Pediatric Audiologist
The nonprofit Tucker Maxon School is seeking a part to fulltime (ideally .50 FTE) Pediatric Audiologist to start at the end of August 2025. We are looking for a skilled and professional individual to be part of our team. The Audiologist will work with approximately 20-25 children (ages birth to 12 years) who are deaf or hard of hearing for approximately 10 months per year with summers off. The Audiologist may also work with alumni, and sometimes the public with clients up to age 26 (often through insurance). This position is Exempt and reports to the school Principal.
Tucker Maxon has been on the list of the 100 Best Nonprofits to Work For in Oregon three years in a row. This is your opportunity to become part of an amazing and dedicated team of individuals. Our independent nonprofit private school has approx. 100 students and 35 staff. In any given year, 20-35% of our students are deaf or hard-of-hearing. Our mission is to teach deaf and hearing children to listen, talk, learn, and achieve excellence together. Our school is a LSL (listening and spoken language) focused school; however, children have the opportunity to participate in ASL (American Sign Language) based activities through our ASL playgroups and after-school ASL club. Our highest values are conversation, confidence, creativity, and community. Our goal is to help children reach their full potential in school, and in life. See www.tuckermaxon.org for more information. Tucker Maxon: Where Every Child has a Voice.
Qualifications
- Doctorate in Audiology (AuD), with emphasis or training/experience in pediatrics
- Audiologist License, State of Oregon (or as soon as possible within 6 months)
- Experience programming hearing aids, bone-anchored hearing aids (BAHAs), and cochlear implants, with the pediatric population preferred
- Experience performing diagnostic auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing preferred, but not required
- Experience working in an educational setting preferred
- Credentialed to bill most major Oregon health insurance companies (within first 3 months)
- High standards of professional competence (continuing education, code of ethics)
- Experience or familiarity with some ASL (American Sign Language) preferred, but not required
- Experience performing behavioral testing for kids across ages and abilities, including visual reinforcement audiometry, conditioned play audiometry, and routine audiometry.
- Experience utilizing age-appropriate means of verifying and validating a child’s device, including real ear verification, questionnaires, and aided behavioral testing.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Provide a high standard of audiological service that includes: audiological assessment on a regular basis, daily listening checks, and daily check of amplification/RM systems
- Fit and manage appropriate RM equipment, including transmitters (i.e., Roger Touchscreens, Pass-Around Mic, etc.) and receivers (Roger X, Roger 20, etc.)
- Participate in comprehensive IFSP/IEP evaluations for students 1-2 times per year, which may include diagnostic evaluation, device programming, and age-appropriate speech testing
- Troubleshoot devices and school-owned RM equipment and maintain various loaner amplification/cochlear implant devices to ensure access to the full curriculum at all times
- Collaborate with our Deaf and Hard of Hearing (D/HH) Education team (Teacher of the Deaf, Speech Therapist, Early Intervention Specialist, classroom teachers) to write annual IFSP/IEP goals and document progress toward goals for each student 1-2 times per year per student
- Collaborate with MECP/Columbia Regional Program on shared students in our Preschool for All program, for shared evaluation and care
- Attend IFSP/IEP meetings and discuss results of assessment, progress, and future goals with families
- Provide training opportunities on new technology for staff, students, and families as part of the school’s commitment to best practices
- Screen hearing of all students annually
- Submit a brief monthly report to the Executive Director to include in a summary report to the Board
- Communicate effectively with related professionals, families and school staff (cochlear implant team, child’s managing audiologist, mainstream school placement) to ensure best outcomes for children
- Provide services for alumni and community members, which may include newborn hearing screening, diagnostic ABRs, hearing aid and cochlear implant evaluations and fittings, and earmold fittings/modifications
- Report relevant information to the Oregon EHDI program as appropriate
- Work with potential outsourced billing service to bill health insurance companies for clinical services (as appropriate, as often as possible)
- Demonstrate unconditional respect for children and their well-being without regard to race, religion, socioeconomic, gender and physical limitations in policies, actions and interactions
- Honor every family’s right to privacy and confidentiality in all communications and record keeping, and respect authorized parents/family’s right to access their child’s records
- Participate in all required staff meetings, in-service sessions, conferences, and special events
Characteristics
- Positive, can-do attitude
- Demonstrate warmth, interest, and respect for all students
- Professional, confidential, and discrete
- Sense of humor
Physical Demands
- Stand, walk, sit, talk/listen, reach with hands and arms
- Lift up to 40 pounds
- Drive to Portland area meetings/events occasionally
Compensation: $48 per hour for .5 FTE or less over 192 days, including up to seven days during the summer. Excellent benefits for employees at .5 FTE or more, including health, dental, optional vision, OR Paid Family and Medical Leave insurance, long-term disability, retirement and life insurance. A typical day is 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with a working lunch, with flexibility to start and end days earlier, depending on total number of hours per week.
Please email a cover letter (not just an email message) about yourself and a resume as a Word or PDF file attachment(s) with YOUR last name in the title of the attachment(s) to hr@tuckermaxon.org. Please use the subject line “Pediatric Audiologist.” Candidates are encouraged to apply immediately as interviews will begin before the deadline of June 1, 2025. Tucker Maxon School is an equal opportunity employer.
