AUDIOLOGIST

You will serve as a AUDIOLOGIST in the Occupational Audiology Department of NMRTC PEARL HARBOR HI.

This announcement uses the Expansion of Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel of the Department of Defense of the Department of Defense to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to certain positions in the competitive service.

ALL Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess.

Basic Requirements

Education

The mandatory education program described below must have been approved, recognized, or accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology(external link) (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association(external link) (ASHA) at the time the degree was obtained. (Please provide copy of transcripts. Failure to possess this factor WILL result in an ineligible rating.)

Degree: For audiologist positions, a graduate or higher level graduate degree that included 18 semester hours in the field of audiology with approved clinical practice. Applicants for positions with both speech pathologist and audiologist duties must have successfully completed all the requirements for a graduate or higher level degree with 18 semester hours in one of the fields with approved clinical practice and, in addition, must have either completed a minor in the other field or must have had at least 1 year of professional experience in the other field. (You must provide copy of transcripts. Failure to possess this factor WILL result in an ineligible rating.)

AND

Licensure: Must posses a full, current, and unrestricted license to practice Speech/Language Pathology and/ or Audiology as applicable in a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States. (You must provide copy of licensure. Failure to possess this factor WILL result in an ineligible rating.)

Foreign Education: Required for vacancies with Positive Education or Education Substitution: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements if the applicant can provide documentation indicating that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide such evidence when applying for further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/officies/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

In Addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Evaluating, managing, dispositioning and counseling an expansive range of complex and difficult patients populations including those involving auditory dysfunction associated with traumatic brain injury, polytrauma or post-traumatic stress disorders;
• Conducting comprehensive diagnostic audiological assessments and procedures, and making critical patient medical qualification and dispositions;
• Providing management and oversight of Hearing Conservation Programs (HCP) and hearing loss prevention efforts;
• Assessing hearing readiness through, (i.e., conducting an exhaustive review and documentation of auditory, medical, employment, and noise hazard histories; administering a detailed, comprehensive audiology examination; assessing worksite communication requirements; determining the potential for continued hearing degradation; and assessing impact and potential consequences of miscommunication on employee safety and job productivity); AND
• Utilizing principles, practices and theories used in occupational audiology to implement and/or manage comprehensive hearing conservation programs.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-PROF.

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0600/speech-pathology-and-audiology-series-0665/

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.