Primary Practice Setting: | Hospital |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 1 FTE Masters Degree 20 FTE Au.D. 1 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 6 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 1 FTE Clerical Support Staff |
Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 5 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 0 2nd year 5 3rd year 1 4th year Externships |
Financial arrangements: | Stipend Benefits |
Will interview travel be compensated? | No |
Vacation Days: | Approx 15 |
Continuing education opportunities? | Yes Externs are allowed to attend local workshops such as CI programming workshops manufacturer specific workshop such as hearing aid CEU training. |
Start Date: | May/June 2024 |
Expected hours/days a week: | 40 hrs/week |
Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes 20-30 miles but travel requirement is minimal |
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: | -Pediatric audiological evaluations - Otoscopy, tympanometry, acoustic reflex measurement-Pediatric Hearing Aid Fitting-Cochlear Implant/Bone Conductive Device Experience |
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | -Pedatric Diagnostic Assessment Competency-Evoked Potential (BER & ASSR) Competency-Amplification Competency-CI/Bone Conduction Device Competency-Balance Assessment |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| Everyday | Hearing Screenings | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | Rarely | Adult hearing evaluations | Everyday | Tympanometry | Regularly | Acoustic Reflexes | Rarely | Auditory processing evaluations | Everyday | Hearing Screenings | Regularly | Evoked potential assessments | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Everyday | Otoacoustic emissions | Never | Industrial/hearing conservation | Regularly | Vestibular assessments | Rarely | Vestibular rehabilitation | Regularly | Hearing aids dispensed | Regularly | Hearing aid selection/fitting | Rarely | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | Regularly | Cochlear implant evaluations | Regularly | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | Never | Tinnitus assessments | Never | Tinnitus rehabilitation | Rarely | Cerumen management | |
Research opportunities? | Yes Research opportunities are limited but available |
Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? | No |
How frequently will the externship site communicate with the university during the externship? | As Needed
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Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship: | None |
Application Deadline: | September 22, 2023 |
Application Requirements: | Personal Review Phone interview Other You will need to apply via the Rady Children's jobs website. Putting the link here does not seem to work so please search "Rady Children's Hospital Jobs" and if you have any trouble locating this, please let me know. This job is currently posted. You can you can search by job # 12416 or by Audiologist at the website (our site calls this an intern rather than extern). Because we are using a system that can be tricky, please also email us at jpurdy@rchsd.org/sgoldgrub@rchsd.org to let us know you have applied so that we can verify your application was accepted. |
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Apply via the Rady Website (see above). The position closes on 9/22 but phone interviews might be initiated prior to that date. We will begin formal interviewing on 9/25 and the final selection will be made not later than 10/24/2023. In person interviews are not required but are allowed (travel/expenses not covered by the hospital). We CANNOT review letters of recommendation so there is not a need to have them sent or attached via email or the application. |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Julie K. Purdy, PhD/Shani Goldgrub, AuD - jpurdy@rchsd.org |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |