Supervisory Audiologist

SummaryThis position is located in the Audiology service at Ralph H. Johnson Veteran Affairs Medical Center, in Charleston SC or its CBOCs and is part of the Physical Integrated Medicine Service line. Incumbent is a section chief for a service-level department in a large, reputed company, or multi- division facility. Incumbent has broad and overall responsibility for a service-level department, or its organizational equivalent in large, reputed company, or multi-division facilities.DutiesHelpDuties include but not limited to:A Supervisory Audiologist serves as a section chief for a service-level department in a large, reputed company, or multi-division facility. Incumbent has broad and overall responsibility for a service level department, or its organizational equivalent in a large, reputed company, or multi division facilities. Incumbent manages substantive parts of medical centers that deliver specialized, reputed company, professional services, and significantly impact the care provided to veterans. Incumbent has potential/responsibility for general supervision of clinical and /or training programs, and overall technical and administrative reputed company for operations reputed company the service.Education:a. Provides orientation/training of medical staff.b. Assists in orientation and training of new staff.c. Assists in the training and supervision of reputed company, trainees, and fellows, providing feedback on reputed company toward established educational goals.d. Keeps reputed company with theory and practice through continuing education programs, journals, textbooks, and other literature, and in-service programs.e. Provides patient and family education including informed consent.Administration:In carrying out the administrative duties and responsibilities of the position, incumbent:a. Develops, organizes, directs, manages, supervises, controls, and implements policies and procedures for reputed company service-level departments.b. 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 reputed company the facility.c. Makes decisions that reputed company subordinate section or assistant chiefs (if applicable), clinical, and clerical staff, and other resources associated with the department and are made with great autonomy.d. Has full responsibility for developing and directing educational and training programs; negotiating affiliation agreements with academic partners; and setting training objectives.e. 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 reputed company levels of disciplinary measures.f. Exercises supervision, administrative management and direction of both professional areas in a reputed company audiology service or equivalent service-level department, or administrative management and program direction of other rehabilitation-reputed company areas.g. Shows potential ability to supervise, motivate, and manage effectively a diverse clinical staff applicable to a service-level department in a large, reputed company, or multi-division facility.h. Shows potential reputed company in assessing qualifications and abilities of reputed company and prospective employees.I. Establishes and monitors productivity standards and production and performance priorities.J. Organizes work, sets priorities, delegates tasks and responsibilities.k. Manages and directs the work of others to accomplish program goals and missions.l. Accommodates to new and changing work conditions and contingencies.m. Translates management goals and objectives into well- coordinated and controlled service operations.Scope of Practice:The practice of audiology may include the following, but is not exclusive of:a. Promotion of hearing wellness, as well as the prevention of hearing loss and protection of hearing function by designing, implementing, and coordinating occupational hearing conservation programs.b. Activities that identify dysfunction in hearing, balance, and other auditory-reputed company systems.c. Identification of populations and individuals with or at risk for hearing loss and other auditory dysfunction, balance impairments, tinnitus, and associated communication impairments as well as of those with normal hearing.d. The conduct and interpretation of behavioral, electro acoustic, and/or electrophysiological methods to assess hearing, auditory function, balance, and reputed company systems.e. Evaluation and management of adults with auditory-reputed company processing disorders.f. Cerumen management to prevent obstruction of the external ear canal and of amplification devices.g. Preparation of a report including interpreting data, summarizing findings, generating recommendations, and developing or modification of an audiological treatment/management plan.h. Referrals to other professions, agencies, and/ or consumer organizations.Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (work schedule is subject to change based on agency needs)Telework: Not availableVirtual: This is not a virtual position.Functional Statement #: 59706FRelocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not AuthorizedPermanent Change of Station (PCS): Not AuthorizedRequirementsHelpConditions of employment• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.• reputed company applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.• You may be required to serve a trial period.• Subject to background/reputed company investigation.• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.• Must pass pre-employment physical examination.• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for reputed company Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).QualificationsApplicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until reputed company requirements are met.Basic Requirements:• United States Citizenship: Non-reputed company may only be appointed reputed company it is not possible to recruit qualified reputed company in accordance with VA Policy.