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Paid Audiology Externship Opportunity - Private Practice
Expert Hearing Care
Application
Details
Posted: 27-Sep-24
Location: New Mexico
Type: Full Time
Salary: $35,000 stipend
Categories:
Allied Health
Au.D. Externship
Financial Arrangements:
Stipend
Primary Practice Setting:
Private practice
Preferred Education:
4 Year Degree
Additional Information:
2 openings available.
Internal Number: 2024
Expert Hearing Care offers a competitive wage, growth, and professional expertise!
Using a unique approach to the medical treatment of hearing loss and tinnitus, we focus on the neuroscientific impacts of hearing loss. Our goal is helping patients understand the profound relationship between brain health, hearing loss and tinnitus to build a lasting impression. The medical treatment of hearing loss and tinnitus is about making it easier on the brain through superior treatment technology and highly skilled professionals.
Expert Hearing Care is an independent audiology clinic that is proud to serve Las Cruces’ through the medical treatment of hearing loss and tinnitus. We are offering the right student an exciting opportunity to learn from our dynamic team. Our team, providers and front office staff, are always expanding their knowledge about the neurological impacts that hearing loss and tinnitus have on our patients. Private practice allows individuals to work autonomously and learn entrepreneurial skills. Our clinic works closely with many ENTs and physicians in the area. We are looking for a student who could potentially join our growing team after graduating.
We work together as a team to create an environment that puts people at ease and helps them feel comfortable during all stages of treatment. We want our employees and trainees to grow and learn, enhancing their lives through the practice as well. This private practice has had over 25 audiology residents throughout the years.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Las Cruces is located in the southern part of the state in the Mesilla Valley and is framed by the spectacular Organ Mountains National Monument and the famous Rio Grande.
What Las Cruces and the surrounding areas have to offer!
• Outdoor recreational activities
• New Mexico State University anchors the intellectual and artistic culture of the city
• Weekly farmers markets
• Worldclass Mexican food and southwestern culture
• Close proximity to an International Airport
• Low cost of living
Our Clinic and Services
• 2 State of the art locations in beautiful Las Cruces, New Mexico
• 5 doctors of Audiology with ample office support staff
• Adult & pediatric hearing evaluations
• Tinnitus treatment
• Vestibular evaluations including VNG and VEMP
• Cochlear Implant evaluations, activations and follow-up
• Treatment recommendations and fittings verified with Real Ear Measurement of Adults
and Pediatrics
• Hearing aid repairs, checks, and cleanings
• Aural rehabilitation
• Custom hearing protection
•Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational skills
• The ability to prioritize and handle a high volume of patients
• The ability to work and contribute to a team environment
• The ability to maintain a positive and professional attitude
• Strong compassion, care, and respect for patients
• A strong desire to succeed and learn
Externship Information:
Primary Practice Setting:
Private practice
Number of Audiologists at the site:
0 FTE Masters Degree 5 FTE Au.D. 0 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 0 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 5 FTE Clerical Support Staff
Number of Audiology Students each year:
0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 0 2nd year 0 3rd year 1 4th year Externships
Financial arrangements:
Stipend
Will interview travel be compensated?
Yes
Vacation Days:
negotiable
Continuing education opportunities?
Yes YES! We encourage continued learning and growth of all staff. Travel to continuing education is accommodated as needed.
Start Date:
June 1 2025
Expected hours/days a week:
M-F 8 am to 5 pm
Travel to satellite centers required?
No
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:
Diagnostic testing of hearing, OAEs, Tympanometry, Reflexes. Knowledge about hearing aid selection, programming using REM and troubleshooting
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:
Comprehensive diagnostic testing, discussion of neurological impacts of hearing loss, vestibular testing (including VEMP), Newborn and pediatric testing, Selection and fitting of hearing devices using best practices
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
Everyday
Hearing Screenings
Regularly
Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler
Regularly
Pediatric evaluations: school-age
Everyday
Adult hearing evaluations
Everyday
Tympanometry
Everyday
Acoustic Reflexes
Never
Auditory processing evaluations
Everyday
Hearing Screenings
Never
Evoked potential assessments
Never
Intra-operative monitoring cases
Everyday
Otoacoustic emissions
Regularly
Industrial/hearing conservation
Regularly
Vestibular assessments
Never
Vestibular rehabilitation
Everyday
Hearing aids dispensed
Everyday
Hearing aid selection/fitting
Everyday
Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized)
Regularly
Cochlear implant evaluations
Regularly
Cochlear implant rehabilitation
Regularly
Tinnitus assessments
Regularly
Tinnitus rehabilitation
Regularly
Cerumen management
Research opportunities?
No
Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites?
No
How frequently will the externship site communicate with the university during the externship?
Monthly
Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship:
Tracking of hours, quarterly reviews
Application Deadline:
November 1, 2024
Application Requirements:
Letters of Recommendation Resume Phone interview Two letters of recommendation, Resume or CV
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process:
If you are interested in applying, please email kiera@hearnm.com. We will then setup a virtual interview upon review.
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator)
You will have the ability to work with all providers - kiera@hearnm.com
Are all externs supervised?
Yes
•Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational skills
• The ability to prioritize and handle a high volume of patients
• The ability to work and contribute to a team environment
• The ability to maintain a positive and professional attitude
• Strong compassion, care, and respect for patients
Expert Hearing Care is an independent audiology clinic that is proud to serve Las Cruces’ through the medical treatment of hearing loss and tinnitus. Using a unique approach to the medical treatment of hearing loss and tinnitus, we focus on the neuroscientific impacts of hearing loss. Our goal is helping patients understand the profound relationship between brain health, hearing loss and tinnitus to build a lasting impression. The medical treatment of hearing loss and tinnitus is about making it easier on the brain through superior treatment technology and highly skilled professionals.