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Benefits Include:
•Health Insurance (optional)
•Annual Leave (4 hours earned every 2 weeks)
•Sick Leave (4 hours earned every 2 weeks)
•Observance of Federal Holidays (https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays/)
•Optional Compressed Tour/Schedule
The Greenville VA CBOC in Greenville, South Carolina is excited to offer a funded 4th-year Audiology Externship for 2024-2025. This is a 12-month, full-time (2080 hours), funded externship with an anticipated start date of May/June/July 2024. CCC-A supervised hours will be available.
The Greenville VA CBOC is a short drive to downtown Greenville which offers a variety of both indoor & outdoor activities including: an extensive amount of culinary experiences, walking/biking trails , the Greenville Zoo, the Greenville Drive Minor League Baseball Stadium, and much more (https://www.visitgreenvillesc.com/)! We are also within a short driving distance to a multitude of outdoor adventures in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
The Greenville VA CBOC is a part of the Columbia VA Health Care System. The Columbia VA Health Care System Audiology Clinic has a total staff of 12 Audiologists and 4 Health Technicians. Externs will complete the majority of their training at the Greenville VA CBOC (4 audiologists & 1 health technician), but will have opportunities to rotate through the WJB Dorn VAMC (main hospital in Columbia, SC) as well as the CBOC in Anderson, SC.
The Audiology Clinic provides clinical opportunities including: audiologic assessments, amplification, vestibular evaluations, auditory evoked potentials, tinnitus management, and tele-audiology. The externship may also allow for interdisciplinary training opportunities within the Physical Therapy Clinic, Eye Clinic, and Polytrauma Team.
Applicants should submit all of the following to George.Spanos2@va.gov by September 22nd, 2023:
Letter of Intent
Resume or CV
Three Letters of Recommendation
Recent Transcripts (unofficial are acceptable)
Request that all of the above materials are sent in a single email; however, letters of recommendation may be delivered separately. Applicants will be notified shortly after the application deadline if they have been selected for an interview. Interviews will be conducted virtually.
Externship Information:
Primary Practice Setting:
VA medical center
Number of Audiologists at the site:
2 FTE Masters Degree 9 FTE Au.D. 1 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 4 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 8 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 Benefits
Will interview travel be compensated?
No
Vacation Days:
Annual & Sick Leave
Continuing education opportunities?
Yes Externs will be allowed to participate in all on-site and virtual hearing aid manufacturer training. Off-site training approval is to be determined at the time of the request.
Start Date:
May/June/July 2024
Expected hours/days a week:
40 hours
Travel to satellite centers required?
Yes Externs will complete the majority of their training at the Greenville VA CBOC (4 audiologists & 1 health technician), but will have opportunities to rotate through the WJB Dorn VAMC (main hospital in Columbia, SC) as well as the CBOC in Anderson SC.
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:
• Successful completion of 3rd year AuD program • Appropriate progress on the American Academy of Audiology's Core Competencies (https://www.audiology.org/careers/programs-and-externships/)
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:
• Improved speed and proficiency in diagnostic testing, hearing aid assessments, and hearing aid fittings/adjustments/repairs. • Significant improvements in clinical decision making throughout the Externship Year • Competency in cerumen management, tinnitus management, auditory evoked potentials, and vestibular evaluations. • Significant progress on the American Academy of Audiology's Core Competencies throughout the Externship Year (https://www.audiology.org/careers/programs-and-externships/)
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
Rarely
Hearing Screenings
Never
Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler
Never
Pediatric evaluations: school-age
Everyday
Adult hearing evaluations
Everyday
Tympanometry
Everyday
Acoustic Reflexes
Rarely
Auditory processing evaluations
Rarely
Hearing Screenings
Regularly
Evoked potential assessments
Never
Intra-operative monitoring cases
Regularly
Otoacoustic emissions
Rarely
Industrial/hearing conservation
Regularly
Vestibular assessments
Rarely
Vestibular rehabilitation
Everyday
Hearing aids dispensed
Everyday
Hearing aid selection/fitting
Rarely
Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized)
Never
Cochlear implant evaluations
Never
Cochlear implant rehabilitation
Rarely
Tinnitus assessments
Rarely
Tinnitus rehabilitation
Everyday
Cerumen management
Research opportunities?
No There are no active research studies available for externs to participate in at this time; however, externs are encouraged to seek other research opportunities.
Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites?
Yes Externs may have the opportunity to rotate through an external training site for cochlear implant experiences. At the discretion of the external training site.
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:
Quarterly communication between the University and Externship site at a minimum.
Application Deadline:
September 22, 2023
Application Requirements:
Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Letter of request/intent
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process:
Applicants should submit all of the following to George.Spanos2@va.gov by September 22nd, 2023:
Letter of Intent Resume or CV Three Letters of Recommendation Recent Transcripts (unofficial are acceptable)
Request that all of the above materials are sent in a single email; however, letters of recommendation may be delivered separately. Applicants will be notified shortly after the application deadline if they have been selected for an interview. Interviews will be conducted virtually.
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator)
Applicants should submit all of the following to George.Spanos2@va.gov by September 22nd, 2023:
Letter of Intent
Resume or CV
Three Letters of Recommendation
Recent Transcripts (unofficial are acceptable)
Request that all of the above materials are sent in a single email; however, letters of recommendation may be delivered separately. Applicants will be notified shortly after the application deadline if they have been selected for an interview. Interviews will be conducted virtually.
