Details
Posted: 22-Jun-22
Location: Tyler, Texas
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Allied Health
Au.D. Externship
Financial Arrangements:
Stipend
Primary Practice Setting:
ENT group practice
Additional Information:
3 openings available.
4th Year Audiology Position – Tyler, Texas
Start Date: Monday, May 15, 2023
Deadline for Applications: September 9, 2022
ENT Associates of East Texas is a large six physician, five audiologist practice serving the Tyler, Athens and Longview, Texas communities for over 30 years. We’re currently searching for our next great 4th year Audiology Interns to start May 2023. Tyler is located approximately 35 miles from our satellite location in Athens, approximately 40 miles from our satellite location in Longview, 90 miles southeast of Dallas, and 60 miles west of Shreveport, LA. Tyler is a large medical community with four hospitals, over 400 physicians, and also serves as the regional trauma center.
Our clinic is a busy one where we see about 150 patients a day. We offer a wide range of ancillary services including allergy services, balance testing, and vestibular rehabilitation. We operate a thriving and rapidly growing hearing aid center, SoundLogic.
Candidates should have experience in all areas of audiology, strong technical skills and be able to function mostly independently within 5-7 weeks. The strongest candidates will be a self-starter with a strong work ethic, exhibit excellent customer service skills, a positive attitude, and be able to work with all types of personalities.
This is a full time position. The week will be structured in a way that allows the student to gain experience with adult and pediatric audiometry, electrophysiology, and VNG. A strong emphasis will also be placed on hearing aids, including hearing aid selection, dispensing, repair, and follow up.
Applicants must have mastered:
- Basic comprehensive audiometry on normal adults
- Immittance testing and interpretation
- Diagnostic OAE administration
- Counseling on care and use of hearing devices
Expected to learn:
- VNG & ECochG test administration and interpretation
- Follow-up programming of hearing devices
- Hearing device selection and fitting
- Pediatric testing
- Cochlear implant evaluation testing
- Cochlear implant mapping
- Pediatric amplification
Starting salary: $29,000 without benefits
Length of Position: 1 year – Ending May, 2024
Required Application documents must be received no later than September 9, 2022 to be considered. Required documents include:
- Resume
- Transcript
- 3 letters of recommendation – At least 1 letter must be from a current or previous off site clinical supervisor
Please e-mail all application documents to:
Jordan Saavedra, AuD
E-mail: jsaavedra@enttyler.com
Externship Information:
Primary Practice Setting: | ENT group practice | Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 1 FTE Masters Degree 4 FTE Au.D. 0 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 2 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 1 FTE Clerical Support Staff | Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 0 2nd year 0 3rd year 3 4th year Externships | Financial arrangements: | Stipend | Will interview travel be compensated? | No | Vacation Days: | 0; 7-8 paid holidays | Continuing education opportunities? | Yes Rep. visits are frequent. | Start Date: | May 15, 2023 | Expected hours/days a week: | 40 | Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes 40 miles at most from main office. | Local students preferred: | No | Does the externship site provide orientation to relevant clinical policies and procedures? | Yes | Does the externship site provide instructions about patient's rights and providing patient education? | Yes | Does the externship site provide orientation to quality assessment, quality assurance and quality improvement? | Yes | Externship site expects the extern to have mastered these skills before they begin their clinical externship: | Basic comprehensive audiometry on normal adults Immittance testing and interpretation Diagnostic OAE administration Counseling on care and use of hearing devices | Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | VNG & ECochG test administration and interpretation Follow-up programming of hearing devices Hearing device selection and fitting Pediatric testing Cochlear implant evaluation testing Cochlear implant mapping Pediatric amplification | Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| Regularly | Hearing Screenings | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | Everyday | Tympanometry | Everyday | Acoustic Reflexes | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | Regularly | Evoked potential assessments | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Regularly | Otoacoustic emissions | Regularly | Industrial/hearing conservation | Regularly | Vestibular assessments | Rarely | Vestibular rehabilitation | Regularly | Hearing aids dispensed | Regularly | Hearing aid selection/fitting | Regularly | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | Regularly | Cochlear implant evaluations | Rarely | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | Never | Tinnitus assessments | Never | Tinnitus rehabilitation | Rarely | Cerumen management | | Research opportunities? | No | Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? | No | How frequently will the externship site communicate with the university during the externship? | As Needed
| Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship: | Communication relating to deadlines for evaluations. | Application Deadline: | September 9, 2022 | Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Letter of request/intent Required Application documents must be received no later than September 9, 2022 to be considered. Required documents include: • Resume • Transcript • 3 letters of recommendation – At least 1 letter must be from a current or previous off site clinical supervisor | Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | E-mail application documents to jsaavedra@enttyler.com. | Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Jordan Saavedra - jsaavedra@enttyler.com | Are all externs supervised? | Yes | |
Required Application documents must be received no later than September 9, 2022 to be considered. Required documents include:
- Resume
- Transcript
- 3 letters of recommendation – At least 1 letter must be from a current or previous off site clinical supervisor
Please e-mail all application documents to:
Jordan Saavedra, AuD
E-mail: jsaavedra@enttyler.com