What gets the team from Berkeley Hearing Center out of bed in the morning? The knowledge that we’re helping transform lives with professional hearing care that improves relationships, enhances mental and physical health, and provides a second chance for those with hearing loss challenges.
Our private practice has been dedicated to providing comprehensive personalized hearing care for over 70 years. We also work as a teaching facility for new audiologists (University of the Pacific-Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) and LifeLong Medical Family Medicine Residency-Geriatrics).
Our mission? To help more and more people achieve stronger communication and a greater connection to life while growing as a team without swaying from our core values of compassion, integrity, and excellence. If that sounds like something you’re passionate about, we’re always on the lookout for more great people to join our team.
A great resume, top-tier skills, exceptional knowledge, and the correct credentials are all necessary requirements to work with us, but any excellent healthcare provider needs care and patient safety at the top of their list.
Our hearing care professionals must be willing to invest themselves in the well-being of those entrusting us with their care, be eager to build relationships that last for decades, and have a willingness to go beyond what is “expected” in order to make a difference in people’s lives.
Looking to go beyond and help people achieve better hearing outcomes? You’re in the right place!
Our Core Values
Compassion
Treat people the way that we (or our parents/loved ones) would want to be treated.
Kindness
The world needs more kindness. We lead with our hearts and express kindness to everyone who comes through our doors.
Humor
We have fun at work with our patients, with our coworkers, and with ourselves.
Integrity
We do what we say and say what we do with clarity, transparency, and the upmost honesty.
Excellence
Nobody’s perfect, but we’re always looking to learn and improve. Best standards are only the beginning!
Optimism
It’s always best to start early, but it’s never too late to start. We look for solutions and the best ways forward instead of dwelling on drawbacks and challenges.
Three Reasons to Join The Berkeley Hearing Team
#1 – The East Bay’s Most Trusted Hearing Care Experts
For decades, we have set the standard for audiological care in Berkeley and beyond. As part of the team, you will have an opportunity to make your contribution and a significant difference in the lives of those who entrust us with their care.
You will have the opportunity to truly practice as an independent audiologist, collaborating and growing professionally with colleagues from diverse professional backgrounds who’ve been leading the way for decades and are still passionate about what they do. It’s a fun, interesting, and dynamic place to work!
#2 – An Opportunity to Grow as Our Practice Grows
With plans to help more and more people across the East Bay access the best in hearing healthcare, you’ll receive the benefits of growing with the practice, even leading to ownership of a future location if that is your aspiration.
Berkeley Hearing Center is really only interested in two things: providing the best possible audiological care and support for every patient and the professional/personal growth and development of our team.
When we do these things well, everything else flows naturally from there.
#3 – Influence the Next Generation of Healthcare Providers
Berkeley Hearing Center is honored to be a teaching site for two separate programs: University of the Pacific-Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) and LifeLong Family Medicine Residency-Geriatrics. So you will have the opportunity to be a mentor for the next generation of audiologists, sharing your knowledge and expertise.
You’ll have a role and a voice in how Family Medicine residents understand and view the importance and benefits of good, proper hearing healthcare. You’ll get to make even more of a difference because your passion to help others will be amplified through those you guide and teach.
The Extra Perks
Career Progression Opportunities
Monthly "non-work" lunches
Community give back
Berkeley
Generous commission structure
Ongoing Education
Dental Insurance
Health insurance
Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
Fun Office Events
Profit Sharing/401k plan
Want to Join the Berkeley Hearing Center Team?
We’re always looking for new professionals to join our team!
Do you have what it takes?
- Believe that your audiological goals and mission match ours?
- Want to make a positive difference in people’s lives?
- Want to be part of a really fun “family” team with organic growth plans that utilize best practices and industry-leading standards?
- Desire to work with intelligent, hard-working, caring, generous, interesting, and funny/fun-lovin’ people?
- Want to live in a place with truly world-class opportunities (culture, food, outdoor adventure, etc.), and jaw-dropping natural beauty?
If you answered yes to these questions, you’re in the right place.
Register your information with this form, and we’ll contact you when roles that fit your bill become available!
Audiologist at a Fast-Growing and Respected Independent Hearing Care Practice
This isn’t just a “job.” It’s an opportunity to be part of a locally respected and passionate team that has built a stellar reputation as the most caring, trustworthy, and experienced audiological groups in the San Francisco East Bay Area.
We’re now seeking somebody that wants to join our team, show us the commitment that we’ll show them, and be part of shaping the future of Audiology in the East Bay.
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The truth is, we’ve developed a very special culture, and we’re absolutely committed to maintaining it. The person that we hire has to be a great fit, and we’re prepared to wait until the perfect match comes along.
Although your education and experience plays a key role in this process, your personality traits and attitude are key priorities. If this is how your co-workers and friends would describe you, then we may be the ideal match:
- Always happy, smiles a lot, positive attitude, always a pleasure to be around.
- Friendly, warm, caring, a people person – which comes across the very first time you meet someone, even on the telephone.
- Patient, compassionate, helpful especially with older people. Even temperament, calm, always pleasant, unflappable. Has a knack for being able to turn a frown into a smile.
