Position Overview
Summary The VA Heartland Network is currently recruiting for one Health Technician (Hearing Instrument Specialist) at each facility within the network: Leavenworth, KS Topeka, KS Marion, IL (Evansville, IN CBOC) Wichita, KS Columbia, MO Kansas City, MO Poplar Bluff, MO (West Plains CBOC) Saint Louis, MO This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis and qualified candidates will be considered as vacancies become available. Responsibilities 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 audiologist's t...