Great Audiology Externship in California! Paid, Benefits, Potential for Future Employment

Valley Audiology in Concord and Walnut Creek, CA is excited to welcome a motivated and enthusiastic Audiology Extern to our team! Under the supervision of our expert audiologists, you will be exposed to a wide range of hearing aid manufacturers and audiological services including adult diagnostics, hearing aid fittings, BAHAs, and cochlear implants (member of the Cochlear Provider Network). This externship has the potential to become a full-time position, so don't miss this chance to kickstart your career in audiology! Apply today to embark on an enriching audiology externship that will shape your career and provide you with a solid foundation for your future as an audiologist. About the

Area:

Concord and Walnut Creek is a great community to live, work and play within! We have safe neighborhoods, a low crime rate, excellent schools, and offer a mix of city-life, suburbs and nature. Mt. Diablo and the surrounding parks offer excellent hiking trails to explore and we have amazing cultural opportunities within our diverse community. The Napa Valley is a fun day trip for wine tasting and popular weekend destinations include Lake Tahoe and Yosemite. Plus, living in Contra Costa County is more affordable than San Francisco and our close proximity to the city opens up a world of opportunity for fun and interesting things to do!

Externship Information:

Primary Practice Setting:

Private practice Number of Audiologists at the site: 0 FTE Masters Degree 3 FTE Au.

D. 0 FTE

Ph.

D. 0 FTE

Other Doctorate (ScD) 1 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 3 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 Benefits Other - Please Describe 10 days PTO, Healthcare insurance Will interview travel be compensated?

No Vacation Days:

10 Continuing education opportunities? Yes CAA conference is paid for

Start Date:

May/June 2027 Expected hours/days a week: 40hrs Travel to satellite centers required? Yes 9 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: Comprehensive audiologic evaluation, some hearing aid troubleshooting, real ear measurement (set up) Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: Full hearing aid fittings, cochlear implant evaluations, basic cochlear implant and BAHA trouble shooting. Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern: Regularly Hearing Screenings Never Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler Never Pediatric evaluations: school-age Everyday Adult hearing evaluations Everyday Tympanometry Regularly Acoustic Reflexes Never Auditory processing evaluations Regularly Hearing Screenings Rarely Evoked potential assessments Never Intra-operative monitoring cases Everyday Otoacoustic emissions Rarely Industrial/hearing conservation Never Vestibular assessments Never Vestibular rehabilitation Everyday Hearing aids dispensed Everyday Hearing aid selection/fitting Everyday Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) Regularly Cochlear implant evaluations Regularly Cochlear implant rehabilitation Rarely 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: Communication as needed

Application Deadline:

9/16/2026

Application Requirements:

Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Phone interview Letter of request/intent Other Send 3 letters of recommendations; Onsite interview is required Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: Send application materials as a complete package and 3 letters of recommendation to externships@fuelmedical.com

Contact Person:

(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) Paige Townsend - paige@valleyaudiology.com Are all externs supervised? Yes