Audiologist
- Employer
- Physician Affiliate Group of New York
- Location
- Bronx, New York
- Posted Date
- Dec 4, 2022
- Reference
- 8348
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- Specialty
- Internal Medicine
- Position Type
- Permanent
Job Details
PAGNY is comprised of over 4 ,000 physicians and healthcare professionals who provide services to NYC Health + Hospitals (H + H), the largest public health system in the United States. Our practitioners are highly skilled professionals with outstanding credentials who deliver the highest level of quality healthcare to patients throughout New York City.
NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln, located just 15 minutes from NYC, is an acute care teaching hospital academically affiliated with Weill-Cornell Medical College . Dedicated to providing high quality patient care to a diverse community, Lincoln Medical Center is a NYS designated Level I Trauma and Stroke Center and has Centers of Excellence in all medical specialties including its award - winning Cancer and Breast Centers.
Responsibilities:
- An Audiologist specializes in diagnostic, habilitative and rehabilitative services related to the auditory system for both adults and children.
- S/he will administer a wide variety of behavioral and electrophysiologic tests, which are designed to determine precisely the patients hearing level and determine the most likely site of damage to the auditory system.
- S/he is able to describe the amount of social disability resulting from hearing loss and to predict the potential benefits from the use of a hearing aid, assistive listening device and/or special training.
- S/he should be able to differentiate between organic and non-organic hearing disability, through evaluation of total response pattern and the use of acoustic tests.
- S/he shall assist in the selection and use of suitable hearing aids and the development of listening habits and the use of visual cues. When a patient has a hearing loss that is medically/surgically correctable, the Audiologist will assist the physician by describing the extent and type of hearing loss and will conduct studies to determine the hearing improvement achieved following medical/surgical treatment.
- S/he should be able to plan, direct, conduct and participate in training, speech reading and speech conservation.
- S/he should be able to write reports on diagnostic findings, therapy used, and progress made.
- The Audiologist if trained and qualified may do Auditory Brainstem Response Evaluation (ABR) and Electronystagmography Evaluation (ENG).
- S/he must be able to interpret the results and be prepared to write a report on the diagnostic findings and recommendations for submission to the physician requesting the testing.
Qualifications:
- NYS License,
- Au.D. Doctoral program
Benefits include:
- Competitive compensation package
- 10% 401K company contribution after one year of service
- Choice of a three-ti ered nearly FREE medical plan
- Excellent dental insurance including orthodontics coverage
- Generous paid time off program
- CME days and dollars
- Salary : $75,000
Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V
Company
PAGNY is one of the largest multi-disciplinary groups in the country whose main purpose is to nurture and embolden the healthcare providers who take care of the most fragile and vulnerable patients in New York City. PAGNY people do more than diagnose and treat; we uplift the spirits and dignity of patients because we love what we do, and it shows. PAGNY is committed to recruiting and retaining productive and enthusiastic physicians and promotes our health professionals’ wellness.
Our mission is to provide accountable, responsive, quality care with the highest degree of sensitivity to the needs of our multicultural population throughout the New York Community.
Our vision is to set the standard for service through the provision of outstanding, patient-centered care and to create a legacy of healthcare excellence in the decades to come.
Our values are:
Compassion
Respect
Innovation
- Website
- http://www.pagny.org/
- Telephone
- 646-714-2123
- Location
-
55 West 125th Street
10th floor
New York
NY
10027
US
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