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Pediatric Externship at Nemours Children's Health - Delaware Valley
Nemours Children's Health
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Posted: 19-Jun-25
Location: Wilmington, DE
Type: Full Time
Salary: Unpaid
Categories:
Allied Health
Au.D. Externship
Financial Arrangements:
None
Primary Practice Setting:
Hospital
Preferred Education:
4 Year Degree
Additional Information:
2 openings available.
Are you a motivated, well-rounded, and passionate audiology student eager to specialize in pediatrics? Nemours Children’s Health – Delaware Valley is now accepting applications for our Pediatric Audiology Externship, a full-time, immersive clinical training experience designed to develop future leaders in pediatric audiology.
Join a collaborative team of 14 diverse and experienced audiologists, each specializing across the full spectrum of pediatric audiology. As an extern at Nemours, you’ll gain hands-on experience working side-by-side with experts in audiology, ENT, speech-language pathology, psychology, nursing, anesthesiology, and social work as part of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary care teams that put children and families at the center of everything we do.
Location:
Primarily based at our main hospital campus in Wilmington, DE, with opportunities to rotate through satellite clinics across Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.
Multidisciplinary Team Experience:
Cleft Palate Clinic Team
Ear Anomaly Reconstructive Surgery (EARS) Team
Central Auditory Processing (CAP) Team
Vestibular Team
Cochlear Implant Team
Clinical Experiences & Opportunities:
Comprehensive audiological evaluations for patients' birth to 21 years of age
Hearing aid and remote microphone system selections, fittings, and management
Cochlear Implant candidacy, selection, fitting, and management
Osseo-integrated device selections, fittings and management
Central Auditory Processing evaluations
Vestibular Evaluations
Community outreach events and educational initiatives
Research involvement (optional if interested)
What We’re Looking For:
We seek an extern who is:
Reliable and committed to patient-centered care
Hard-working and ready to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic setting
Eager to learn, grow, and participate in multidisciplinary teams
Flexible and collaborative, with excellent communication skills
Dedicated to pediatric audiology and improving the lives of children with hearing differences and their caregivers
Externs receive direct supervision and mentorship from all audiology team members, allowing for a diverse and well-rounded clinical experience. Our goal is to support you in becoming a confident, independent clinician by the end of your externship.
Submit application materials to emily.nusbickel@nemours.org by Wednesday, September 17, 2025, and include/copy university clinical coordinator on email:
Resume/Curriculum Vitae
Letter of intent
Unofficial graduate transcript
Two letters of recommendations
Applicants need to be affiliated with an accredited Au.D. program.
Externship Information:
Primary Practice Setting:
Hospital
Number of Audiologists at the site:
0 FTE Masters Degree 14 FTE Au.D. 2 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 2 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 4 FTE Clerical Support Staff
Number of Audiology Students each year:
0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 0 2nd year 0 3rd year 2 4th year Externships
Financial arrangements:
None
Will interview travel be compensated?
No
Vacation Days:
as requested
Continuing education opportunities?
Yes Yes. Nemours offers many opportunities to participate in continuing education. This can be done through department/manufacturer meetings or conferences.
Start Date:
05/18/26 (flexible)
Expected hours/days a week:
40
Travel to satellite centers required?
Yes Position location will primarily be at the main hospital campus, with rotating opportunities at satellite offices.
Main Hospital: 1600 Rockland Rd, Wilmington, DE 19803
Satellites: -Milford, DE -Abington, Broomall, Malvern, Philadelphia, Gordonville, PA -Deptford, NJ
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:
Externs are expected to know basic audiometry and background information regarding amplification and electrophysiology. Externs are expected to be eager to learn, grow, and participate through our department.
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:
Externs will have opportunities to master comprehensive audiometry from birth to 21 years of age, navigate/program varying hearing aids/cochlear implants/osseo-integrated devices, conduct central auditory processing/vestibular/electrophysiological evaluations.
Externs will also learn interpersonal skills and how to navigate through different multidisciplinary groups.
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
Regularly
Hearing Screenings
Everyday
Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler
Everyday
Pediatric evaluations: school-age
Never
Adult hearing evaluations
Everyday
Tympanometry
Everyday
Acoustic Reflexes
Regularly
Auditory processing evaluations
Regularly
Hearing Screenings
Regularly
Evoked potential assessments
Regularly
Intra-operative monitoring cases
Everyday
Otoacoustic emissions
Rarely
Industrial/hearing conservation
Regularly
Vestibular assessments
Rarely
Vestibular rehabilitation
Everyday
Hearing aids dispensed
Everyday
Hearing aid selection/fitting
Regularly
Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized)
Everyday
Cochlear implant evaluations
Regularly
Cochlear implant rehabilitation
Rarely
Tinnitus assessments
Rarely
Tinnitus rehabilitation
Never
Cerumen management
Research opportunities?
Yes Research opportunities are optional if interested.
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:
Nemours will communicate with the university as needed and required by the extern's Au.D. program. Communication via email is best.
Application Deadline:
09/17/25
Application Requirements:
Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Personal Review Letter of request/intent Submit application materials to emily.nusbickel@nemours.org by Wednesday, September 17, 2025, and include/copy university clinical coordinator on email: -Resume/Curriculum Vitae -Letter of intent -Unofficial graduate transcript -Two letters of recommendations
Applicants need to be affiliated with an accredited AuD program.
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process:
Nemours is following the ACEN guidelines (https://audclinicaled.net/timeline/). Please submit all application materials to Emily Nusbickel, AuD, CCC-A, by the deadline. Interview offers will be made shortly after.
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator)
Submit application materials to emily.nusbickel@nemours.org by Wednesday, September 17, 2025, and include/copy university clinical coordinator on email:
Resume/Curriculum Vitae
Letter of intent
Unofficial graduate transcript
Two letters of recommendations
Applicants need to be affiliated with an accredited Au.D. program.
Nemours Children’s Health, Delaware Valley, is a nationally recognized pediatric health system committed to transforming the health of children by going beyond medicine. With locations across Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, Nemours delivers comprehensive, family-centered care with a focus on prevention and long-term health outcomes.
Nemours Audiology provides evidenced based hearing and balance diagnostic services from birth to 21 years of age. The department is staffed by a collaborative team of licensed audiologists with advanced training in pediatric hearing healthcare. Services include:
-Newborn hearing screening
-Behavioral audiological evaluations
-Hearing aid fittings and management
-Cochlear implant evaluation, programming, and follow-up
-Osseo-integrated device fittings and management
-Electrophysiological services
-Central auditory processing evaluations
-Vestibular and balance assessments
Nemours fosters a supportive and multidisciplinary work environment where audiologists collaborate closely with otolaryngologists (ENTs), speech-language pathologists, and other pediatric specialists. The department emphasizes evidence-based practice, continuing... education, and innovation in pediatric audiology. As an academic health system, Nemours also provides opportunities for involvement in clinical research, teaching, and training audiology doctoral students.
