Gaithersburg, MD, 20898, USA
4 days ago
Audiologist Part Time
**Summary** **CHENEGA PRO FEDERAL SOLUTIONS, LLC** NIST Gaithersburg, MD The **Audiologist** performs audiometric testing and evaluation for patients who have reached a standard threshold shift (STS) and require re-testing as per OSHA guidelines. **Responsibilities** + Review problem audiograms and compare with baseline and later + Performs medical investigations into possible causes for employee hearing loss and makes work-relatedness determinations. + Review the employee's occupational and non-occupational exposure history to noise, ototoxins, and the use of hearing protection devices (HPDs). + Judge the likely contribution of occupational exposures. + Determine if an STS is recordable or reportable to regulatory agencies. + Counsel and advise patients regarding hearing loss and/or conservation efforts. + Establish policies for adequate testing and appropriate use of audiometric and hearing-related questionnaire information. + Review audiograms. + Provide advice and guidance to the Hearing Protection Program + Manager within the Safety, Health, and Environment Division. + Provide advice and guidance to NIST management on Hearing Conservation efforts. + Ensure audiometric testing equipment is functioning properly. + Provide training to employees regarding hearing loss and its prevention. + Other duties as assigned. **Qualifications** + Audiology PhD or AuD from an American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) accredited program. + Board Certified by the American Board of Audiology (ABA), and/or hold the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology (CCC-A) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. + Certified as a Professional Supervisor through the Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation. + Minimum of three (3) years of recent experience in occupational hearing conservation. **Knowledge, Skills and Abilities** + Possess education, training, experience and documented current competence in the required specialty position description **Physical Demands** (The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.) + While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee may use repeated motions that include the arms, wrists, hands and/or fingers. The employee is occasionally required to walk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. _Any estimated salary provided by this job board may not align with Chenega's compensation program. Please apply to connect with a recruiter who can provide more details_ **Executive Order 13495, The Non Displacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts provide first right of refusal to incumbents on contracts. If the position is accepted by the incumbent on the job, other application/resume of non-incumbents will not be reviewed.** Chenega Corporation and family of companies is an EOE. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled Native preference under PL 93-638. We participate in the E-Verify Employment Verification Program
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