Supervisory Audiology (Chief)

This position is located in the Audiology and Speech Pathology Service at the Jesse Brown VAMC. The duties and responsibilities are carried out throughout the medical center including all clinical and patient care areas involved with the service. Incumbent is the Service Chief for the Audiology and Speech Pathology Service. Incumbent has overall responsibility for management and direction of large, geographically- separated, integrated health care facility. Incumbent plans, coordinates, and evaluates complex interdisciplinary services across the full continuum of care including not only audiology and speech-language pathology but also other focused rehabilitation, ancillary, or other health care services. The incumbent is responsible for oversight of clinical competence and performance of peers. Incumbent has the responsibility for general supervision of clinical and/or training programs, and overall technical and administrative oversight for operations within the service EDUCATION * Provides orientation/training of medical staff * Assists in orientation and training of new staff * Assists in the training and supervision of students, trainees, and fellows, providing feedback on progress toward established educational goals * Keeps current with theory and practice through continuing education programs, journals, textbooks, and other literature, and in-service programs. * Provides patient and family education including informed consent. ADMINISTRATIVE In carrying out the administrative duties and responsibilities of the position, incumbent: * Develops, organizes, directs, manages, supervises, controls, and implements policies and procedures for complex service-level departments; * Demonstrates skill in managing and directing work to include setting priorities and delegating tasks, meeting multiple deadlines, analyzing complex organizational problems in order to develop and implement effective solutions; * Balances responsibilities applicable to a large service-level or multi-service organizational environment and to work with great autonomy; * Has skill in interpersonal relationships in dealing with employees, team leaders, and managers and shows potential ability to supervise, motivate, and manage effectively a diverse clinical staff applicable to a service-level department in a large, complex, or multi-division facility; * Has advanced knowledge of and ability to utilize evidence-based practices and clinical practice guidelines in multiple professional areas, and to guide the service staff in applying these tools; * Has skill in problem solving and conflict resolution,; * Shows potential ability to and knowledge of, and ability to budgets for a large, integrated services including not only speech-language pathology but also other focused rehabilitation, ancillary, or other health care services; * Has overall responsibility for planning, assessing, and evaluating programs to ensure proper coordination between care delivered by the service and the overall delivery of health care within the facility; * Delegates responsibilities to subordinate section or assistant chiefs (if applicable), planning, and scheduling work; assigning work to employees; accepting, amending or rejecting completed work; assuring that production and accuracy requirements are met; appraising performance and recommending performance standards and ratings; assigning delineated clinical privileges; approving leave; and effecting all levels of disciplinary measures; * Exercises supervision, administrative management and direction of both professional areas in a unified audiology and speech-language pathology service or equivalent service-level department, or administrative management and program direction of other rehabilitation-related areas; * Establishes and monitors productivity standards and production and performance priorities and accommodates to new and changing work conditions and contingencies, including staffing changes; * Translates management goals and objectives into well-coordinated and controlled service operations. Work Schedule: Monday- Friday 8:00am-4:30pm Telework: Ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 04133F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Created: 2026-04-15