Medical Social Worker Audiology

In the Audiology department, you perform psychosocial diagnostics and guide patients and/or parents of children with various hearing problems. The guidance is aimed at integrating the hearing impairment into daily life as well as possible.

The care includes, among other things:

• Guidance in processing and accepting the consequences of deafness, hearing loss, and tinnitus;
• Support with communication problems at home, at school, or at work
• Clarifying the interaction between personality and hearing loss;
• Providing information about, among other things, provisions, social legislation, daycare centers, and schools.

In addition to the patient, you also involve the partner or other family members/relatives in the care. You participate actively in multidisciplinary treatment teams and contribute to multidisciplinary diagnostics. You also contribute to the development of psychosocial care in the department and to the departmental policy. You maintain contacts with external agencies. You are involved in the training of, among others, resident doctors and you offer other professional caregivers consultation regarding your areas of expertise. We request all-round commitment in all areas of expertise: adult hearing, child hearing, tinnitus, and CI (cochlear implantation).

Your daily activities consist of:

• Preparing and conducting consultation hours
• Developing reports
• Consulting with other practitioners about shared patients
• Attending MDTs
• Being involved in various components in the field of education
• Offering support to colleagues/other disciplines regarding psychosocial issues

What do you bring?

• You hold a degree in HBO Social Work and Services (MWD), Social Work, or Applied Psychology.
• You have work experience as a (medical) social worker.
• To perform this position, it is specifically required that you are skilled or willing to develop in the issues concerning the hard of hearing and the deaf. A demonstrable affinity with the target group is a plus.
• You find working in a dynamic and innovative academic hospital challenging.
• You like to contribute to innovation and improvement of care (processes) and the further professionalization of the profession of MMW. You also like to transfer this knowledge to the professional group or to students and doctors, through presentations and clinical lessons.
• You have a high degree of independence, but can also collaborate well, are flexible, decisive, and well able to combine sensitivity with decisiveness. Additionally, you are stress-resistant and can deal with loss and grief.

What do we offer you?

• A one-year contract with a view to a permanent contract.
• Classification in salary scale 8M: € 3,626 to € 5,134 gross for a full-time employment (depending on education and experience). Additionally, you will receive an 8.3% year-end bonus. Calculate your net salary here.
• Vacation hours: 190.4 hours per year for a full-time employment and the possibility to save up hours.
• Pension accrual at ABP, of which we pay 70% of the premium.
• 100% public transport reimbursement. Do you come by walking, cycling, or by car? Then you will receive a reimbursement of €0.21 per km (for the car, a maximum of 40 km one way applies).
• Do you prefer walking or cycling? Make use of our good cycling scheme. You will receive an allowance of €0.18 per km.
• Free and unlimited access to training courses, including GoodHabitz, in our learning environment.
• An active staff association and a Young Amsterdam UMC association, both of which organize fun (sporty) activities and events.