Details
Posted: 11-Jul-22
Location: Bethesda, MD
Type: Full Time
Salary: Starting at 79, 989
Categories:
Allied Health
Au.D. Externship
Financial Arrangements:
Salary
Living expenses
Benefits
Other – Please Describe
Primary Practice Setting:
Hospital
Multi-specialty medical center
Salary Details:
Salary includes BAH (basic allowance of housing) pay for Washington, DC Metro Area; public transportation reimbursement available since parking not available on base
Additional Information:
4 openings available.
Employer will assist with relocation costs.
U.S. Army offers four 4th Year AuD Externship positions at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), Bethesda, MD. **** Requires a total 4 year commitment to the Army: 1 year externship at WRNMMC & 3 year follow-on assignment as US Army audiologist. Students accepted into this externship position can expect a well-rounded externship experience with patients of all ages in the areas of: diagnostic audiology, amplification, evoked potentials, tinnitus assessment and management (individual and group), vestibular evaluations, auditory processing evaluations, cochlear implants, Bahas, hearing conservation, multi-disciplinary teams (TBI, dizziness and cranio-facial) and research. Army audiologist duties include: Army Hearing Program management (clinical services, hearing conservation, hearing readiness, and operational services), leadership and educational briefings (re: Army Hearing Program)
Please contact Dr. Robin Pinto (Robin.L.Pinto.civ@mail.mil) for connections with previous students and PowerPoint overview of the externship and Army Audiology careers.
**there is reduced parking on this base, parking not available for trainees; public transportation recommended (there is a Metro train stop for the base)
Complete an application packet with an Army Health Care RECRUITER for Army Audiology Externship Program:http://www.healthcare.goarmy.com
Application packet requirements: Army DCA application, physical exam, letters of recommendation (up to 5), motivational statement and transcripts - entire application handled by recruiter. Recommend correspondence with Dr. Robin Pinto at WRNMMC during this process. Robin.L.Pinto.civ@mail.mil
Completion of 1 month Direct Commission Course at Ft Sill, OK (June) prior to starting clinical work in Bethesda, MD at WRNMMC (July)
3 year assignment (TBD) after Walter Reed is required.
Externship Information:
| Primary Practice Setting: | Hospital
Multi-specialty medical center
| Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree
10 FTE Au.D.
0 FTE Ph.D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
2 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants)
3 FTE Clerical Support Staff
| Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations
0 2nd year
1 3rd year
4 4th year Externships | | Financial arrangements: | Salary
Living expenses
Benefits
Other – Please Describe
Re-location reimbursement provided | | Will interview travel be compensated? | No
| | Vacation Days: | 30 days per year
| | Continuing education opportunities? | Yes
- Hearing aid trainings
- Grand rounds
- Joint Defense & Veterans Audiology Conference
- Vestibular and Auditory military workshops
- CAOHC course director training | | Start Date: | June 2023
| | Expected hours/days a week: | 5 days per week
| | Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes
Occasional travel to other sites within the national capital region (within 50 miles) | | 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: | - diagnostic audiology
- hearing aid fitting | | Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | - Demonstrate initiative & leadership
- Learn military customs and maintain physical fitness
- Hone public speaking skills and leadership skills
- Improve clinical decision making
- Learn the Army Hearing Program
- Increase understanding and skills related to military audiology, vestibular assessment, cohclear implants/Bahas, central auditory processing, tinnitus assessment and management, pediatric assessment | 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 | | Rarely | Evoked potential assessments | | Rarely | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Regularly | Otoacoustic emissions | | Regularly | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Regularly | Vestibular assessments | | Regularly | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Regularly | Hearing aids dispensed | | Regularly | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Regularly | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Regularly | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Regularly | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Regularly | Tinnitus assessments | | Regularly | Tinnitus rehabilitation | | Regularly | Cerumen management | | | Research opportunities? | Yes
Large (separate) research section dedicated to auditory reserach. Students have the opportunity to participate in research activities. | | Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? | Yes
- Occupational Health (1 audiologists) - located on base
- Multi-disciplinary approach to pediatric, TBI and vestibular patients
- US Army Public Health Command, Aberdeen MD
- USMC Base, Hearing Conservation, Quantico VA
- Ft Belvoir, Audiology Clinic, VA
- Pentagon, Health Clinic, VA | | 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: | Periodic assessment of student's skills | | Application Deadline: | August 30th, 2022 | | Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Transcript
Phone interview
Letter of request/intent
Other
- US Army application
- Physical exam
**COMPLETE ALL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS VIA ARMY HEALTHCARE RECRUITER** | | Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Student: US AMEDD Army RECRUITER.
Recruiter:healthcare.goarmy.com
Externship supervisor at WRNMMC: Robin.L.Pinto.civ@mail.mil | Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Robin Pinto, AuD - Robin.L.Pinto.civ@mail.mil | | Are all externs supervised? | Yes
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Complete an application packet with an Army Health Care RECRUITER for Army Audiology Externship Program:http://www.healthcare.goarmy.com
Application packet requirements: Army DCA application, physical exam, letters of recommendation (up to 5), motivational statement and transcripts - entire application handled by recruiter. Recommend correspondence with Dr. Robin Pinto at WRNMMC during this process. Robin.L.Pinto.civ@mail.mil
Completion of 1 month Direct Commission Course at Ft Sill, OK (June) prior to starting clinical work in Bethesda, MD at WRNMMC (July)
3 year assignment (TBD) after Walter Reed is required.
