Details
Posted: 07-Jul-22
Location: Livingston, New Jersey
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Allied Health
Au.D. Externship
Financial Arrangements:
Stipend
Primary Practice Setting:
Private practice
The Audiology Externship Program at Hearing Doctors of New Jersey provides fourth-year audiology students an opportunity to participate in delivering state-of-the-art diagnostic and rehabilitative audiology care to pediatric and adult patients.
Students will work alongside doctors of audiology, all of whom have earned a Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology (CCC-A) through the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), to provide the following services:
- Complete Audiological Evaluations (CAEs)
- Otoacoustic Emission testing
- Immittance testing
- Management and treatment of hearing loss and tinnitus
- Fitting, dispensing, and management of technology, including:
- Hearing aids and assistive technology
- Low gain amplification
- Central auditory processing evaluations
- Tinnitus evaluations and therapy services
- Custom earmolds, including:
- Swim plugs
- Sleep plugs
- Hearing protection
- Musician’s plugs
- Cerumen removal
- Counsel and educate patients and their families on hearing loss
Marketing and Educational Opportunities
- Conferences
- Networking
- Community presentations and outreach
- Manufacturer trainings and site tours
This position is only for those who are currently enrolled in an accredited Doctor of Audiology program. Please note stipends are available for audiology externs.
Additional information about our practice can be found at:
www.hearingdoctorsofnj.com
Interested applicants should send the following materials to Dr. Rhee Nesson at rhee@hearingdoctorsofnj.com by 09/15/22:
- Letter of intent expressing the applicant’s reason for interest in the Hearing Doctors of New Jersey externship, goals for this placement, professional interests, and a short description of any capstone project in progress or completed.
- Current resume/CV detailing the applicant’s education and employment history, audiology internship history, and any special courses or trainings relevant to this audiology placement.
- A minimum of (2) letters of recommendation, three (3) preferred, representing the applicant’s experience both in the classroom and at external placement locations.
Only completed applications received by the application deadline will be reviewed. Strong applicants will be invited to interview.
If a placement offer is made, students will have one week to accept or decline the offer. An affiliation contract between Hearing Doctors of New Jersey and the student’s university must be established prior to placement.
Externship Information:
| Primary Practice Setting: | Private practice
| Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree
2 FTE Au.D.
0 FTE Ph.D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
0 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
1 4th year Externships | | Financial arrangements: | Stipend
| | Will interview travel be compensated? | No
| | Vacation Days: | Major Holidays
| | Continuing education opportunities? | Yes
| | Start Date: | 6/1/2023
| | Expected hours/days a week: | 40
| | Travel to satellite centers required? | No
| | 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: | - An eagerness to learn
- A positive attitude
- Motivation and flexibility | | Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | - Improve their efficiency in diagnostic testing and counseling skills
- Improve their clinical decision-making skills
- Demonstrate proficiency in hearing aid technology
- Demonstrate proficiency in hearing aid selection, programming and fittings
- Demonstrate proficiency in tinnitus evaluations
- Demonstrate proficiency in auditory processing evaluations | Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | | Regularly | Adult hearing evaluations | | Regularly | Tympanometry | | Regularly | Acoustic Reflexes | | Regularly | Auditory processing evaluations | | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | | Never | Evoked potential assessments | | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Regularly | Otoacoustic emissions | | Rarely | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Never | Vestibular assessments | | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Regularly | Hearing aids dispensed | | Regularly | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Regularly | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Never | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Never | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Regularly | Tinnitus assessments | | Regularly | Tinnitus rehabilitation | | Regularly | Cerumen management | | | Research opportunities? | Yes
Yes | | 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: | As needed | | Application Deadline: | September 15, 2022 | | Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Transcript
Personal Review
Phone interview
Letter of request/intent
| | Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | All appliciations and cover letters should be directed to Dr. Rhee Nesson rhee@hearingdoctorsofnj.com | Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Dr. Rhee Nesson - rhee@hearingdoctorsofnj.com | | Are all externs supervised? | Yes
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