Audiologist
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administrion
Veterans Health Administrion
Summary
This position is loced in the Audiology and Speech Phology Service the VA Portland Health Care System (VAPORHCS).
Summary
This position is loced in the Audiology and Speech Phology Service the VA Portland Health Care System (VAPORHCS).
Overview
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Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
08/05/2025 to 08/13/2025
Salary
$79,667 to - $124,140 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 11 - 12
Locion
1 vacancy in the following locion:
Vancouver, WA
1 vacancy
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
Not required
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
12
Job family (Series)
0665 Speech Phology And Audiology
Supervisory stus
No
Security clearance
Not Required
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk
Trust determinion process
Credentialing
Suitability/Fitness
Nional security
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit stus
Yes
Announcement number
CBSV-12774977-25-EWK
Control number
842563400
This job is open to
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U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Federal employees - Competitive service
Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales.
Federal employees - Excepted service
Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria.
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Incumbent conducts, plans, completes compension and pension exams, conducts and coordines all clinical and administrive aspects of a full range of services associed with contemporary audiology practice.
Clinical duties and responsibilities include direct pient care involving a full range of audiology and balance evaluion and trement services, including the selection and fitting of hearing aids and other amplificion systems and devices, aural (auditory) rehabilition, and counseling of hearing-impaired veterans and their family.
Incumbent identifies and evalues individuals with hearing disorders in the reception and perception of speech, language and other acoustic signals to a full range of pient complexity. Administers the full range of tests including the testing of vestibular nerve function; evalues the type and degree of hearing loss for pients who may be unable to provide consistent and reliable reaction to diagnostics.
Incumbent is responsible for planning, delivering, and monitoring the effectiveness and clinical outcomes of pient-centered trement and rehabilitive services for pients with significant physical and psychological complicing conditions; including, but not limited to, the selection and fitting of all types of hearing aids; programming of digital hearing aids; issuance of hearing protection devices for prevention of acoustic trauma for those individuals working in a noisy environment; selection and fitting of assistive devices and assistive listening devices such as personal and FM amplifiers, telephone amplifiers, radio or TV magnetic induction devices for special communicion problems; and inspection, modificion, and repair of amplificion devices and ear molds.
Incumbent plans, conducts, and coordines auditory (aural) rehabilition, tinnitus, and/or vestibular rehabilition programs for pients; designs pient-centered trement plans to assist pient and caregivers to maximize and restore to the greest extent possible physical and social functioning; and designs, monitors, and conducts a comprehensive hearing conservion program for employees risk for noise exposure.
Incumbent serves as a consultant to other facility personnel involving the most difficult and complex cases and is a recognized subject mter expert on mters reled to hearing, tinnitus, and balance disorders.
Incumbent responsible for supervising, evaluing, mentoring, and precepting student trainees in audiology and maintained a liaison with affilied colleges and universities. He/she may also provide instruction to residents and interns who seek informion relion to audiology.
Incumbent will complete all documention in accordance with facility policy. The incumbent will remain current with new developments in audiology and will maintain professional competency by reading professional journals and engaging in continuing educion activities and professional learning experiences and by communicing with other professionals in the profession and reled professions.
Work Schedule : Monday-Friday 7:00am-4:30pm
Compressed/Flexible :Yes
Telework : Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Stement # : 000000
Relocion/Recruitment Incentives : Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not Authorized
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Conditions of employment
You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
All applicants tentively selected for VA employment in a testing designed position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested denied employment with VA.
Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
You may be required to serve a trial period.
Subject to background/security investigion.
Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment.
Must pass pre-employment physical examinion.
Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
Qualificions
Basic Requirements :
Citizenship . Be a citizen of the United Stes (U.S.). Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7407(a).
Educion.
(1) Doctor of Audiology (AUD) from an audiology program recognized by the Accredition Commission for Audiology Educion (ACAE) or Council on Academic Accredition (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Associion (ASHA). HR office staff and management officials may verify a program's accredition from ACAE acaeaccred.org and CAA caa.asha.org.
OR
(2) Other doctoral degree in hearing science or a directly reled field from an institution accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion.
NOTE: Effective January 1, 2007, the CAA in Audiology and Speech- Language Phology of ASHA accredits only doctoral degree or AUD programs in audiology.
Licensure. Individuals must hold a full, current, and unrestricted license to practice audiology the doctoral level in a United Stes ste, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.
(1) The Under Secretary of Health, or designee, may appoint a candide without a license who assigned to a research, academic, or administrive position with no pient care responsibilities. In such instances, HR office staff can only appoint these candides in exceptional circumstances where their credentials demonstre high professional tainment or expertise in the specialty area.
(2) All audiologists who perform compension and pension examinions perform direct pient care duties and must possess a full, current, and unrestricted license to practice audiology and must meet the experience requirements under Section 2. D. See 38 C.F.R. 4.85.
Exception for Non-Licensed Audiologist.
(a) Non-Licensed applicants who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements for licensure, may be given a temporary appointment as a gradue audiologist the GS-11 grade under the authority of 38 U.S.C. 7405(c)(2).
(b) Non-Licensed individuals shall only provide care under the supervision of a fully licensed audiologists or above the full performance level.
(c) Non-Licensed individuals may only be appointed the entry level and may not be promoted/converted to the GS-12 grade level until licensure is obtained.
(d) Temporary appointments of non-Licensed audiologists may not be extended beyond two years or be converted to a new temporary appointment.
Failure to Obtain Licensure. In all cases, the gradue audiologists must actively pursue obtaining the required licensure from the de of their appointment. HR office staff will provide unlicensed audiologists with written requirements to obtain licensure, the de by which the license must be acquired and the consequences for not becoming licensed by the deadline. Written notices must be provided prior to the entrance on duty de. Failure to obtain the required credentials by the prescribed de will result in terminion of employment.
May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfhering Provision as described in the VA Qualificion Standard for this occupion (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupion and meet the criteria)
Physical Requirements. See VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupional Health Service.
English Language Proficiency. Audiologist candides must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7403(f).
Grade Determinions : . In addition to the basic requirements for employment, candides must meet the following grade-determining criteria for appointments grade levels specified.
Audiologist, GS-11.
(1) Educion. None beyond the basic requirements.
(2) Demonstred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs). In addition to the basic requirements, the candide must demonstre all of the following KSAs:
(a) Knowledge of principles and techniques in the assessment and trement of auditory and balance disorders.
(b) Ability to perform functions associed with contemporary audiology scope of practice as defined by the American Academy of Audiology or the ASHA.
(c) Ability to interact with pients, families, and other health care professionals.
Assignment. Employees this grade level serve in audiologist entry-level developmental positions. Audiologists perform audiology assessment and trement intervention, exercise clinical judgment, adapt clinical procedures and techniques, and document in the medical record approprie informion reled to pient care.
Audiologist, GS-12.
Experience. In addition to the requirements the GS-11 level, completion of one year of professional experience comparable to the next lower grade level.
Demonstred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs). In addition to the KSAs required the full performance level, the following KSAs are required:
(a) Skill in determining nure, type, and severity of hearing/communicion/vestibular disorders.
(b) Skill in counseling pients and family members regarding management of hearing/communicion/vestibular disorders.
(c) Ability to provide professional advice and consultion in areas reled to professional audiology to other health care professionals.
(d) Ability to independently apply professional contemporary audiologic trements to the full range of pient populions.
Assignment. This is the full performance level for staff audiologists. At this level, audiologists are licensed to practice independently in the provision of audiologic services, consulting with peers and supervisors as approprie. Audiologists serve as consultants to other health care professionals and are recognized subject mter experts (SME) on mters reled to hearing, tinnitus, and balance disorders. The supervisor may assign staff audiologists to any VHA program and setting, such as inpient or outpient medicine, primary care, surgery, hearing health, neurology, rehabilition medicine, gerirics, compension, and pension. Audiologists diagnose audiologic disorders, conduct audiologic, or neuro-audiologic assessments; tre auditory disorders through various modalities; and provide adjunctive interventions for the trement of medical disorders. Audiologists consult with medical center staff on various pient care issues. Staff audiologists may be involved in program evaluion, teaching, training, and research activities. Among the modalities provided are individual, family, and group audiologic rehabilition.
