• Audiology Extern

    SSM Health (St. Louis, MO)


    It's more than a career, it's a calling.

     

    MO-SSM Health SLUCare Center for Specialized Medicine

    Worker Type:

    Regular

    Job Summary:

    Provides office support for the Audiology department in addition to performing audiometric screenings.

    Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

    PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

    + Monitors and maintains daily and future schedules, including the supply schedule, allocate schedule and daily reconciliation of provider schedules.

    + Coordinates buying, receiving, stocking and pricing of hearing aid products. Orders and maintains adequate inventory.

    + Assists patients with understanding insurance benefits, discounts and payment options. Develops quotes for services and equipment. Creates contracts for orders.

    + Verifies insurance and completes prior authorizations for hearing aid purchases.

    + Performs industrial audiometric screenings (after certification).

    + Performs minor hearing aid repairs and cleaning as needed.

    + Maintains treatment rooms, stocks supplies, cleans and sterilizes instruments on a regular basis.

    + Assists the Audiologist with testing of children through use of visual reinforcement audiometry and play audiometry and distraction during immittance testing.

    + Rooms patients, prepares them for various types of testing.

    + Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

    + Performs other duties as assigned.

    EDUCATION

    + High school diploma or equivalent

    EXPERIENCE

    + No experience required

    PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

    + Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

    + Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

    + Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

    + Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

    + Frequent keyboard use/data entry.

    + Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.

    + Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

    + Rare climbing.

    REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

    Resuscitation Certification Requirement: Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) required within 90 day of employment. Other resuscitation certifications may be required dependent on department.

    Work Shift:

    Day Shift (United States of America)

    Job Type:

    Employee

    Department:

    4843980235 Prfee OT-Audiology

    Scheduled Weekly Hours:

    40

    Benefits:

    SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.

     

    + **Paid Parental Leave** **:** we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).

    + **Flexible Payment Options:** our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.

    + **Upfront Tuition Coverage** : we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.

     

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