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Two 4th Year Externships in “Kentuckiana” With competitive stipend
Advanced ENT & Allergy
Application
Details
Posted: 09-Aug-24
Location: Kentucky/Southern Indiana
Type: Full Time
Salary: stipend
Categories:
Allied Health
Au.D. Externship
Financial Arrangements:
Stipend
Primary Practice Setting:
ENT group practice
Additional Information:
2 openings available.
Advanced ENT & Allergy is the largest private practice group in the Louisville and Southern Indiana area, including 14 physicians and 11 audiologists. The Louisville area has a small-town southern feel with big city amenities. We have a wonderful public park system with plenty of hiking, biking and water sports. There's a robust bourbon trail, several wineries and a booming culinary scene. Sports enthusiasts have many college and professional venues from which to choose. The Louisville area is beautiful, affordable and has been repeatedly ranked a top city to live in America.
Our ENT practice is accepting two audiology externs to provide a wide variety of hearing and balance services for all ages. Our busy clinics offer excellent varied experience in a fast-paced, comfortable learning environment. Our past externs have loved their time spent with us and always wish to stay in this area!
Services include: audiological evaluation of all ages during daily clinic. We have a robust balance clinic including BPPV evaluation and treatment, VNG, Rotary Chair, vHIT, cVEMPs and ECoG. We also perform adult diagnostic ABR, and full range hearing aid services.
If you are looking to complete your audiology training in a well-established ENT setting and become part of our audiology family, please consider us for your final graduate experience. Advanced ENT & Allergy will offer externs the preparation and confidence to begin any new audiology career.
Letter of Intent
Curriculum Vitae/Resume
(References upon request after initial phone contact)
Externship Information:
Primary Practice Setting:
ENT group practice
Number of Audiologists at the site:
2 FTE Masters Degree 7 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 1 2nd year 1 3rd year 2 4th year Externships
Financial arrangements:
Stipend
Will interview travel be compensated?
No
Vacation Days:
10 + 7.5 holidays
Continuing education opportunities?
Yes No
Start Date:
June, 2025
Expected hours/days a week:
40
Travel to satellite centers required?
Yes Only 1-2 clinics will be expected of each extern.
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:
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:
Special testing independence with ABR, VNG, and hearing aid care.
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
Never
Hearing Screenings
Everyday
Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler
Everyday
Pediatric evaluations: school-age
Everyday
Adult hearing evaluations
Everyday
Tympanometry
Rarely
Acoustic Reflexes
Never
Auditory processing evaluations
Never
Hearing Screenings
Rarely
Evoked potential assessments
Never
Intra-operative monitoring cases
Regularly
Otoacoustic emissions
Never
Industrial/hearing conservation
Everyday
Vestibular assessments
Never
Vestibular rehabilitation
Regularly
Hearing aids dispensed
Regularly
Hearing aid selection/fitting
Never
Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized)
Never
Cochlear implant evaluations
Never
Cochlear implant rehabilitation
Never
Tinnitus assessments
Never
Tinnitus rehabilitation
Rarely
Cerumen management
Research opportunities?
No Our Research department conducts ongoing studies with Meniere's, tinnitus, sudden HL, hidden HL, PE tubes, etc. These patients cannot be seen by a non-licensed audiologist.
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:
As needed
Application Deadline:
September 23, 2024
Application Requirements:
Letters of Recommendation Resume Phone interview Phone interviews will be conducted upon receipt of applications. Offers will be made once all applicants are interviewed.
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process:
Emailed directly
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator)
