Supervisory Audiology (Speech Pathologist)

Description:

This position is located in the Audiology and Speech Pathology Service at the Jesse Brown VAMC. The duties and responsibilities are carried out throughout the medical center including all clinical and patient care areas involved with the service. Incumbent is the Service Chief for the Audiology and Speech Pathology Service.

Requirements:

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

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: Must possess a 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).OR (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.
• Licensure : 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.
• English Language Proficiency . Audiologist candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f).

May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria).

Grade Determinations GS-14 : Must possess at least at least three years of experience as a professional audiologist, with at least one year comparable to the next lower grade level, must fully meet the KSAs at that level. In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate the following KSAs:

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

Preferred Experience: Experience as supervisory speech pathologist or audiologist. Licensed Audiologist or Speech Pathologists. Employee management experience. Prior VA experience preferred.

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/ .

Physical Requirements: See https://dvagov.sharepoint.com/sites/OCHCO/SitePages/D5019.aspx