Supervisory Audiologist

The position is in the Audiology Section at Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. The duties and responsibilities are performed throughout the clinical and patient care areas. This position serves as a Section Chief; manages programs in Complexity Level 1A (high complexity) facilities. The section or organizational entity is a major component of the medical center and the services or programs supervised are highly professional, technical, and complex.

Basic Requirements

United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.

Education:

1. Doctor of Audiology (AUD) from an audiology program recognized by the Accreditation Commission for Audiology Education (ACAE) or Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). HR office staff and management officials may verify a program's accreditation from ACAE at acaeaccred.org and CAA at caa.asha.org.

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2. Other doctoral degree in hearing science or a directly related field from an institution accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. NOTE: Effective January 1, 2007, the CAA in Audiology and 3 Speech- Language Pathology of ASHA accredits only doctoral degree or AUD programs in audiology.

Licensure:

Individuals must hold a full, current, and unrestricted license to practice audiology at the doctoral level in a United States state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.

Grade Determinations :

Experience: At least three years of experience as a professional audiologist, with at least one year comparable to the next lower grade level GS13, must fully meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities.(KSAs) at that level.

In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate the following KSAs:

• Skill in promoting collaboration to accomplish goals.
• Skill in translating management goals and objectives into efficient service operations.
• Skill in balancing operational resources to ensure appropriate delivery of service operations.
• Ability to supervise a diverse staff.
• Ability to effectively interact and collaborate with local, VISN and/or national leadership.
• Ability to establish and monitor productivity standards, production and performance priorities to achieve management goals and objectives.

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit . IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: . If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: .