Reference: For more informion on this qualificion standard, please .
The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12. The actual grade which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS-11 to GS-12.
Educion
Note: Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : .
Additional informion
Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacion) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed.
During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive stus.
VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-reled positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.
If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.
Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, Human Resources and Administrion/Operions, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) The Fair Chance Act .
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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.
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You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Your applicion, resume, C.V., and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect considerion for employment.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
Veterans and Transitioning Service Members : Please the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegrion support for military service members.
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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
Review our benefits
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.
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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
Resume
The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), etc.
Cover Letter
DD-214/ Stement of Service
Disability Letter (VA)
License
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
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Veterans' Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference" with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans' Preference, please Feds Hire Vets - Veterans - Job Seekers - Veterans' Preference .
Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
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All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 08/13/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .
To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.
Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.
Agency contact informion
Eugenia Washington-Knight
Phone
...
...
Address
VA Portland Health Care System
3710 Southwest US Veterans Hospital Road
Portland, OR 97239
US
Next steps
Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made.
You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .
NOTE: Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Required Documents
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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
Resume
The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), etc.
Cover Letter
DD-214/ Stement of Service
Disability Letter (VA)
License
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
Transcript
Veterans' Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference" with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans' Preference, please Feds Hire Vets - Veterans - Job Seekers - Veterans' Preference .
Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 08/13/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .
To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.
Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.
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Agency contact informion
Eugenia Washington-Knight
Phone
...
...
Address
VA Portland Health Care System
3710 Southwest US Veterans Hospital Road
Portland, OR 97239
US
Next steps
Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made.
You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .
NOTE: Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities.
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Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 08/05/2025 to 08/13/2025 Salary $79,667 to - $124,140 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 - 12 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Vancouver, WA 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 12 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and...
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administrion
Veterans Health Administrion
Summary
This position is loced in the Audiology and Speech Phology Service the VA Portland Health Care System (VAPORHCS).
Summary
This position is loced in the Audiology and Speech Phology Service the VA Portland Health Care System (VAPORHCS).
Overview
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Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
08/05/2025 to 08/13/2025
Salary
$79,667 to - $124,140 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 11 - 12
Locion
1 vacancy in the following locion:
Vancouver, WA
1 vacancy
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
Not required
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
12
Job family (Series)
0665 Speech Phology And Audiology
Supervisory stus
No
Security clearance
Not Required
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk
Trust determinion process
Credentialing
Suitability/Fitness
Nional security
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit stus
Yes
Announcement number
CBSV-12774977-25-EWK
Control number
842563400
This job is open to
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The public
U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Federal employees - Competitive service
Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales.
Federal employees - Excepted service
Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria.
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Duties
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Incumbent conducts, plans, completes compension and pension exams, conducts and coordines all clinical and administrive aspects of a full range of services associed with contemporary audiology practice.
Clinical duties and responsibilities include direct pient care involving a full range of audiology and balance evaluion and trement services, including the selection and fitting of hearing aids and other amplificion systems and devices, aural (auditory) rehabilition, and counseling of hearing-impaired veterans and their family.
Incumbent identifies and evalues individuals with hearing disorders in the reception and perception of speech, language and other acoustic signals to a full range of pient complexity. Administers the full range of tests including the testing of vestibular nerve function; evalues the type and degree of hearing loss for pients who may be unable to provide consistent and reliable reaction to diagnostics.
Incumbent is responsible for planning, delivering, and monitoring the effectiveness and clinical outcomes of pient-centered trement and rehabilitive services for pients with significant physical and psychological complicing conditions; including, but not limited to, the selection and fitting of all types of hearing aids; programming of digital hearing aids; issuance of hearing protection devices for prevention of acoustic trauma for those individuals working in a noisy environment; selection and fitting of assistive devices and assistive listening devices such as personal and FM amplifiers, telephone amplifiers, radio or TV magnetic induction devices for special communicion problems; and inspection, modificion, and repair of amplificion devices and ear molds.
Incumbent plans, conducts, and coordines auditory (aural) rehabilition, tinnitus, and/or vestibular rehabilition programs for pients; designs pient-centered trement plans to assist pient and caregivers to maximize and restore to the greest extent possible physical and social functioning; and designs, monitors, and conducts a comprehensive hearing conservion program for employees risk for noise exposure.
Incumbent serves as a consultant to other facility personnel involving the most difficult and complex cases and is a recognized subject mter expert on mters reled to hearing, tinnitus, and balance disorders.
Incumbent responsible for supervising, evaluing, mentoring, and precepting student trainees in audiology and maintained a liaison with affilied colleges and universities. He/she may also provide instruction to residents and interns who seek informion relion to audiology.
Incumbent will complete all documention in accordance with facility policy. The incumbent will remain current with new developments in audiology and will maintain professional competency by reading professional journals and engaging in continuing educion activities and professional learning experiences and by communicing with other professionals in the profession and reled professions.
Work Schedule : Monday-Friday 7:00am-4:30pm
Compressed/Flexible :Yes
Telework : Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Stement # : 000000
Relocion/Recruitment Incentives : Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not Authorized
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
All applicants tentively selected for VA employment in a testing designed position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested denied employment with VA.
Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
You may be required to serve a trial period.
Subject to background/security investigion.
Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment.
Must pass pre-employment physical examinion.
Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
Qualificions
Basic Requirements :
Citizenship . Be a citizen of the United Stes (U.S.). Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7407(a).
Educion.
(1) Doctor of Audiology (AUD) from an audiology program recognized by the Accredition Commission for Audiology Educion (ACAE) or Council on Academic Accredition (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Associion (ASHA). HR office staff and management officials may verify a program's accredition from ACAE acaeaccred.org and CAA caa.asha.org.
OR
(2) Other doctoral degree in hearing science or a directly reled field from an institution accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion.
NOTE: Effective January 1, 2007, the CAA in Audiology and Speech- Language Phology of ASHA accredits only doctoral degree or AUD programs in audiology.
Licensure. Individuals must hold a full, current, and unrestricted license to practice audiology the doctoral level in a United Stes ste, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.
(1) The Under Secretary of Health, or designee, may appoint a candide without a license who assigned to a research, academic, or administrive position with no pient care responsibilities. In such instances, HR office staff can only appoint these candides in exceptional circumstances where their credentials demonstre high professional tainment or expertise in the specialty area.
(2) All audiologists who perform compension and pension examinions perform direct pient care duties and must possess a full, current, and unrestricted license to practice audiology and must meet the experience requirements under Section 2. D. See 38 C.F.R. 4.85.
Exception for Non-Licensed Audiologist.
(a) Non-Licensed applicants who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements for licensure, may be given a temporary appointment as a gradue audiologist the GS-11 grade under the authority of 38 U.S.C. 7405(c)(2).
(b) Non-Licensed individuals shall only provide care under the supervision of a fully licensed audiologists or above the full performance level.
(c) Non-Licensed individuals may only be appointed the entry level and may not be promoted/converted to the GS-12 grade level until licensure is obtained.
(d) Temporary appointments of non-Licensed audiologists may not be extended beyond two years or be converted to a new temporary appointment.
Failure to Obtain Licensure. In all cases, the gradue audiologists must actively pursue obtaining the required licensure from the de of their appointment. HR office staff will provide unlicensed audiologists with written requirements to obtain licensure, the de by which the license must be acquired and the consequences for not becoming licensed by the deadline. Written notices must be provided prior to the entrance on duty de. Failure to obtain the required credentials by the prescribed de will result in terminion of employment.
