Audiologist

Salary

CAD $42.27 - $52.81 / hour

Job Summary

Fraser Health delivers hospital and community-based health services from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to six Métis Chartered Communities. We serve over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley with a team of 45,000 staff and volunteers to provide best in health care.

Detailed Overview

Provides audiology services in accordance with the College of Speech and Hearing Health Professionals of BC standards of practice, Fraser Health mission, values and audiology acute care standard, and in collaboration with the interprofessional care team to deliver patient and family centered care. Offers assessment, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment plan and intervention development, implementation and evaluation, and patient consultation and education to enable optimal health outcomes. Participates in approved audiology and interprofessional research, special projects, and quality and safety activities.

Responsibilities

1. Provides audiology assessment of the patient’s hearing and neural status, functional abilities, needs, and goals by reviewing records, gathering information, interviewing the patient, identifying expectations, selecting and applying evidence-based assessment methods, consulting with the health care team, performing examinations, and monitoring the patient’s health to improve and maintain audiological performance.
2. Analyzes the patient’s needs, establishes audiological diagnosis and prognosis, develops an evidence-based, outcome-focused intervention strategy; utilizes assessment findings, discusses analysis with the patient and caregivers, develops short and long term goals and selects a practice model consistent with patient needs and goals to achieve optimal health outcomes.
3. Recommends interventions in accordance with established treatment guidelines and educates patients and caregivers regarding self-management, health promotion and injury/disability prevention.
4. Participates in the interprofessional care planning process for patients as appropriate by updating the care plan, providing referrals to appropriate services, and collaborating and communicating on issues that will affect the care plan.
5. Evaluates and documents the effectiveness of interventions by conducting assessments and reassessments, monitoring patient responses, evaluating changes in health status, function and audiological performance against pre-determined goals and expected outcomes, and modifying the intervention strategy.
6. Receives, screens, and identifies appropriate referrals for audiology services, assesses priority of intervention, and identifies and facilitates referrals to appropriate health care/community programs.
7. Collaborates with patients and their families/caregivers in developing the care plan and encourages family participation in implementation and ongoing modification of the care plan. Establishes a therapeutic relationship by demonstrating empathy, trust and respect, advocating for the patient’s rights to privacy, dignity and access to information, and ensuring patient choice and autonomy in decision making and care planning.
8. Maintains records including patient files by gathering information, entering data into computerized databases and documenting information into approved formats. Notes patient progress, changes to treatment plan, and records test/treatment results to provide evidence and rationale that support assessment findings and intervention plan. Compiles statistics on workload activities and summarizes information into written reports as requested.
9. Supervises designated staff; ensures standards are met, coordinates work schedules, and reviews documentation for correctness and completeness. Ensures staff are familiar with program policies and directives through orientation and regular communication and updates.
10. Delegates components of treatment to speech and hearing assistants by providing work direction, verbal and/or written instruction, ensuring appropriate transfer of function and documenting quality patient care.
11. Acts as an audiology resource to other audiologists, speech and hearing assistants, and students by assisting with orientation and demonstrating procedures; provides audiology information and inservices to other members of the health care team and attends meetings as a representative of audiology.
12. Participates in team/program activities required to enhance and optimize the delivery of care and to facilitate evidence-based practice; promotes quality and safety principles, identifies processes that require improvement and provides recommendations for review.
13. Participates in approved audiology and interprofessional research, special projects, and committees including professional practice councils and clinical decision support tool development.
14. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Current registration with the College of Speech and Hearing Health Professionals of BC (CSHHPBC) including applicable College certification(s). Minimum one (1) year recent related experience working as an Audiologist with pediatric and older adult populations.

Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of audiology theory and practice within a patient and family centered model of care.
• Knowledge of the CSHHPBC standards of practice and practice guidelines for clinical practitioners.
• Knowledge of audiological standardized tests, measures, use of equipment and related techniques.
• Broad knowledge of other health care professions and their role in patient care.
• Ability to communicate effectively and respectfully with patients, caregivers, speech and hearing assistants, members of the interprofessional care team, both verbally (one-on-one and in groups) and in writing.
• Ability to teach and provide effective consultation to patients, caregivers, speech and hearing assistants and other health care professionals.
• Ability to supervise.
• Ability to work independently and in collaboration with others.
• Ability to establish workload priorities and adjust to unexpected events.
• Basic knowledge of research process and methodology.
• Ability to operate related equipment including relevant software applications.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region. We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the workforce. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable, and culturally safe manner.

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