Students – Apply Today for a Paid Externship in Northern Michigan Fulltime

We are a very busy ENT practice in Northern Michigan, with 3 locations: Petoskey (main office), Gaylord and Alpena. We have 1 full time audiologist in our Petoskey location and 2 full time audiologists in our Alpena location. We regularly perform diagnostic audiologic evaluations and dispense hearing aids on all ages, plus Cochlear Implant evaluations, activations, and mapping, as well as infant hearing screening follow-ups are also performed on a routine basis. Our collaborative team is comprised of 3 ENT providers- 1 DO and 2 NPs, 3 audiologists, 2 audiology techs, and 10 support staff.

Please note, our audiologists do NOT have their CCC’s but are collaborative with lots of experience to learn from!

Externship Information:
Primary Practice Setting:
ENT group practice

Number of Audiologists at the site:

0 FTE Masters Degree
3 FTE Au.D.
0 FTE Ph.D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
2 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants)
10 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:
Salary

Will interview travel be compensated?
No

Vacation Days:
10 vac + 5 prof days

Continuing education opportunities?
Yes
TBD

Start Date:
July 2025 (flexible)

Expected hours/days a week:
40 hrs/wk

Travel to satellite centers required?
Yes
Gaylord- once/week (about 30 minutes), Alpena (2 hours- occasional). Both locations extern can ride with other staff members.

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:
Case history, behavioral audiometry on adults, earmold impressions, tympanograms, acoustic reflexes, otoacoustic emissions, basic hearing aid skills, basic report writing skills, basic counseling technique, understanding of electrophysiology

Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:
Behavioral testing in children and toddlers, patient counseling, real ear measurements, cochlear implant evaluations, mapping, and activations, hearing aid evaluations, hearing aid fittings, hearing aid follow up appointments, newborn hearing screenings, ABR under sedations

Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:

Rarely
Hearing Screenings

Regularly
Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler

Regularly
Pediatric evaluations: school-age

Everyday
Adult hearing evaluations

Everyday
Tympanometry

Regularly
Acoustic Reflexes

Never
Auditory processing evaluations

Rarely
Hearing Screenings

Regularly
Evoked potential assessments

Never
Intra-operative monitoring cases

Regularly
Otoacoustic emissions

Rarely
Industrial/hearing conservation

Never
Vestibular assessments

Never
Vestibular rehabilitation

Everyday
Hearing aids dispensed

Everyday
Hearing aid selection/fitting

Never
Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized)

Regularly
Cochlear implant evaluations

Regularly
Cochlear implant rehabilitation

Never
Tinnitus assessments

Never
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?
As Needed

Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship:
Support and resources as needed

Application Deadline:
Until filled

Application Requirements:
Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Phone interview
Letter of request/intent
Other
Zoom interview in lieu of phone interview.

Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process:
Send application materials as a complete package and 3 letters of recommendation to careers@fuelmedical.com

Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator)
Lindsay Reckinger, Au.D. – lreckinger@greatlakesent.com

Are all externs supervised?
Yes

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