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Audiology/Vestibular Paid Externship – San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Audiology
Application
Details
Posted: 14-Aug-24
Location: San Francisco, California
Type: Residency
Salary: $24 per hour
Categories:
Allied Health
Au.D. Externship
Financial Arrangements:
Salary
Primary Practice Setting:
ENT group practice
Private practice
San Francisco Audiology is looking for a full-time extern to join our team! As an extern with us, you will learn from our CCC-A Audiologists at our San Francisco and Walnut Creek locations to engage in a wide range of clinical experiences including:
VNG, posturography, rotational chair, VEMPs and vHIT
Tinnitus assessments and rehabilitation
Pure-tone audiometry, speech audiometry, immittance testing and otoacoustic emissions for pediatric and adult populations
Hearing device evaluation, programming, fitting, repair and follow-up for patients with:
Hearing aids
Lyric
FM systems
Bone conduction devices
CROS systems
Counseling and education to patients and their families on hearing loss, communication strategies and the use of hearing devices
Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals to ensure comprehensive patient care
Research opportunities focused on hearing, cognition and overall wellness
You will be exposed to cutting-edge technology including REM in both clinics and gain practical skills in a supportive, collaborative setting. If this sounds like the right externship opportunity for you, then we would like to speak with you. Apply Today!
About the Practice:
San Francisco Audiology is a multi-clinic private practice center working in conjunction with San Francisco Otolaryngology Medical Group. We currently have 10 locations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area with 14 providers. Some of our clinic locations have partnerships with the UCSF Clinically Integrated Network, Contra Costa ENT, and Ear, Nose & Throat of San Mateo.
We are a full-service audiology and hearing device dispensing practice actively involved in hearing, tinnitus, balance and product development research, including serving as a principal site for Lyric development. Our mission is to go the extra mile to not only care for our patients, but educate them about the most innovative diagnostic and treatment technologies currently available, so we offer state-of-the-art hearing evaluations and hearing devices, including assistive listening devices. Our goal is to optimize our patients’ hearing and make listening effortless, while also considering their overall wellness.
Plus, we are very team oriented and have fun while engaging in team building activities such as the olympics, company dinners, outings, and more!
Externship Information:
Primary Practice Setting:
ENT group practice Private practice
Number of Audiologists at the site:
0 FTE Masters Degree 11 FTE Au.D. 0 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 13 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 10 FTE Clerical Support Staff
Number of Audiology Students each year:
0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 2 2nd year 0 3rd year 0 4th year Externships
Financial arrangements:
Salary
Will interview travel be compensated?
No
Vacation Days:
TBD
Continuing education opportunities?
Yes Conferences and manufacturer training
Start Date:
June 2025
Expected hours/days a week:
5 days per week
Travel to satellite centers required?
Yes 27 miles
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:
Basic audiological diagnostic testing including tympanometry, air conduction, bone conduction, speech & masking
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:
Confidence in diagnostic evaluations, consultations, hearing aid fittings with various hearing aid manufacturers, vestibular evaluations and therapy.
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
Rarely
Hearing Screenings
Rarely
Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler
Rarely
Pediatric evaluations: school-age
Everyday
Adult hearing evaluations
Everyday
Tympanometry
Regularly
Acoustic Reflexes
Never
Auditory processing evaluations
Rarely
Hearing Screenings
Never
Evoked potential assessments
Never
Intra-operative monitoring cases
Regularly
Otoacoustic emissions
Never
Industrial/hearing conservation
Regularly
Vestibular assessments
Regularly
Vestibular rehabilitation
Regularly
Hearing aids dispensed
Regularly
Hearing aid selection/fitting
Regularly
Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized)
Never
Cochlear implant evaluations
Never
Cochlear implant rehabilitation
Rarely
Tinnitus assessments
Regularly
Tinnitus rehabilitation
Rarely
Cerumen management
Research opportunities?
Yes San Francisco Audiology does participate in research from time to time. At this time, we do not have any research projects. However, there is potential for there to be research opportunities in 2025.
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:
9/11/24
Application Requirements:
Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Letter of request/intent
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process:
Send application materials as a complete package and 3 letters of recommendation to careers@fuelmedical.com
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator)
San Francisco Audiology and San Francisco Audiology Research Center, working in conjunction with San Francisco Otolaryngology Medical Group, is a full-service audiology and hearing instrument dispensing practice that is actively involved in hearing and product development research. We offer state-of-the-art hearing evaluations and hearing instruments, including assistive listening devices. Our hearing care professionals are experts in identifying, diagnosing, treating, and monitoring hearing disorders of all types. We specialize in developing customized treatment options that are best suited to our patients' individual hearing needs and lifestyles. Our goal is to optimize your hearing, and make listening effortless.
