Pediatric Externship at Nemours Childrens Health - Delaware Valley

Are you a motivated, well-rounded, and passionate audiology student eager to specialize in pediatrics? Nemours Children's Health

• Delaware Valley is now accepting applications for our Pediatric Audiology Externship, a full-time, immersive clinical training experience designed to develop future leaders in pediatric audiology.

Join a collaborative team of 15 diverse and experienced audiologists, each specializing across the full spectrum of pediatric audiology. As an extern at Nemours, you'll gain hands-on experience working side-by-side with experts in audiology, ENT, speech-language pathology, psychology, nursing, anesthesiology, and social work as part of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary care teams that put children and families at the center of everything we do.

Location:

Primarily based at our main hospital campus in Wilmington, DE, with opportunities to rotate through satellite clinics across Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.

Multidisciplinary Team Experience:

Cleft Palate Clinic Team Ear Anomaly Reconstructive Surgery (EARS) Team Central Auditory Processing (CAP)

Team Vestibular Team Cochlear Implant Team Clinical Experiences & Opportunities:

Comprehensive audiological evaluations for patients' birth to 21 years of age Newborn hearing screenings

Electrophysiology:

auditory brainstem response (ABR) and cortical auditory evoke potentials (CAEP) studies Hearing aid and remote microphone system selections, fittings, and management Cochlear Implant candidacy, selection, fitting, and management Osseo-integrated device selections, fittings and management Central Auditory Processing (CAP) evaluations Vestibular evaluations Community outreach events and educational initiatives Research involvement (optional if interested) We seek an extern who is: Reliable and committed to patient-centered care Hard-working and ready to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic setting Eager to learn, grow, and participate in multidisciplinary teams Flexible and collaborative, with excellent communication skills Dedicated to pediatric audiology and improving the lives of children with hearing differences and their caregivers Externs receive direct supervision and mentorship from all audiology team members, allowing for a diverse and well-rounded clinical experience. Our goal is to support you in becoming a confident, independent clinician by the end of your externship. Virtual Information Session will be held for any interested candidates. Please note that attendees will need to manually enter meeting code and password into Microsoft Teams. Session 1: Thursday, July 30th at 7PM EST Session 2: Thursday, August 27th at 7

PM EST Microsoft Teams Meeting Link:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/join-a-meeting?msockid=00134fe83818651e2efe5cba39af6448

Meeting ID:

297 928 459 198 396

Passcode:

we7Lo7GJ Submit application materials to emily.nusbickel@nemours.org by Wednesday, September 16 th , 2026, and include/copy university clinical coordinator on email: Resume/Curriculum Vitae Letter of intent Unofficial graduate transcript Two letters of recommendations Applicants need to be affiliated with an accredited AuD program.

Externship Information:

Primary Practice Setting:

Hospital Number of Audiologists at the site: 0 FTE Masters Degree 16 FTE Au.

D. 1 FTE

Ph.

D. 0 FTE

Other Doctorate (ScD) 2 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 4 FTE Clerical Support Staff Number of Audiology Students each year: 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 0 2nd year 4 3rd year 2 4th year Externships Financial arrangements: None Will interview travel be compensated?

No Vacation Days:

Upon request Continuing education opportunities? Yes Externs will have opportunities to participate in on

• and off
• site continuous education.

Start Date:

May 2027 (flexible) Expected hours/days a week: 8AM-4:30PM, M-F Travel to satellite centers required? Yes Primarily based at our main hospital campus in Wilmington, DE, with opportunities to rotate through satellite clinics across Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.

Locations:

• DE:

  Wilmington, Milford

• PA:

  Malvern, Broomall, Philadelphia, Abington, Gordonville

•

NJ:

Deptford 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: We seek an extern who is:

• Reliable and committed to patient-centered care
• Hard-working and ready to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic setting
• Eager to learn, grow, and participate in multidisciplinary teams
• Flexible and collaborative, with excellent communication skills
• Dedicated to pediatric audiology and improving the lives of children with hearing differences and their caregivers Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:

Clinical Experiences & Opportunities:

• Comprehensive audiological evaluations for patients' birth to 21 years of age
• Newborn hearing screenings

• Electrophysiology:

  auditory brainstem response (ABR) and cortical auditory evoke potentials (CAEP) studies
• Hearing aid and remote microphone system selections, fittings, and management
• Cochlear Implant candidacy, selection, fitting, and management
• Osseo-integrated device selections, fittings and management
• Central Auditory Processing evaluations
• Vestibular evaluations
• Community outreach events and educational initiatives
• Research involvement (optional if interested) Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern: Regularly Hearing Screenings Everyday Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler Everyday Pediatric evaluations: school-age Never Adult hearing evaluations Everyday Tympanometry Everyday Acoustic Reflexes Regularly Auditory processing evaluations Regularly Hearing Screenings Regularly Evoked potential assessments Rarely Intra-operative monitoring cases Everyday Otoacoustic emissions Rarely Industrial/hearing conservation Regularly Vestibular assessments Never Vestibular rehabilitation Regularly Hearing aids dispensed Regularly Hearing aid selection/fitting Never Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) Regularly Cochlear implant evaluations Regularly Cochlear implant rehabilitation Rarely Tinnitus assessments Rarely Tinnitus rehabilitation Never Cerumen management Research opportunities?

Yes Research opportunities are available if interested. 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 is expected as needed and required by the University.

Application Deadline:

September 16th, 2026

Application Requirements:

Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Personal Review Letter of request/intent Other Submit application materials to emily.nusbickel@nemours.org by Wednesday, September 16th, 2026, and include/copy university clinical coordinator on email:

• Resume/Curriculum Vitae
• Letter of intent
• Unofficial graduate transcript
• Two letters of recommendations Applicants need to be affiliated with an accredited AuD program. Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: Nemours Children's Health
• Delaware Valley is following the ACEN guidelines.

Please submit all application materials by September 16th. No application will be accepted after the deadline.

Contact Person:

(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) Emily Nusbickel, AuD, CCC-A

• emily.

nusbickel@nemours.org Are all externs supervised? Yes Submit application materials to emily.nusbickel@nemours.org by Wednesday, September 16 th , 2026, and include/copy university clinical coordinator on email: Resume/Curriculum Vitae Letter of intent Unofficial graduate transcript Two letters of recommendations Applicants need to be affiliated with an accredited AuD program.