Find & Apply For Hearing Screener / Technician Jobs in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the third-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's two main components are an integrated clinical system - anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, a 933-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem - that includes Atrium Health Levine Children's Brenner Children's Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery. The Audiology Department at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery and offers comprehensive diagnostic testing and treatment for individuals across the lifespan. Our Winston Salem team includes 16 audiologists who are committed to providing quality, family-centered care and the use of best practices. We have three audiology locations that our externs have the opportunity to rotate through on a regular basis. Our pediatric clinic is located inside of the main hospital and provides both inpatient and outpatient services to infants and children. Services performed at this location include pediatric diagnostics, sedated and non-sedated ABRs, auditory processing evaluations, pediatric cochlear implants, osseointegrated devices, and inpatient newborn hearing care. Our adult clinic is located in Winston Salem across from the main hospital and provides diagnostic and rehabilitative care for the adult population including hearing aids, osseointegrated devices, cochlear implants, tinnitus assessment and management, and vestibular assessment. Our third clinic is located 15 minutes west of the city in Clemmons, and services both pediatrics and adults. Services provided at that location include adult and pediatric diagnostics, hearing aids, osseointegrated devices, and cochlear implants. There are two externship positions available; externs will alternate weekly between the adult and pediatric clinics. Approximate division of patient experience is 50% adults, 50% pediatrics. This is a paid externship but does not include benefits.

Application deadline:

September 23, 2026

Virtual Interviews:

October 2nd or 3rd Please e-mail your letter of intent, resume, 3 letters of recommendation, and graduate school transcripts to Elaine Orcutt, AuD (martha.orcutt@advocatehealth.org) and Sam Brown, AuD (samuel.brown@advocatehealth.org). We will be hosting virtual open houses for potential students on the following dates with the link below: Tuesday, August 25th at 7pm EST or Thursday, September 3rd at 7pm

EST:

https://wakehealth.webex.com/meet/morcutt Thank you for your interest in our externship program. We look forward to reviewing your application!

Externship Information:

Primary Practice Setting:

University medical center Number of Audiologists at the site: 1 FTE Masters Degree 15 FTE Au.

D. 0 FTE

Ph.

D. 0 FTE

Other Doctorate (ScD) 2 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 3 FTE Clerical Support Staff Number of Audiology Students each year: 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 2 2nd year 3 3rd year 3 4th year Externships Financial arrangements: Salary Will interview travel be compensated?

No Vacation Days:

10 Continuing education opportunities? Yes Students are encouraged to participate in continuing education opportunities when available.

Start Date:

06/07/2027 Expected hours/days a week: 40 Travel to satellite centers required? Yes approximately 15 miles 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: See description Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: See description Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern: Rarely Hearing Screenings Everyday Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler Everyday Pediatric evaluations: school-age Everyday Adult hearing evaluations Everyday Tympanometry Everyday Acoustic Reflexes Regularly Auditory processing evaluations Rarely Hearing Screenings Regularly Evoked potential assessments Never Intra-operative monitoring cases Everyday Otoacoustic emissions Rarely Industrial/hearing conservation Everyday Vestibular assessments Regularly Vestibular rehabilitation Everyday Hearing aids dispensed Everyday Hearing aid selection/fitting Regularly Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) Everyday Cochlear implant evaluations Everyday Cochlear implant rehabilitation Regularly Tinnitus assessments Regularly Tinnitus rehabilitation Everyday Cerumen management Research opportunities? No No Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? No How frequently will the externship site communicate with the university during the externship? Bi-Monthly Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship: Periodic grading and communication as needed.

Application Deadline:

09/23/2026

Application Requirements:

Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Letter of request/intent Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: Please e-mail your letter of intent, resume, 3 letters of recommendation, and graduate school transcripts to Elaine Orcutt (martha.orcutt@advocatehealth.org) and Sam Brown (samuel.brown@advocatehealth.org).

Contact Person:

(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) Elaine Orcutt, Au.

D., CCC-A

- martha.orcutt@advocatehealth.org Are all externs supervised? Yes