Student Intern

Job Description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Summary:

This position is reserved for Audiology doctoral students who are required to complete a full-time clinical externship in the fourth year of their program, similar to a one-year residency. They play a crucial role in supporting our clinicians in delivering high-quality patient care. The term of assignment is 1 year with placement in May or June.

Responsibilities:

General Extern Duties:

• Assist with behavioral testing in the sound booth for infants and young children-tasks typically handled by audiologists.
• Pre-program new hearing aids and verify their functionality before patient appointments, reducing face-to-face time and boosting clinic efficiency.
• Troubleshoot and repair hearing aids and earmolds, including performing minor in-office repairs.
• Process hearing aid repairs and verify programming before returning devices to patients.
• Organize and restock supplies in sound booths and hearing aid fitting rooms.
• Support clinicians with report writing.
• Prepare sound booths and hearing aid fitting rooms for patient visits, ensuring equipment is ready and disinfecting toys and furniture between appointments.
• Coordinate weekly tasks for junior students, including equipment calibration, sanitation, and listening checks.
• Manage voicemail and troubleshoot patient inquiries.

Pediatric Extern Duties:

• Assist in preparing sound booths and hearing aid fitting rooms, ensuring toys and furniture are disinfected between patients.
• Serve as test assistants during behavioral testing for infants and young children, enabling audiologists to handle more patients in a day/week by avoiding the need for two audiologists per pediatric patient.
• Support staff with mailing hearing aids and earmolds to patients.
• Manage hearing aid dispensary voicemail and email communications, addressing inquiries from patients, community contacts, and manufacturers.

Adult Extern Duties:

• Pre-program hearing aids for cochlear implant evaluations and verify their function to minimize appointment time and ensure best practices.
• Enter data into the cochlear implant database for research purposes.
• Assist with completing Letters of Medical Necessity and Certificates of Medical Necessity for cochlear implant recipients.
• Ensure all new and upgraded cochlear implant parts are checked in, properly labeled, and prepared for patient appointments, including charging batteries and resolving any issues.
• Assist patients during our hearing aid walk-in hours by providing repairs and servicing hearing aids, which would otherwise require audiologists to handle during patient appointments.

Other Information

Other information:

Education Requirements:

Must be currently enrolled and a 4th years student in an accredited Audiology doctorial program.

Licensure/Certification Requirements:

none

Professional Experience Requirements:

none required

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: Audiology Meadowmont

Work Type: Temporary Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range: $0.00 - $9.61 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

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