Medcare Hospitals and Medical Centres (Medcare), the premium healthcare division of Aster DM Healthcare, is one of the pioneering healthcare providers in the region.
With a focus on delivering a patient-centric journey as well as encouraging clinical excellence and state-of-the-art care, Medcare operates three multi-specialty hospitals including Medcare Hospital Safa Park Dubai, Medcare Hospital Sharjah and Medcare Women and Children Hospital in Dubai and one specialty hospital Medcare Orthopaedics & Spine Hospital. In addition, it has three specialty centres and 12 multi-specialty centres in key locations across Dubai and Sharjah.
With a team of 350+ qualified healthcare professionals, Medcare promotes and supports the highest standards in preventive, curative and rehabilitative healthcare.
Your Responsibilities:
· Counsel and instruct clients in techniques to improve hearing or speech impairment.
· Evaluate hearing and speech/language disorders to determine diagnoses and courses of treatment.
· Fit and dispense assistive devices, such as hearing aids.
· Maintain client records at all stages, including initial evaluation and discharge.
· Monitor clients' progress and discharge them from treatment when goals have been attained.
· Plan and conduct treatment programs for clients' hearing or speech problems, consulting with physicians, nurses, psychologists, and other health care personnel as necessary.
· Recommend assistive devices according to clients' needs or nature of impairments. · Refer clients to additional medical or educational services if needed.
· Advise educators or other medical staff on speech or hearing topics.
· Conduct or direct research on hearing or speech topics and report findings to help in the development of procedures, technology, or treatments.
· Develop and supervise hearing screening programs.
· Educate and supervise audiology students and health care personnel. · Fit and tune cochlear implants, providing rehabilitation for adjustment to listening with implant amplification systems.
· Instruct clients, parents, teachers, or employers in how to avoid behavior patterns that lead to miscommunication.
· Participate in conferences or training to update or share knowledge of new hearing or speech disorder treatment methods or technologies.
· Measure noise levels in workplaces and conduct hearing protection programs in industry, schools, and communities.
· Work with multi-disciplinary teams to assess and rehabilitate recipients of implanted hearing devices.
Education & Experience:
· BSc in Audiology is a must.
· Diploma in post graduate will be preferred.
· 3-5 years experience in similar position and in a hospital set up will be preferred.
· Strong communication skills are required.
· Must be a computer literate.
· MOH license/Evaluation letter is a must.
· Fluent in English is required. Arabic is preferred.