Paid Pediatric 4th Year Externship
1 month ago
The Audiology Department at Christus Children's Hospital in San Antonio, TX will be offering one 4 th year externship position to begin in early June and end the following May.
This 11-month rotation is completed under a primary preceptor, but the extern will have the opportunity to work with multiple pediatric audiologists and multi-disciplinary teams.
This is a full-time position with a clinical emphasis.The ideal candidate will be highly motivated, flexible, a strong team player and has a strong desire for a career as a pediatric audiologist.
The goal of this externship is to provide clinical experiences to develop the skills necessary for a career as a pediatric audiologist.
As a Doctor of Audiology extern, you can expect to apply your previous clinic experiences to assess a diverse pediatric population including children who are multiply complex.
Externs will be exposed to all aspects of pediatric audiological evaluation and case management.The extern will become competent in diagnostic skills such as visual reinforcement audiometry, conditioned play audiometry, standard audiometry, acoustic immittance, otoacoustic emissions as well as natural sleep and sedated auditory brainstem response (ABR) evaluations.
The extern will also have the opportunity to participate in rehabilitative care such as tradition hearing aids, CROS hearing aids osseointegrated devices (non-surgical and surgical), and cochlear implants.
The audiology extern is expected to work within a multi-disciplinary team on a daily basis. This is including, but not limited to, physicians, physician assistants, nurses, educational specialists, and community partners.Applicants are expected to have completed their university coursework and have completed clinical placements that offered experience with pediatric testing and habilitation.
It is required that each applicant have passed their Praxis exam, have a signed affiliation agreement between Christus Children's and the university, proof of liability insurance through their university, and have obtained a Texas State Intern in Audiology license prior to clinical start date.
Externship Information:Primary Practice Setting:
Hospital
Number of Audiologists at the site:
0 FTE Masters Degree
4 FTE Au.
D.
0 FTE Ph.
D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
0 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants)
13 FTE Clerical Support Staff
Number of Audiology Students each year:
0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations
1 2nd year
0 3rd year
1 4th year Externships Financial arrangements: Other – Please Describe
Hourly Will interview travel be compensated? No
Vacation Days: 14- unpaid
Continuing education opportunities? No
Start Date:
June 2025
Expected hours/days a week: 40 hr/ 5 days
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: *Otoscopy
*Immittance testing
*Experience with VRA and CPA as primary and secondary tester
*Experience with hearing aid selection, fitting and verification using real-ear measurements
*Experience with electrophysiologic assessment Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: *Independence in working with children and their families from initial testing to recommendations and follow through with other providers/school team
*Independence in VRA, CPA, OAE and ABR testing and interpretation
*Independence in hearing aid troubleshooting, selection, fitting and verification
*Competence in cochlear implant candidacy and programming
*Competence in all services provided at our clinic
*Confidence in applying critical thinking to outcome-based management of patients Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
Never Hearing Screenings Everyday Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler Everyday Pediatric evaluations: school-age Never Adult hearing evaluations Everyday Tympanometry Regularly Acoustic Reflexes Never Auditory processing evaluations Never Hearing Screenings Regularly Evoked potential assessments Never Intra-operative monitoring cases Everyday Otoacoustic emissions Never Industrial/hearing conservation Never Vestibular assessments Never Vestibular rehabilitation Regularly Hearing aids dispensed Regularly Hearing aid selection/fitting Never Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) Rarely Cochlear implant evaluations Rarely Cochlear implant rehabilitation Never Tinnitus assessments Never Tinnitus rehabilitation Never 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? As Needed Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship: minimal
Application Deadline: 9/20/2024
Application Requirements:
Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Transcript
Letter of request/intent
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: All applications will be reviewed by our pediatric audiology department. Select applicants will be contacted via email and phone to participate in interviews. Decisions will be made and sent to applicants no later than mid-October.
Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) Karianne Ambler, AuD - Are all externs supervised? Yes
Applicants are expected to have completed their university coursework and have completed clinical placements that offered experience with pediatric testing and habilitation.
It is required that each applicant have passed their Praxis exam, have a signed affiliation agreement between Christus Children's and the university, proof of liability insurance through their university, and have obtained a Texas State Intern in Audiology license prior to clinical start date.
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