Audiologist at African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE) – Abuja

The African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE) is recruiting an Audiologist in Abuja to provide diagnostic, rehabilitative and preventive hearing and balance services for adult and paediatric patients.

Responsibilities

• Take clinical histories, perform otoscopic examinations and age-appropriate behavioural hearing assessments, and conduct and interpret pure-tone and speech audiometry, tympanometry, acoustic reflex testing, otoacoustic emissions and other middle- and inner-ear assessments.
• Perform or support electrophysiological tests, including auditory brainstem response and auditory steady-state response, and carry out vestibular assessments for patients with dizziness, imbalance, tinnitus or suspected auditory-processing difficulties.
• Prepare diagnostic reports, communicate findings and make timely referrals for medical, surgical, rehabilitative or educational intervention.
• Develop individualised management plans; select, fit, verify, programme and review hearing aids and assistive listening devices; counsel patients and families; and support cochlear-implant pathways and adult and paediatric aural rehabilitation.
• Work with ENT surgeons, physicians, paediatricians, neurologists, nurses, speech and language therapists and other professionals in multidisciplinary clinics and case conferences.
• Support hearing screening and monitoring for at-risk patients, including those exposed to ototoxic medicines, noise or complex medical treatment.
• Maintain audiological equipment and test environments, coordinate calibration and servicing, follow infection-prevention procedures, maintain confidential records and contribute to audits, incident reviews, quality improvement and stock control.
• Educate patients, families, staff and community stakeholders; support outreach and hearing-conservation initiatives; supervise trainees within professional competence; and maintain continuing professional development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Audiology, Speech Therapy and Audiology or an equivalent recognised qualification. A relevant master’s degree or clinical doctorate is an advantage.
• Current registration with the Medical Rehabilitation Therapists Board of Nigeria (MRTB) and a valid practising licence, or eligibility to obtain both before appointment.
• Evidence of continuing professional development in diagnostic and rehabilitative audiology. Additional training in paediatric audiology, vestibular assessment, electrophysiology, tinnitus or implantable hearing devices is an advantage.
• At least five years of post-qualification clinical audiology experience, preferably in a tertiary, specialist or multidisciplinary hospital.
• Demonstrated competence in adult and paediatric diagnostic audiology and in selecting, fitting, verifying and following up hearing devices.
• Practical experience in electrophysiological and/or vestibular assessment is strongly preferred. Experience with hearing screening, ototoxicity monitoring, cochlear-implant pathways, tinnitus management or aural rehabilitation is an advantage.
• Strong analytical, documentation, counselling, teamwork and patient-communication skills, with a commitment to ethical practice, safeguarding, infection prevention, equipment quality assurance and continuing professional development.