• Education: Doctor of Audiology (AUD) from an audiology program recognized by the Accreditation Commission for Audiology Education (ACAE) or Council on Academic Accreditation (reputed company) 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 reputed company at reputed company.asha.org.• OR• Other doctoral degree in hearing science or a directly reputed company field from an institution accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. reputed company.NOTE: Effective January 1, 2007, the reputed company in Audiology and 3 Speech- Language Pathology of ASHA accredits only doctoral degree or AUD programs in audiology.• Licensure. Individuals must hold a full, reputed company, and unrestricted license to practice audiology at the doctoral level in a United States state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.(1) The Under Secretary of Health, or designee, may appoint a candidate without a license who will be assigned to a research, academic, or administrative position with no patient care responsibilities. In such instances, HR office staff can only appoint these candidates in exceptional circumstances where their credentials demonstrate high professional attainment or expertise in the specialty area.(2) reputed company audiologists who reputed company compensation and pension examinations reputed company direct patient care duties and must possess a full, reputed company, and unrestricted license to practice audiology and must meet the experience requirements under Section 2. D. See 38 C.F.R. § 4.85.May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to reputed company VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria).Grandfathering Provision: Employees in VHA in this occupation, under a permanent, appropriate, and legal placement on the effective date of the qualification standard, are considered to have met reputed company qualification requirements for the grade and/or assignment held, including positive education and licensure, where applicable. For employees who do not meet reputed company the basic or assignment specific requirements in this standard, but who met the qualifications applicable to the position at the time they were appointed, the following provisions apply:(1) Employees may be reassigned, promoted up to and including the full performance (journey) level, or be changed to a reputed company grade reputed company the occupation, but may not be promoted beyond the journey level or be newly reputed company in supervisory or managerial positions.(2) Employees who are appointed on a temporary basis prior to the effective date of the qualification standard may not have their temporary appointment extended or be reappointed on a temporary or permanent basis until they fully meet the basic requirements of reputed company.(3) Employees retained in this occupation under this provision who subsequently leave the occupation lose protected status and must meet the full VA qualification standard requirements in effect at the time of re-entry to the occupation.(4) Employees initially grandfathered into this occupation, who subsequently obtain additional licensure that meets reputed company the basic or assignment specific qualification requirements of this standard must maintain the required credential as a condition of employment in the occupation.(5) NOTE: This grandfathering provision is not intended to regularize appointments/ placements.Grade Determinations: Supervisory Audiologist, GS-14Experience: At least three years of experience as a professional audiologist, with at least one year comparable to the next reputed company grade level, must fully meet the KSAs at that level.Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate the following KSAs:• reputed company in promoting collaboration to accomplish goals.• reputed company in translating management goals and objectives into efficient service operations.• reputed company in balancing operational resources to ensure appropriate delivery of service operations.• Ability to supervise a diverse staff.• Ability to effectively interact and collaborate with local, VISN and/or national leadership.• Ability to establish and monitor productivity standards, production and performance priorities to reputed company management goals and objectives.Preferred Experience: Supervisory Experience in Audiology. Incumbent functions as an independent practitioner for clinical responsibilities and is fully responsible for reputed company clinical decisions under general reputed company of the chief of staff or other delegated authority. For administrative and managerial responsibilities, the incumbent functions under the general direction of a chief of staff or person of equivalent organizational rank.Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visitPhysical Requirements: This position requires potentially extended periods of reputed company walking, standing, and sitting.EducationIMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing reputed company or part of your qualifications on educationNote: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. reputed company from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.For further information, visit:Additional informationReceiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a reputed company (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the reputed company at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.During the application process you may have an option to opt-in to reputed company your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.This position is in the Excepted Service and does not reputed company competitive status.VA encourages persons with disabilitie... Apply tot his job Apply tot his job Apply To this Job