Lead Audiologist Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center – Lebanon, NH
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics (DH) is the leading academic/medical facility in Northern New England. DH is part of the Dartmouth Health system that stretches over New Hampshire and Vermont and offers the quintessential New England experience. With no income or sales tax, this beautiful area combines history, industry, and business and has been consistently ranked as one of the best places in the US to live and work. With destinations like Boston, New York, the seacoast, and ski country within driving distance, New Hampshire is the ideal place to work and play.
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, New Hampshire’s only academic medical center, seeks a Lead Audiologist to oversee our team of audiologists and audiology support staff. In this role, you will collaborate with the Chief of Otolaryngology for the direction and scope of the audiology practice, encourage standardization of processes and procedures, and maintain high-level patient and staff satisfaction. You will work closely with specialty subject matter experts within the team (e.g. vestibular, cochlear implant) to promote and maintain best practices and standards while acting as a clinical resource in audiology.
Position Highlights:
Full-time, four 10-hour shifts/week
Lead the Audiology division by supervising the audiologists and support staff, monitoring competency standards, overseeing clinical access, and maintaining an annual budget and contracts
Maintain a strong clinical practice in your area of specialty expertise
Opportunities to participate in cutting-edge clinical and basic science research with both Otolaryngology and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth exist and are encouraged but not required
Academic appointment with Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth to be requested
The ideal candidate will also possess the following:
Proven leadership skills desired
Strong interpersonal, and communication skills which include the ability to thoroughly and effectively counsel patients and their families while building patient rapport
Excellent verbal and written skills
The ability to work in a very collaborative, team environment
The ability to interact professionally at all times with patients, providers, and other team members
Benefits Include:
Competitive compensation commensurate with experience, benefits, and relocation assistance
Dedicated CME time and funds ($4,000 every two years)
Up to 6% employer contribution to 403B
Requirements:
Master's degree in Audiology with minimum of four years of experience
Certification by either ASHA or ABA (six-year M.A. or M.S.) with eligibility for certification by the American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association required.
Ability to obtain NH Audiology license
The Audiology Section at DH provides a range of diagnostic and amplification/management options for all ages and works closely with Otolaryngology/Otology. Various behavioral hearing tests and auditory physiologic measures are performed, including sedated and unsedated ABR, as well as OAEs, VNGs, VHITs, VEMPs and ECOGs. Our aural rehabilitation services include hearing aid dispensing, cochlear implant management, osseointegrated technologies and hearing assistive technology (HAT). The clinic strives to practice evidence-based audiology and employs best practices.
Dartmouth Health is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.
How can the lifestyle in New Hampshire and Vermont compliment your career? You can have amazing 4-season living with a career at one of the top health systems in the country. The Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system stretches over New Hampshire and Vermont and offers the quintessential New England experience. With no income or sales tax, this beautiful area combines history, industry and business and has been ranked consistently as one of the best places in the US to live and work. Anchored by the academic Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, the system includes the NCI-designated Norris Cotton Cancer Center, the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock; 4 affiliated hospitals and 30 Dartmouth-Hitchcock ambulatory clinics across the region. We are close to the urban centers of Boston, New York and Montreal, but also offer proximity to the seacoast and multiple top-tier ski mountains within a short driving distance. Throughout New Hampshire, the opportunities – both career and personal – truly make our area the ideal place to work and play.Dartmouth-Hitchcock is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without ...regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.