Date Posted: 10/20/2024

Requisition Number: 8116

Location  Cambridge

Work Days: 8-5pm

Category: Professional and Management

Department:  audiology 

Job Type: Temporary

Work Shift: Day 

Hours/Week: 20.00 

Union: No 

Union Name: Non Union 

Are you starting out in healthcare or looking for a career change? If you are looking to make a difference CHA’s temporary staffing department may have a role for you. We offer flexible schedules, varied assignments, competitive pay, and health insurance. Come join an organization where your contribution is valued and continuous learning is part of your day.

This is a compelling opportunity for an exceptional health care executive to lead a system known for its enduring commitment to the mission of health equity, its innovations driven by affiliations with Harvard University and Tufts University, and for the quality of its award-winning integrated primary and behavioral health care. CHA is a public, socially accountable health system. The system operates two hospitals with 351 licensed beds, a major ambulatory center with emergency services, twelve clinics, and six other centers, providing care to more than 140,000 patients in Cambridge, Somerville, and the Boston metro-North region. The system generated more than $680 million last fiscal year. CHA employs more than 3,500 staff, including 423 active medical providers, to care for a patient population including the highest concentration of Medicaid and uninsured patients in Massachusetts. Approximately half of all CHA patients are members of an accountable care organization, incentivizing CHA’s ongoing investments in delivering high quality value-based care. The system provides primary care, behavioral health, maternity, emergency care, and limited specialty and surgery care to its patients. Clinical affiliations with Beth Israel Lahey Health and MassGeneral Hospital for Children provide access to more complex care.

Summary:
Provides audiology services for the Department of Surgery under the Direction of the Chief of Otolaryngology and departmental practice managers. Insures effective operations across sites related to clinical audiology.

Responsibilities:
• Performs comprehensive professional audiologic services for the diagnosis and treatment of otologic and vestibular disorders for all age groups.
• Administers and interprets a variety of tests, such as air and bone conduction, speech reception and discrimination tests, to determine type and degree of hearing impairment, site of damage, and effects on comprehension and speech.
• Evaluates test results in relation to behavioral, social, educational, and medical information obtained from patients, families, and other sources.
• Counsel and instruct clients in techniques to improve hearing or speech impairment.
• Communicates findings and recommendations to the members of the CHA ENT division as well as referring physicians both within CHA and from outside organizations
• Communicates in an effective and culturally appropriate manner to patients and their families regardless of ethnicity or developmental age.
• Provides recommendations to schools and other institutional settings
• Coordinates care with other departments including but not limited to Occupational Health and Speech Therapy
• Provides written documentation suitable for computer scanning
• Effectively utilizes the existing Electronic Medical Record system
• Responsible for maintaining calibration and service records of audiology instruments
• Participate in Quality Improvement projects within the Division of ENT.
• Integrates growth and development needs into the delivery of patient care for the populations served.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or directed

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :

Other information:
Master of Arts or Sciences degree with a major in Audiology or Audiology Doctorate (Add.)
Licensure:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Professional Audiologist
Certifications:
ASHA certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology

In keeping with federal, state and local laws, Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) policy forbids employees and associates to discriminate against anyone based on race, religion, color, gender, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to establishing and maintaining a workplace free of discrimination. We are fully committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not tolerate unlawful discrimination in the recruitment, hiring, termination, promotion, salary treatment or any other condition of employment or career development. Furthermore, we will not tolerate the use of discriminatory slurs, or other remarks, jokes or conduct, that in the judgment of CHA, encourage or permit an offensive or hostile work environment. 

Cambridge Health Alliance brings Care to the People - including your neighbors, friends and family. Our local hospitals and care centers serve our vibrant, diverse communities, and play an integral role in improving health. As passionate advocates for the underserved, we actively partner with our communities to take on challenging public health issues, and conduct important research to help reduce barriers to care. We believe that everyone deserves access to high quality, convenient health care. This is why our employees believe in where they work and why many build long, rewarding careers at CHA.

Healthcare is changing rapidly. CHA has a strategic plan that charts a proactive course for our future. It is built on a vision of equity and excellence for everyone, every time. It also recognizes that our workforce is our most valuable asset and prioritizes competitive salaries, benefits and professional development opportunities for employees. The strategic plan is changing the way we provide care and improving the health and experience of our patients; we are looking for smart, committed, compassionate people who want to be part of making our vision of better health and equity a reality.

At CHA, you can believe in where you work and go home every day knowing you made a difference. Join our team and help us bring Care to the People.