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Keck Medicine of USC is seeking a Audiologist for a job in Los Angeles, California.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Audiologist
• Discipline: Therapy
• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: Ongoing
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 8 hours, days
• Employment Type: Staff

Performs complex and varied administrative assignments to support Audiology Clinicians. Assists in management of non-billable clinical tasks to help clinicians perform at top of license. Must have well developed skills to enhance patient experience and avoid delays in patient access to equipment – including non-direct patient care equipment management, preparation, and tracking. Reports to the Clinic manager. Must adopt Keck Service Credo and Known Service Standards and Values. Must be comfortable with computers and medical terminology.

Essential Duties:

• Orders and prepares specialized hearing devices and audio logic equipment for patient appointments Troubleshoots malfunctioning earmolds or hearing protection. Determines if replacements are needed.
• Maintain clinical databases and supply inventories to track and replace consumables, devices etc.
• Assists audiologist in the completion of audiometric evaluations
• Assists with marketing events at health fairs
• With appropriate training – provide patients with hearing aid use and care instructions and practice
• Maintains and cleans audiology booths and performs daily equipment checks under the supervision of an audiologist
• Ensures, patient test reports, new equipment documentation, are completed, signed and scanned into EMR. Ensures reports are available to physicians when needed.
• Promotes security by alerting appropriate personnel for safety, fire and other unsafe situations. Reports any unusual occurrences to supervisor. Responds to emergency situations using standard emergency protocols and procedures.(
• Maintains a safe environment in accordance with standards, policies and safety regulations. Ensures compliance with infection control policies.
• Ensure proper authorizations are obtained before visit. Schedules patient appointments as needed
• Perform earmold impressions including observation of the ear canals, earmold impression fabrication, packing and preparation of the molds to be sent to the manufacturer.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Req High school or equivalent

• Req 1 year 1 year experience in relevant field,
• Req Experience working technically with hearing devices

• Req strong computer skills
• Req Strong communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Pref Bachelor's degree Bachelor’s degree in speech-language pathology or communication disorders preferred
• Pref Audiology Aide Certification Employee highly encouraged to apply after departmental orientation.

Required Licenses/Certifications:

• Req Fire Life Safety Training (LA City) If no card upon hire, one must be obtained within 30 days of hire and maintained by renewal before expiration date. (Required within LA City only)

The hourly rate range for this position is $21.00 - $29.77. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.

USC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy. USC observes affirmative action obligations consistent with state and federal law. USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal records in a manner consistent with applicable laws and regulations, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for employers and the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and with due consideration for patient and student safety. Please refer to the Background Screening Policy Appendix D for specific employment screen implications for the position for which you are applying. 

We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact USC Human Resources by phone at , or by email at . Inquiries will be treated as confidential to the extent permitted by law.

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If you are a current USC employee, please apply to this USC job posting in Workday by copying and pasting this link into your browser:

USC Keck Job ID #REQ20160339. Posted job title: Audiology Technician - Center for Childhood Communications - Part Time 8 Hour Days (Non-Exempt) (Non-Union)

About Keck Medicine of USC

Keck Medicine of USC combines academic excellence, world-class research and state-of-the-art facilities to provide highly specialized care for some of the most acute patients in the country. We provide care at Keck Hospital of USC, USC Norris Cancer Hospital, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, USC Arcadia Hospital and 100+ clinics in Los Angeles and surrounding counties.