Paid 4th Yr. Externship and/or Graduating Experienced Audiologist Position - Lynchburg, United States - Audiology Hearing Aid Associates, Inc. Lynchburg Virginia

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Salaried Externship, Graduating or Experienced Audiologist Position Available

Audiology Hearing Aid Associates, Inc.

2104 LANGHORNE ROAD, LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501

Find Out More: Contact Linda, Office Manager: .

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Our clinic provides Full-serviceAudiology : Hearing Aid Fitting andDispensing with Real-Ear; Extensive Diagnostic Audiology , including Infant/Pediatric Evaluations, VNG, VEMP, AEP, OAE, ECochG.

Requirements : Audiologist or Audiology Extern desiring in-depth experience in both diagnostic and hearing aid fitting.

Benefits : Vacation, Holiday, & Sick Pay; Health & Life Insurance; 401K; Medical & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts; License Fees; Professional Dues for ASHA and AAA; and one National Audiology Meeting Per Year.

Applicant must desire a position in a thriving, well-established, private audiology practice in Central Virginia. Lynchburg is a family-oriented community with a population of approximately 200,000 in the city and surrounding county, in sight of the Blue Ridge Mountains; only a short driving distance to hiking, snow skiing, boating/fishing, historical sites, the coast, and much more. (21⁄4 hours to Greensboro, NC and to Raleigh/Durham, NC; 45 min. to Roanoke, VA; 21⁄2 hours to Richmond, VA; and 3 hours to Washington, DC)

Good Salary : Commensurate with experience.

Externship Information: Primary Practice Setting: Private practice
Number of Audiologists at the site:
1 FTE Masters Degree
5 FTE Au.D.
1 FTE Ph.D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
0 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants)
6 FTE Clerical Support Staff
Number of Audiology Students each year:
0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations
0 2nd year
1 3rd year
1 4th year Externships Financial arrangements: Stipend
Salary
Benefits
Will interview travel be compensated? Yes
Vacation Days: 5 first year
Continuing education opportunities? Yes
Annual AAA Conference Start Date: May 2024
Expected hours/days a week:
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: audiogram; tympanometry; acoustic reflexes; OAE's; AEP, VEMP, knowledge and/or experience; hearing aid fitting and maintenance; Minimal experience, but not mastery required. Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: audiogram; tympanometry; acoustic reflexes; OAE's; AEP, VEMP, knowledge and/or experience; hearing aid fitting and maintenance; Minimal experience but not mastery required. Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
Everyday Hearing Screenings Everyday Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler Everyday Pediatric evaluations: school-age Everyday Adult hearing evaluations Everyday Tympanometry Everyday Acoustic Reflexes Rarely Auditory processing evaluations Everyday Hearing Screenings Regularly Evoked potential assessments Never Intra-operative monitoring cases Everyday Otoacoustic emissions Regularly Industrial/hearing conservation Regularly Vestibular assessments Regularly Vestibular rehabilitation Everyday Hearing aids dispensed Everyday Hearing aid selection/fitting Regularly Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) Never Cochlear implant evaluations Never Cochlear implant rehabilitation Regularly Tinnitus assessments Never Tinnitus rehabilitation Rarely Cerumen management Research opportunities? Yes
not generally Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? No
How frequently will the externship site communicate with the university during the externship? Weekly Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship: Regular communication with university staff concerning extern's progress as often as the University prefers. Application Deadline: asap Application Requirements: Resume
Transcript
Personal Review
Phone interview
Other
We desire any potential applicant to call and ask for Linda, Office manager for a phone interview and discussion of our Externship: Based on the phone conversation, the student will be asked to provide some of the above information. Appropriate candidates will be invited for an in-office entire-day interview and shadowing of our audiologists during work hours. Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: 1. Phone conversations with faculty after we have done phone 1. 1. Phone interview with student followed by in-office interview and shadowing; prior to final consideration.
2. Letters of recommendation and further phone discussions with faculty prior to signing contract for externship with the University and Student. Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) Danny Gnewikow, Ph.D. Audiologist and Linda-Office manager - .COM Are all externs supervised? Yes