- Committed, dedicated, a great teammate, pitches in without being asked, puts team accomplishments ahead of individual accomplishments.
- Accurate, detailed, wants to get things right, double checks their own work, makes very few mistakes
- Owns it: accepts responsibility, credits others for successes and accepts responsibility for failures. Always looking for a constructive way to solve a problem.
- Coachable, accepts feedback with a positive attitude. Always looking for ways to grow and improve.
- Reliable, dependable, doesn’t just arrive on time: often comes in a little early to make sure they’re prepared for the day; willing to stay late when there’s work that needs to be done or a patient needs us
These statements also describe the people you’ll be working alongside, meaning that you’ll quickly discover that this is much more than a group of co-workers, but it feels like “your kind of people.”
We have spoken about whether you’re the right fit for this role and you’re still reading this, which indicates that you have the personality traits/attitude that we’re looking for. So, let’s now look at the specific duties of the role.
As an Audiologist, you will be playing a key role in helping our patients to achieve a lifetime of better hearing while ensuring the highest level standards of care that our reputation has been built upon.
Your job will be to ensure that every patient feels like our only patient.
Duties include:
- Connecting Through Assessments: Initiate a bond by understanding each patient's unique hearing journey. Comprehensive assessments give insights into their personal experiences, needs, and aspirations.
- Sound Sculpting: Employ a range of audiometric tests tailored to each individual. It's about crafting a personal sound experience, enabling them to revel in every auditory detail of their surroundings.
- Navigating Choices Together: Be the guiding hand when it comes to treatment (i.e. hearing aids, ALDs, aural rehabilitation, etc). With so many choices out there, your expertise helps in ensuring every patient gets the tailored care they need and deserve.
- Ongoing Support: Build trust and demonstrate you care by being available for check-ups, reprogramming, or even a chat. Whether it's a tune-up for their device or easing their concerns, you're their go-to person.
- Heartfelt Counseling: This journey has its ups and downs. Go beyond the ‘tech’ talk. We don’t ‘sell hearing aids’, we provide the highest level of hearing healthcare. Offer a listening ear, provide support, and address emotional concerns linked to hearing challenges.
- Embracing Continuous Learning: As the audiology landscape evolves, immerse yourself in the latest advancements. And then? Share that knowledge, bringing optimism and hope to those you care for.
If the above sounds like the kind of role that you have been waiting for, at the type of practice that you want to be part of, then here’s what we’re looking for from you.
Requirements:
The ideal candidate is honorable, caring, intelligent, enthusiastic, outgoing and team oriented. You should be ready to perform medically relevant diagnostics, including audiometry and immittance, as well as treatment-focused testing such as speech-in-noise testing (QuickSIN) and loudness discomfort levels.
You are passionate about working with state-of-the-art amplification/assistive technology, improving lives with your care, counseling and technological solutions.
You will be expected to improve proficiency with hearing aid dispensing and ongoing hearing aid management with electroacoustic analysis and probe microphone measurements.
Skills expected to have mastered:
- Diagnostics: Comprehensive Hearing Assessment (Pure tone air/bone conduction audiometry, word recognition testing (quiet & noise)
- Immittance testing - tympanometry, acoustic reflexes, reflex decay
- Tinnitus Assessment, Management and Counseling
- Dispensing: Hearing Aid Sales and Counseling
- Hearing Aid Electroacoustic Analysis
- Probe Microphone/Real Ear Measurements
- Counsel/Instruct Patients in Aural Rehabilitation Skills/Techniques
As you’re still reading, then you must like the sound of our culture, believe you’re the right personality fit for the role, and have the experience/qualifications that we’re looking for.
Finally, let’s discuss the wage and benefits of being part of this journey.
The base wage includes a salary of between $100,000 and $150,000 per annum based on your experience. Plus, with a generous commission structure, a take home salary of up to $300,000 per year is realistic for the right individual.
Additional benefits include:
- Competitive commission structure, offering the potential to double or even triple compensation based on clear sales goals.
- Comprehensive health insurance covering 100% of the Silver plan premium.
- Dental insurance with 90% premium coverage.
- Profit Sharing/401k plan.
- Generous paid time off and sick leave.
- Enjoy fun office events happening at least three times a year.
- Access to ongoing education, including coverage for association memberships and attendance at one conference per year.
- Opportunities for career progression.
- Monthly "non-work" lunches where we provide the food and discuss anything except work.
- Engage in community giving back and potential humanitarian trips overseas.
- Located in the vibrant city of Berkeley, with excellent food, perfect weather, exciting cultural events (concerts, sports, festivals, etc.), and easy access to both the beach and mountains.
If you believe that this is the right fit for you both you and us, then we would love to talk.
Please send your resume over as well as any additional information that you believe will make you stand out and capture our attention.
We very much look forward to hearing from you.
Meet Your (Potential) Future Colleagues
Jonathan Lipschutz
Audiologist, M.S., F-AAA, Co-Owner
John Chakan
Co-Owner/Practice Manager
Gabriel Liboiron-Cohen
Doctor of Audiology
Rhonda Labib
Doctor of Audiology
Isaiah Thurman
Patient Care Coordinator
Kelly Marston
Patient Care Coordinator
