Health Technician (Hearing Instrument Specialist)

Summary The Health Technician (Hearing Instrument Specialist) position is assigned to the Audiology & Speech Language Pathology within the El Paso VA Health Care System (EPVAHCS). The primary responsibility is for patient care, supporting diagnostic and treatment procedures, patient charting and patient education. *** Closing date extended to increase applicant pool. *** Responsibilities Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional ***Bargaining Position*** Direct patient care duties include: Hearing aid troubleshooting and repair; performing visual and auditory checks of hearing aids and hearing assistive technology-including all hearing aid accessories as well as alerting devices (troubleshoots performance); fabricating earmold impressions with proper (non-diagnostic) otoscopy; ordering earmolds based on plan of care through prosthetics or DLC and fitting and modifying earmolds, if necessary; providing basic hearing aid information for patients and caregivers consistent with the aud...