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Audiology Center, Inc, a highly regarded audiology practice in Southwestern Washington (dba Hearing Healthcare Associates) and Northern Idaho (dba Audiology Research Associates), is a 40+ year private-owned clinic focused on audiology services. While dispensing is very much part of our offering, we feel it is our focus and dedication to audiology services that makes us a preferred care partner with patients, physicians and employees alike.

Hearing Healthcare Associates, a DBA of Audiology Center Inc, is a highly regarded audiology practice in Southwestern Washington and Northern Idaho, is a 40+ year private-owned clinic focused on audiology services. Our team is looking for a long term, full-time audiologist to join us in this wonderful region. While dispensing is very much part of our offering, we feel it is our focus and dedication to audiology services that makes us a preferred care partner with patients, physicians and employees alike. For example, we are proud to be a Center of Specialty Care for the American Institute of Balance (AIB) - a partnership that provides additional training and mentorship that some audiologists may not have had access to in other opportunities. Candidates would be expected to be dependable, hard working, and must be comfortable with interpersonal communication with patients, families, and the team. Candidates are particularly expected to be proficient in hearing evaluation and hearing aid treatment. Vestibular evaluation and cerumen removal skills are preferred.

The Audiologist role has four primary functions; evaluating and diagnosing, coordinating and providing care, education and counseling, as well as dispensing hearing aids that align patient needs with business directives. Within these functions, duties, and responsibilities the Audiologist builds lasting relationships of trust with our patients as they project the same outlook on care that our practice has embodied for over 40 years; accessible, compassionate, and honest care - every time for everyone.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Evaluating & Diagnosis:

• Comprehensive audiometric testing including speech-in-noise and visual reinforcement audiometry
• Video head impulse
• Otoacoustic emissions
• Auditory steady-state response
• Videonystagmography
• Electrocochleography
• Rotary Chair
• Video head impulse
• Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
• Auditory brainstem response (neurodiagnostic and threshold seeking)
• Ocular and cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials

Coordinating & Providing Care:

• Report writing, with recommendations for the referring physician as appropriate
• Timely maintenance of patient records by recording and updating evaluations, changes, progress, and treatments in EHR
• Improve quality results by studying and evaluating processes; investigating research programs; evaluating new equipment, devices, and techniques

Education & Counseling:

• Compassionate interpersonal communication and tactful bedside manner when discussing evaluation and treatment recommendations
• Willingness to coordinate and collaborate with the patient, their referring physician, and those they have elected, to support them as they adapt to changes in their health
• Ability to inform and explain the complexity of patient conditions adapted to their comfort level

Hearing Aid Dispensing:

• Provides hearing aid dispensing, including selection, fitting, ear-mold acoustics, and ongoing management with follow-up and education
• Performs hearing aid repairs

Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal skills that promote effective working relationships with patients, colleagues, referring professionals, and the community. This includes listening, sales, and problem-solving skills, communicated in a genuinely caring and respectful manner
• Ability to operate appropriate audiology equipment to perform diagnostic audiology procedures
• Staying adverse in the advancements with software and of amplification devices/accessories and assistive listening devices
• Proficient in using EHR
• Superb communications skills and tact, both verbal and written, for internal, external, and patient communications
• Must have the ability to remain calm and exhibit tact in stressful and/or delicate situations
• Must have the ability to handle confidential topics and issues without compromise
• Must be able to travel to other office locations or outside the state for professional and team development training as required by the practice

REQUIREMENTS

• Au.D. or Master's degree in Audiology
• Eligible for Washington State licensure (Idaho licensure a plus)
• Proficiency in hearing evaluation and hearing aid treatment
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and patient-facing skills

Preferred Experience (Not Required):

• Vestibular evaluation
• Cerumen removal

COMPENSATION

• $90,000+ base salary (DOE)
• Performance bonus eligibility
• Student loan payoff assistance
• Relocation assistance
• Health & vision insurance
• Retirement plan
• Paid time off, sick leave, and holidays
• Tuition reimbursement
• 8 AM to 5 PM Weekday Schedule

ABOUT TRI-CITIES, WASHINGTON

Kennewick is located at the vibrant convergence of the Snake, Yakima, and Columbia Rivers in southeast Washington's thriving Tri-Cities region. Nestled in a sun-drenched valley that sees only seven inches of rain a year, this dynamic community is a paradise for outdoor enthusiasts who love river recreation, world-class wineries, and vast open spaces. Residents enjoy a relaxed, easy lifestyle paired with safe neighborhoods, low crime rates, and excellent school systems, all wrapped in a welcoming, family-friendly atmosphere. Acting as a central gateway to the Inland Northwest, the area offers incredible proximity to the region's best destinations, balancing local charm with effortless weekend access to the Cascade Mountains, Seattle, and Portland. It is the perfect home base for experiencing everything the Pacific Northwest has to offer.