This position is located in the Audiology and Speech Pathology Section under Diagnostic Services at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, WV. The duties and responsibilities are carried out throughout the medical center and its corresponding community based outpatient clinics including all clinical and patient care areas involved with the service
Major Duties: Education Coordinator Duties and Responsibilities: Special program responsibilities including coordinating all aspects of the specialty care related to the student training program to ensure local, VISN, national and individual affiliate guidelines are followed.
Serves as the coordinator for audiology interns and externs at all levels, both paid through the Office of Academic Affiliates (OM) and unpaid without compensation (WOC) students at all levels of education. The Education Coordinator also manages requests for student shadowing/observation experiences with educational affiliates.
Responsible for working with the facility Designated Education Officer (DEO) (or their designee) and the OM in establishing affiliation agreements with partnering university programs. Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited, to Maintains a database of university affiliates contact information and affiliate specific information.
Maintains continual contact with the affiliated programs and students by providing application criteria for interested students of all levels of education including undergraduate for shadowing/observation opportunities and graduate students for paid and WOC 2nd & 3rd year semester placements and 4th year placements. Serves as the point of contact for all university matters including disciplinary and grading actions.
Requests input from all staff on student progress and/or issues ensuring all preceptors sign off on all clinical contact hours for students per the affiliation agreements on a regular basis. Conducts interviews when appropriate and makes recommendations for selection by the Supervisory Audiologist or designee for competitive positions. Develops and maintains an Audiology Student Trainee handbook with the policies and procedures LAJVAMC.
Develops and provides the initial and ongoing training for all audiology students . Develops Standard Operating Procedures associated with the procedures students and preceptors are to follow to ensure the highest quality of patient care and patient safety.
Responsible obtaining concurrence from the Supervisory Audiologist/Service Chief and for reviewing with the students during initial orientation/placement and with the audiology staff annually as well as anytime a new staff audiologist is onboarded. Ensures students complete appropriate TMS, CPR, and other necessary training.
Advanced Tinnitus Management & Education - Teaches Progressive Tinnitus Management classes to include virtual classes as well as 1 :1 clinical care when warranted for complex cases of tinnitus and/or sound sensitivity. - Provides advanced tinnitus management and device training to include continuing education for staff audiologists and student trainees as well as interdisciplinary providers.
- Provides quarterly updates regarding program progress and initiatives during service level staff meetings and/or when requested by the Supervisory Audiologist or designee to include utilization report of the program. - Reviews and processes Care in the Community requests pertaining to advanced tinnitus management and treatment.
Clinical Duties and Responsibilities: Uses knowledge of contemporary audiology practice; Exercises independent clinical judgment and adapts clinical procedures and techniques to accommodate age-specific and unique patient conditions, needs, and expectations; Consults with physicians and other health care practitioners related to diagnostic evaluation and treatment; Evaluates patients to determine nature, type, and severity of hearing and balance disorders using a full range of diagnostic tests and techniques, past, family, and social history, record review, and consultation with family and other health care practitioners; Plans, coordinates, and implements a full range of patient-focused treatment services designed to optimize function; Work Schedule: Hours of operation for the department are 7:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday.
Specific tour based on facility needs and discussed during interview. Compressed/Flexible Schedule: May be available, based on facility needs. Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 270070F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
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: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. 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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/. Foreign Education. To be creditable, education completed outside the U.S. must have been submitted to a private organization specializing in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials. Such education must have been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. programs.
Gretchen.Bruning@va.gov · 410-691-6340 X47784
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $106437 – $138370/yr.
Applications close on 2026-11-04.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
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