Job Description
Receive 17% Weekday Nights, 26% Weekend Nights and 15% Weekend Day shift differentials
Minimum Offer
$ 16.22/hr. Maximum Offer
$ 19.43/hr. Compensation Disclaimer
Compensation for this role is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to experience, education, and other business and organizational considerations. Department: Audiology
FTE: 1.00
Full Time
Shift: Days
Position Summary: Provide newborn hearing screenings. Assist in pediatric hearing tests. Assist with clerical duties and with hearing aid dispensing program. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may include neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric age groups.
Detailed Responsibilities: - HEARING SCREENING - Perform newborn and other hearing screenings as assigned; accurately record results
- HEARING LOSS - Record risk factors for late onset hearing loss; arrange return of high risk infants for monitoring of possible late onset hearing loss
- HEARING AID - Assist with hearing aid dispensing program
- PATIENT CARE - Assist in patient care procedures as needed.
- REGISTRATION - Interview patients and/or families to obtain demographic, financial information and signatures as required; schedule new and follow-up appointments
- DOCUMENTATION - Document patient care activities; process patient billing
- CLERICAL - Perform clerical functions as needed such as filing, typing, preparing minutes, reception desk coverage, photocopying, scanning, etc.
- SUPPLIES - Maintain supplies inventory in a neat and orderly manner; order and restock as necessary
- EQUIPMENT & RECORDS - Provide support and assistance in the areas of equipment calibration, maintenance and supply; monitor and maintain departmental data and records
- CUSTOMER RELATIONS - Establish and maintain good rapport and effective working relationships with patients, visitors, physicians and Hospitals employees
- POLICY & PROCEDURE - Follow established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards
- DEVELOPMENT - Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in-services, meetings and workshops
- PATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols
- PATIENT SAFETY 2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes
- PATIENT SAFETY 3 - Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk
- PATIENT SAFETY 4 - Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner
- PATIENT SAFETY 5 - Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right"
Qualifications Education:
Essential: - High School or GED Equivalent
Experience: Essential:
Nonessential: Bilingual English, Spanish, Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo 1/2 year (6 months) directly related experience
Credentials: Essential:
- CPR for Healthcare/BLS Prov or Prof Rescuers w/in 30 days
Physical Conditions: Medium Work: Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.
Essential: Working conditions:
- Minor Hazard - physical risks, dirt, dust, fumes, noise
- May be required to travel to various work sites
- May work rotating shifts, holidays and weekends
- Tuberculosis testing is completed upon hire and additionally as required
Job Tags
Full time, Shift work, Night shift, Rotating shift, Day shift, Weekday work,