May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfhering Provision as described in the VA Qualificion Standard for this occupion (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupion and meet the criteria)
Physical Requirements. See VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupional Health Service.
English Language Proficiency. Audiologist candides must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7403(f).
Grade Determinions : . In addition to the basic requirements for employment, candides must meet the following grade-determining criteria for appointments grade levels specified.
Audiologist, GS-11.
(1) Educion. None beyond the basic requirements.
(2) Demonstred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs). In addition to the basic requirements, the candide must demonstre all of the following KSAs:
(a) Knowledge of principles and techniques in the assessment and trement of auditory and balance disorders.
(b) Ability to perform functions associed with contemporary audiology scope of practice as defined by the American Academy of Audiology or the ASHA.
(c) Ability to interact with pients, families, and other health care professionals.
Assignment. Employees this grade level serve in audiologist entry-level developmental positions. Audiologists perform audiology assessment and trement intervention, exercise clinical judgment, adapt clinical procedures and techniques, and document in the medical record approprie informion reled to pient care.
Audiologist, GS-12.
Experience. In addition to the requirements the GS-11 level, completion of one year of professional experience comparable to the next lower grade level.
Demonstred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs). In addition to the KSAs required the full performance level, the following KSAs are required:
(a) Skill in determining nure, type, and severity of hearing/communicion/vestibular disorders.
(b) Skill in counseling pients and family members regarding management of hearing/communicion/vestibular disorders.
(c) Ability to provide professional advice and consultion in areas reled to professional audiology to other health care professionals.
(d) Ability to independently apply professional contemporary audiologic trements to the full range of pient populions.
Assignment. This is the full performance level for staff audiologists. At this level, audiologists are licensed to practice independently in the provision of audiologic services, consulting with peers and supervisors as approprie. Audiologists serve as consultants to other health care professionals and are recognized subject mter experts (SME) on mters reled to hearing, tinnitus, and balance disorders. The supervisor may assign staff audiologists to any VHA program and setting, such as inpient or outpient medicine, primary care, surgery, hearing health, neurology, rehabilition medicine, gerirics, compension, and pension. Audiologists diagnose audiologic disorders, conduct audiologic, or neuro-audiologic assessments; tre auditory disorders through various modalities; and provide adjunctive interventions for the trement of medical disorders. Audiologists consult with medical center staff on various pient care issues. Staff audiologists may be involved in program evaluion, teaching, training, and research activities. Among the modalities provided are individual, family, and group audiologic rehabilition.
Reference: For more informion on this qualificion standard, please .
The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12. The actual grade which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS-11 to GS-12.
Educion
Note: Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : .
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Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacion) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed.
During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive stus.
VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-reled positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.
If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.
Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, Human Resources and Administrion/Operions, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) The Fair Chance Act .
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Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.
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Cover Letter
DD-214/ Stement of Service
Disability Letter (VA)
License
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
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Veterans' Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference" with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans' Preference, please Feds Hire Vets - Veterans - Job Seekers - Veterans' Preference .
Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
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To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.
Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.
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Eugenia Washington-Knight
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Address
VA Portland Health Care System
3710 Southwest US Veterans Hospital Road
Portland, OR 97239
US
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Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made.
You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .
NOTE: Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities.
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Financial suitability
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Required Documents
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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
Resume
The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), etc.
Cover Letter
DD-214/ Stement of Service
Disability Letter (VA)
License
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
Transcript
Veterans' Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference" with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans' Preference, please Feds Hire Vets - Veterans - Job Seekers - Veterans' Preference .
Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
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All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 08/13/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .
To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.
Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.
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Agency contact informion
Eugenia Washington-Knight
Phone
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...
Address
VA Portland Health Care System
3710 Southwest US Veterans Hospital Road
Portland, OR 97239
US
Next steps
Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made.
You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .
NOTE: Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities.
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Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 08/05/2025 to 08/13/2025 Salary $79,667 to - $124,140 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 - 12 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Vancouver, WA 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 12 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and...
Job ID: 488481192
Originally Posted on: 8/7/2025
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