Audiology Technician

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Organization:

Audiology - Support Staff

Job Summary:

The Audiology Technician supports audiologists and clinic operations by assisting with patient care, hearing device management, inventory coordination, and administrative functions. This role serves as an important member of the care team, helping deliver high-quality hearing healthcare while ensuring efficient clinic and laboratory operations. The position offers exposure to hearing aid technology, cochlear implants, and patient care across the lifespan.

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Audiology Technician

• Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center | Franklin, TN
• 919 Murfreesboro Rd., Franklin, TN 37064
• Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Join a Team That Helps Patients Hear and Communicate Better

The Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center is seeking a dependable, patient-focused Audiology Technician to support our audiology and hearing aid team in Franklin.

This role is ideal for someone with a strong customer service or healthcare background who enjoys working directly with patients, solving problems, staying organized, and contributing to a high-performing clinical team.

If you have a consistent work history, excellent communication skills, and an interest in healthcare, we'd love to hear from you.

What You'll Do

Assist patients with hearing aids, assistive listening devices, and Bluetooth connectivity

Support same-day clinic appointments and patient flow

Manage hearing aid inventory, orders, shipments, and device tracking

Maintain accurate documentation and electronic records

Prepare equipment and support daily clinic operations

Partner with audiologists and support staff to ensure an exceptional patient experience

Travel occasionally to satellite clinics as needed

What We're Looking For

High school diploma or equivalent required

Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Communication Sciences, Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology, Healthcare, or a related field preferred

Three or more years of customer service, healthcare, medical office, therapy clinic, or patient-facing experience preferred

Demonstrated reliability and stable work history

Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills

Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced clinical environment

Experience working with pediatric or special-needs populations is a plus

Why Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center?

Work alongside nationally recognized audiologists and hearing specialists

Gain experience with hearing aid and cochlear implant technology

Build valuable healthcare and patient care skills

Monday-Friday schedule with no weekends

Opportunity to grow your career within Vanderbilt Health

Apply Today

If you're passionate about helping others and are looking for a rewarding healthcare support role with a respected clinical team, apply today and join Vanderbilt Health's mission of improving lives through better hearing and communication.

DAILY RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Assist and counsel same day clinic patients independently with hearing aid repairs, supplies, earmold pick up and accessory Bluetooth pairing.

· Document and bill for patient care services.

· Schedule same day clinic patients for hearing aid cleanings, supplies, and repairs, and earmold pick up.

· Respond timely to patient messages/calls and provider clinical messages.

· Complete quality check of invoices with our negotiated prices and purchase order numbers.

· Ship items back to manufacturers for repairs, remakes, or refunds via USPS, UPS, or FedEx.

· Order hearing aids, accessories, and earmolds per Track aid or custom hearing aid forms

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

· Patient Documentation and Billing (Intermediate): Demonstrates mastery proficiency in documentation practices. Documents in the appropriate templates and utilizes only approved abbreviations within patient documentation. Meets institutional standards for quality and timeliness of documentation and billing. May orient new staff to departmental and VUMC documentation standards. Will complete accurate chart audits of co-workers’ documentation.

· Customer Service (Intermediate): Keeps management informed on all aspects of one or more projects. Takes personal responsibility to ensure external and internal customer satisfaction is met despite pressures and/or significant obstacles. Discuss options with customers for alternative ways to meet expectations cost-effectively and efficiently. Commands respect and confidence from customers, and identifies, influences, and creates business opportunities. Deals with unexpected customer demands smoothly and without conflict.

· Audiology Patient Education (Intermediate): Communicates functional impact of assessment findings, treatment interventions, diagnosis, and disease process. Adapts communication to the level of understanding of the patient. Determines comprehension and need for repetition and/or revision of counseling methods. Promotes public awareness and prevention of communicative and related disorders through local, and regional presentations to patient groups (e.g. American Tinnitus Association, Vestibular Disorders Association etc.) Generates measurable improvement in understanding and quality of life of patients and their families.

· Hearing Aid Maintenance (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate the ability to maintain devices, accessories, or systems in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Assures that parts inventory is sufficient.

· Quality Assurance (Novice): Has provided continuous analysis and evaluation of assignment work processes, constantly striving for improvement in the way tasks and activities are accomplished by questioning their value to the process and contributing creative solutions. Has participated in the process of establishing, communicating and monitoring standards for quality and excellence. Demonstrates the ability to actually work on and improve a current business process, product or service.

Allied health is among the fastest growing occupations in healthcare today. This area can be defined as credentialed professionals who perform supportive, diagnostic, and therapeutic health care services to promote health and prevent disease in a variety of settings.

These areas are crucial to Vanderbilt Health’s reputation for excellence in these areas that has made us a major center for patient referrals from throughout the Mid-South.

Each year, people throughout Tennessee and the southeast choose Vanderbilt Health for their health care because of our leadership in medical science and our dedication to treating patients with dignity and compassion.

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Core Accountabilities:

* Organizational Impact: Performs tasks that are typically routine that may impact team's performance with occasional guidance. * Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Utilizes some discretion and research to solve routine problems. * Breadth of Knowledge: Applies knowledge of standards, established processes and procedure that apply to your own job. * Team Interaction: Provides guidance to entry level co-workers.

Core Capabilities :

Supporting Colleagues : Develops Self and Others: Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.- Builds and Maintains Relationships: Seeks