Details
Posted: 26-Jul-22
Location: Arcadia, CA
Type: Full Time
Salary: $15.00 per hour
Categories:
Allied Health
Au.D. Externship
Financial Arrangements:
Salary
Benefits
Primary Practice Setting:
Private practice
Who we are:
At Connect Hearing, we are a national private practice network of hearing healthcare providers supplying hearing solutions to those in our communities. We are part of international hearing healthcare innovator, Sonova. As part of the Sonova group, you will have access to the cutting edge technology of Phonak and Unitron products as well as the support of our cochlear implant pioneer, Advanced Bionics.
What we do:
At Connect Hearing, you have a nationwide team to support your learning and development to ensure that you have the best experience possible and learn the ins and outs of private practice. Connect Hearing provides comprehensive examinations of potential hearing loss to our patients and our Hearing Care Professionals analyze those test results as well as the patient’s lifestyle in order to make a recommendation on their hearing loss mitigation. We also teach patients how to best utilize the new technology in order to meet their hearing goals and follow up to ensure that they are successful in their hearing journey.
Why choose us?
- Student Loan Reimbursement for new grad Audiologists
- 100% free hearing aids for all employees
- Above market base salary plus sales incentive when licensed
- Internal advancement opportunities
- Full Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance coverage
- 401K with a company match
- Paid time off and diverse holiday time off
- Work with a nationwide team of audiologists and externs during your yearlong rotation with us and create some wonderful lifelong connections!
What we look for:
- Passionate externs who are looking to make a difference in the lives of their patients
- A strong patient care focus with an entrepreneurial spirit
- A love of working with your community and educating them about hearing healthcare
- Excitement to learn the newest products and work with industry best technology
- A drive to find a solution for all patients
Join Us today!
Upholding the company values is extremely important to Sonova, we take the health and safety of our employees, patients, customers and their families very seriously. To that end, we have concluded that the best way to ensure the safety of these individuals is to mandate that all of our newly-hired employees be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Therefore, when considering whether to apply for this position, please know that in order to become employed by Sonova (if otherwise eligible), you must provide satisfactory proof, such as a vaccine card or other documentation, that you are fully vaccinated for COVID-19. You will not be required to provide this proof unless and until you receive a formal job offer from Sonova. Please also know that Sonova will provide accommodations to qualified individuals who cannot receive the COVID-19 vaccination because of a sincerely held religious belief or due to a medical issue or pregnancy.
We love to work with great people and strongly believe that a diverse team makes us better. We guarantee every person equal treatment in regard to employment and opportunity for employment, regardless of race, color, creed/religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, mental or physical disability.
We thank all applicants in advance; however only individuals selected for an interview will be contacted. All applications will be kept confidential. Sonova is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants who require reasonable accommodation to complete the application and/or interview process should notify the Director, Human Resources.
Third year AuD students moving into their fourth year starting on or about June 2023 will be placed in available externship roles with Connect Hearing.
Externship Information:
Primary Practice Setting: | Private practice | Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree 1 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: | Salary Benefits | Will interview travel be compensated? | No | Vacation Days: | Yes | Continuing education opportunities? | Yes Yes | Start Date: | 5/29/2023 | Expected hours/days a week: | 8/5 | 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: | •Comprehensive audiologic examinations •Hearing instrument programming/fitting | Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | •Comprehensive audiologic examinations •Hearing instrument programming/fitting •Tinnitus management program •Demand generation •Time/clinic capacity management •Business acumen | Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| Everyday | Hearing Screenings | Never | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | Never | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | Rarely | Tympanometry | Never | Acoustic Reflexes | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | Everyday | Hearing Screenings | Never | Evoked potential assessments | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Never | Otoacoustic emissions | Rarely | Industrial/hearing conservation | Never | Vestibular assessments | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | Everyday | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | Rarely | Cochlear implant evaluations | Never | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | Regularly | Tinnitus assessments | Regularly | Tinnitus rehabilitation | Regularly | Cerumen management | | Research opportunities? | No Rarely - if a student is interested we could talk through this opportunity. | 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: | Direction for our preceptors, as needed. Contract reviews for any new relationships. | Application Deadline: | 1/6/2023 | Application Requirements: | Resume Transcript Phone interview | Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Student to apply online for up to three locations where they may like to extern, university to partner with Connect Hearing for contract review and completion. | Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Stephanie Lucas - stephanie.lucas@connecthearing.com | Are all externs supervised? | Yes | |
Third year AuD students moving into their fourth year starting on or about June 2023 will be placed in available externship roles with Connect Hearing.