Primary Practice Setting: | Hospital |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree 21 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 2025 |
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 19. 2024 |
Application Requirements: | Personal Review Phone interview Other You will need to apply via the Rady Children's jobs website (jobs.rchsd.org). You will be able to search this by job #14809) or by the keyword Audiologist on 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. Please note: DO NOT attach a resume with a PHOTO on your resume. We will not accept resumes with photos. |
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Apply via the Rady Website (see above). The position closes on 9/18 but phone interviews might be initiated prior to that date. We will begin formal interviewing on 9/23 and the final selection will be made not later than 10/15/2024. 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. As is also noted, DO NOT attach a photo to your resume. |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Julie K. Purdy, PhD/Shani Goldgrub, AuD - jpurdy@rchsd.org |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |