How to hire a dispensing audiologist

How to hire a dispensing audiologist, step by step

Here's a step-by-step dispensing audiologist hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a dispensing audiologist job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new dispensing audiologist
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   First, determine the employments status of the dispensing audiologist you need to hire. Certain dispensing audiologist roles might require a full-time employee, whereas others can be done by part-time workers or contractors.

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   A dispensing audiologist's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, dispensing audiologists from different industries or fields will have radically different experiences and will bring different viewpoints to the role. You also need to consider the candidate's previous level of experience to make sure they'll be comfortable with the job's level of seniority.

   This list presents dispensing audiologist salaries for various positions.

   Type of Dispensing Audiologist	Description	Hourly rate
   Dispensing Audiologist	Audiologists diagnose, manage, and treat a patient’s hearing, balance, or ear problems.	$12-62
   Audiologist	An audiologist is responsible for conducting hearing examinations with patients, diagnosing their hearing problems, and identifying treatment plans for immediate recovery. Audiologists operate advanced technologies and devices to determine the patients' hearing abilities and limitations... Show more	$12-58
   Clinical Audiologist	A Clinical Audiologist provides diagnostic and therapeutic services to patients who have hearing, balance, or related ear problems. They document the initial evaluation, treatment, and progress of patients.	$12-76

2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Test Results
   • Listening Devices
   • CFY
   • Hearing Aid Sales
   • Private Practice
   • Rehabilitation
   • Hearing Aid Evaluations
   • Hearing Instruments
   • Assistive
   • Hearing Conservation

   Responsibilities:

   • Perform standard audiometry tests, ABR, ENG, and Otoacoustic Emmissions.
   • Organize, update and maintain medical information database; prepare written and communicate verbally relative to patients' histories.
   • Research and develop vestibular evoke myogenic testing (VEMP) protocol currently in use at JFK.
   • Administer aural rehabilitation to geriatric-psychiatric patients.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your dispensing audiologist job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. A dispensing audiologist can vary based on:

   • Location. For example, dispensing audiologists' average salary in alabama is 58% less than in alaska.
   • Seniority. Entry-level dispensing audiologists 81% less than senior-level dispensing audiologists.
   • Certifications. A dispensing audiologist with certifications usually earns a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for an established firm or a new start-up company can make a big difference in a dispensing audiologist's salary.

   Average dispensing audiologist salary

   $56,996yearly

   $27.40 hourly rate

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   Entry-level dispensing audiologist salary

   $25,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 19, 2025

4. Writing a dispensing audiologist job description

   A job description for a dispensing audiologist role includes a summary of the job's main responsibilities, required skills, and preferred background experience. Including a salary range can also go a long way in attracting more candidates to apply, and showing the first name of the hiring manager can also make applicants more comfortable. As an example, here's a dispensing audiologist job description:

   Dispensing audiologist job description example

   Provide state-of-the-art hearing aids to our members without a hearing aid benefit. This is a fee-for-service offering for our members.
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   Essential Responsibilities:
   
   * HEARING AID DISPENSING AND MAINTENANCE. Evaluation and custom fitting patients with amplification. Programming and designing the hearing aid response to match the individual hearing loss. Adjusting and modifying the amplification characteristics as patients acquire experience with amplification and/or developing changing needs. Provide patients with ongoing counseling and hearing aid checks to determine the aide effectiveness. REM as a objective measure of the aids effectiveness. Earmold impressions. Hearing Aid Repairs including replacing battery doors, tubing, and small patching of holes. Grind, buff, and polish the hearing aid to modify it. Fill out repair forms, review hearing aid history and warranty information.
   * HEARING AID EVALUATION AND COUNSELING. Determine clinical candidacy for amplification utilizing objective measurements, evaluation of the patients level of motivation and level of acceptance for their hearing problem. By in-depth discussion, provide precise hearing aid information re: types, styles, and costs. Outline the significant and varied technologies in a manner that can be understood by the consumer.
   * AUDIOLOGIC EVALUATIONS. Includes audiometric testing, impedance measurement. Determine status of patients hearing abilities, provides information for both physician and patient. CLINIC MANAGEMENT. Responsible for clinical and administrative oversight of dispensing services at the HAC. Helps to determine job duties for reception staff. Management of clinical protocols, product selections, and customer service protocols. Monitors quality assurance issues relating to the practice of audiology and dispensing including compliance with audiology and dispensing laws and ethical codes, ensuring high quality professional standards. DOCUMENTATION. Record test results in charts. Document in chart modifications and adjustments for each hearing aid encounter. Complete programming sheets, delineating the characteristics of the hearing aids response.
   * INVENTORY MANAGEMENT/RECORD KEEPING. Determine the needs for the supply of hearing aids and related materials used in the fitting process. Review invoices for accuracy and log on monthly expense sheet, confirm cost of goods sold for each member. Record hearing aid sales, types, and styles sold on monthly tally sheets. PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT. Develops new programs and policies for hearing aid dispensing services. Provides new technology updates and shares information for improving hearing aid fitting skills to staff audiologists and physicians. Journal and research article reading and review of related professional reports.
   
   Basic Qualifications:
   
   Experience
   
   * N/A
   
   Education
   
   * Master's degree in communication disorders/audiology and completion of a CFY with a passing score on National examinations in Audiology administered by Educational Testing Services.
   
   License, Certification, Registration
   
   * Audiologist License (Oregon)
   * National Provider Identifier required at hire
   
   Additional Requirements:
   
   * Meeting licensure requirements for continuing education.
   
   Preferred Qualifications:
   
   * Minimum two (2) years leadership experience preferred.
   * Minimum five (5) years or more of post-licensure experience in the field of state-of-the-art computerized hearing aid dispensing. Includes competency in client consultation, sales, and training for products dispensed at KP HAC.
   * Previous experience in hearing aid center management preferred.
   * Up-to-date skills of cutting edge technological advances in hearing aids followed and implemented. Hearing aid dispensary management capabilities in clinical protocols, product selections, customer service, and audiologist training.
   
   Primary Location: Oregon,Salem,West Salem Medical Offices Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Day Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Working Hours Start: 08:30 AM Working Hours End: 05:00 PM Job Schedule: Full-time Job Type: Standard Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: W05|AFT|Local 5017 Job Level: Individual Contributor Department: West Salem Medical Offices - Head and Neck-Audiology - 1008 Travel: No Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.
   
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5. Post your job

   To find dispensing audiologists for your business, try out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important talent pools for any company is its current employees.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and your current work to ask if they know any dispensing audiologists they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level dispensing audiologists with the right educational background.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter have more than 3.5 billion users, and they're a great place for company branding and reaching potential job candidates.

   To find dispensing audiologist candidates, you can consider the following options:

   • Post your job opening on Zippia or other job search websites.
   • Use niche websites that focus on engineering and technology jobs, such as healthcarejobsite, health jobs nationwide, hospitalcareers, medreps.com.
   • Post your job on free job posting websites.

6. Interview candidates

   During your first interview to recruit dispensing audiologists, engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. During the following interview, you'll be able to go into more detail about the company, the position, and the responsibilities.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents. You can move on to the technical interview if a candidate is good enough for the next step.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new dispensing audiologist

   Once you've decided on a perfect dispensing audiologist candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.

   It's equally important to follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   To prepare for the new dispensing audiologist first day, you should share an onboarding schedule with them that covers their first period on the job. You should also quickly complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Finally, Human Resources must ensure a new employee file is created for internal record keeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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