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Professional Hearing Center, A Division of Ascentist Healthcare
Application
Details
Posted: 06-Aug-24
Location: Missouri/Kansas
Type: Residency
Categories:
Allied Health
Au.D. Externship
Financial Arrangements:
Stipend
Primary Practice Setting:
ENT group practice
Private practice
Preferred Education:
Doctorate
Additional Information:
2 openings available.
Professional Hearing Center is seeking a doctoral audiology resident to join our established, busy practice in the Greater Kansas City area. Professional Hearing Center is an audiologist led team of compassionate hearing and balance healthcare professionals committed and focused on improving quality of life through relationships built on trust, excellence, and expertise.
We are dedicated to improving people's lives with the best possible hearing through compassion, innovation, and expertise in all aspects of hearing healthcare. We provide a variety of services including comprehensive, diagnostic hearing exams, amplification services (including hearing aids, osseointegrated devices, and cochlear implants), and specialty opportunities (including tinnitus & hyperacusis management, auditory processing disorder evaluation & treatment, vestibular diagnostics, and aural rehabilitation) to patients at 14 locations (hospitals, Audiology private practices, ENT offices) throughout the Kansas City area working collaboratively with ENT physicians, Otologists, Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners as a division of Ascentist Healthcare.
We are a student-focused practice and enjoy supporting students during their 3rd and 4th year clinical placements. As a member of the Professional Hearing Center team, you will gain experience in all aspects of private practice, as well as ENT and Otology patients. The audiologists and staff enjoy gaining a new perspective on patient care through the experience and education of our students. We frequently have several students throughout our locations.
We are seeking two audiology externs for the 2025-2026 year. We provide an excellent learning environment for students, and our audiologists are passionate about mentoring and supporting students during their time with us. Post-externship career opportunities may also be available.
Applicants must have completed their Au.D program thus far in good academic standing by the start of their residency and have proficient audiologic skills including comprehensive audiograms with basic interpretation and management of test findings. General report writing skills and professionalism are essential. General hearing aid knowledge with a history of assisting audiologists with programming, fittings, and counseling. Audiology specialty experience or interest is encouraged, but not required.
Please email your letter of interest and resume to lynsey.ralston@ascentist.com by September 18, 2024. In addition, 2 letters of recommendations are to be emailed directly to Dr. Ralston by this deadline.
Externship Information:
Primary Practice Setting:
ENT group practice Private practice
Number of Audiologists at the site:
2 FTE Masters Degree 16 FTE Au.D. 0 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 4 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 11 FTE Clerical Support Staff
Number of Audiology Students each year:
0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 0 2nd year 5 3rd year 2 4th year Externships
Financial arrangements:
Stipend
Will interview travel be compensated?
No
Vacation Days:
10
Continuing education opportunities?
Yes Yes, CEU opportunities are available with the team.
Start Date:
May 19, 2025
Expected hours/days a week:
5 days per week
Travel to satellite centers required?
Yes Several locations within in the Kansas City Metro are available to the extern. Schedule will be based on supervisor and specialty interest.
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:
- Completed Au.D program thus far in good academic standing - Have proficient audiologic skills including comprehensive audiograms with basic interpretation and management of test findings - General report writing skills and professionalism are essential - General hearing aid knowledge with a history of assisting audiologists with programming, fittings, and counseling - Audiology specialty experience or interest is encouraged, but not required
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:
- Externs will be able to demonstrate independence in performing diagnostic hearing evaluations, vestibular evaluations, hearing aid programming and verification, tinnitus and hyperacusis evaluations, APD evaluations and therapy. - Audiology specialty skills will be dependent on interests of the extern
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
Rarely
Hearing Screenings
Regularly
Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler
Regularly
Pediatric evaluations: school-age
Everyday
Adult hearing evaluations
Everyday
Tympanometry
Everyday
Acoustic Reflexes
Regularly
Auditory processing evaluations
Rarely
Hearing Screenings
Rarely
Evoked potential assessments
Never
Intra-operative monitoring cases
Regularly
Otoacoustic emissions
Never
Industrial/hearing conservation
Everyday
Vestibular assessments
Regularly
Vestibular rehabilitation
Everyday
Hearing aids dispensed
Everyday
Hearing aid selection/fitting
Rarely
Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized)
Rarely
Cochlear implant evaluations
Rarely
Cochlear implant rehabilitation
Regularly
Tinnitus assessments
Regularly
Tinnitus rehabilitation
Everyday
Cerumen management
Research opportunities?
Yes There have been opportunities for externs to participate in research as investigations arise, however, this is rare.
Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites?
Yes We are a division of Ascentist Healthcare. This allows plentiful opportunity on a regular basis with physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, and SLPs.
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:
Timeline for evaluations as needed.
Application Deadline:
September 18, 2024
Application Requirements:
Letters of Recommendation Resume Phone interview Letter of request/intent Interview will be scheduled according to the ACEN Timeline. This can be over phone/video or in person based on the applicants location.
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process:
Please email letter of interest and resume to Lynsey Ralston, AuD at lynsey.ralston@ascentist.com by September 18, 2024. In addition, 2 letters of recommendations are to be emailed directly to Dr. Ralston by this deadline.
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator)
Applicants must have completed their Au.D program thus far in good academic standing by the start of their residency and have proficient audiologic skills including comprehensive audiograms with basic interpretation and management of test findings. General report writing skills and professionalism are essential. General hearing aid knowledge with a history of assisting audiologists with programming, fittings, and counseling. Audiology specialty experience or interest is encouraged, but not required.
Please email your letter of interest and resume to lynsey.ralston@ascentist.com by September 18, 2024. In addition, 2 letters of recommendations are to be emailed directly to Dr. Ralston by this deadline.
About Professional Hearing Center, A Division of Ascentist Healthcare
Professional Hearing Center is an audiologist led team of compassionate hearing and balance healthcare professionals committed and focused on improving quality of life through relationships built on trust, excellence, and expertise. We are dedicated to improving people's lives with the best possible hearing through compassion, innovation, and expertise in all aspects of hearing healthcare. We provide a variety of services including comprehensive, diagnostic hearing exams, amplification services (including hearing aids, osseointegrated devices, and cochlear implants), and specialty opportunities (including tinnitus & hyperacusis management, auditory processing disorder evaluation & treatment, vestibular diagnostics, and aural rehabilitation) to patients at 14 locations (hospitals, Audiology private practices, ENT offices) throughout the Kansas City area working collaboratively with ENT physicians, Otologists, Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners.
