquire and regularly utilize throughout their work day their clinical judgments developed from previous experiences, their knowledge of test procedures, their interpersonal skills, their knowledge of various hearing aid manufacturers’ products’ benefits and limitations, and their ability to apply and/or modify test and standardized procedures as necessary.

Summary of Specific Duties: Lead Clinical Audiologist at ENTA is a highly trained professional and is therefore expected to maintain a higher professional standard than other employees. We expect our Audiologists to be able to work independently, be prepared to work outside of traditional work hours as necessary for clinical demands, and to take “ownership” in whatever office they are providing services. Cochlear Clinic Audiologist maintains communication with surgeons in a robust cochlear implant clinic, collaborating on each patient case, pre and post operatively. This unique communication cultivates patient centered care and facilitates success for each patient and the cochlear program at ENTA.