Audiologist

The Intermittent Audiologist position within Audiology Service at the VA St. Louis Health Care System. The duties and responsibilities include comprehensive audiological evaluation, assessment, and treatment to Veteran patients on an as‑needed basis, with coverage for locations within the VA Saint Louis Health Care System. Incumbent functions under the supervision of a staff audiologist or audiologist/speech language pathologist of higher grade.

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.

• United States Citizenship:
  Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• English Language Proficiency: Audiologist candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f).
• Education: Doctor of Audiology (AuD) from an audiology program recognized by the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech‑Language‑Hearing Association (ASHA). The CAA is the only accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation to accredit entry‑level audiology programs. HR office staff and management officials may verify the program accredited from CAA .asha.org.
  
  OR, Other doctoral degree in hearing science or a directly related field from an institution accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the USDE. (A copy of transcripts with conferred of degree date should be submitted with application package.)
• Licensure:
• Individuals 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. Non‑licensed audiologists who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements for licensure may be given a temporary appointment as a graduate audiologist at the GS‑11 grade under the authority of 38 U.S.C. § 7405(c)(2) for a period not to exceed two years from the date of employment on the condition that these audiologists provide care only under the supervision of fully licensed audiologists.
  
  (A copy of valid current license should be submitted with application package.)
• 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).

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).

GS-11 Audiologist

Qualifications:

The basic requirements, and in addition the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs:

Assignment. Employees at this grade level serve in audiologist entry‑level developmental positions. Audiologists perform audiology assessment and treatment intervention, exercise clinical judgment, adapt clinical procedures and techniques and document in the medical record appropriate information related to patient care.

In addition to the requirements at the GS-11 level, completion of one year of professional experience comparable to the next lower grade level (
GS-11
). In addition to the KSAs required at the full performance level, the following KSAs are required: