Nebraska-Western Iowa VA (NWI-VA) is proud to announce an opening for a funded 4th Year Audiology Externship in Omaha, Nebraska. NWI-VA has one main campus hospital, a new suburban-Omaha clinic with Audiology services, and four Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC). The Omaha campus recently expanded with a new state of the art ancillary care and surgery clinic and a rehabilitation services clinic. Our NWI-VA Audiology team is staffed with 10 audiologists and 2 Health Technicians across 2 campuses. The externship is a 12-month full-time (2080 hours) position with an anticipated start date in June of 2027. NWI-VA traineeships are funded by the Office of Academic Affiliations (OAA). Although we anticipate funding by OAA for these positions for future academic years, this is at the discretion of OAA, pending budget approval. Students must be a U.S. Citizen to apply.

CLINICAL OPPORTUNITIES AT NWI

Comprehensive audiological evaluations Immittance Measures Otoacoustic Immittance Testing Hearing Aid Assessments and Fittings, including real ear measures Assistive Listening Device assessments Comprehensive vestibular evaluations Cochlear Implant Evaluations, Mapping/Management Osseointegrated Evaluations and Programming/Management Auditory processing evaluations Electrophysiology evaluations Audiology inpatient management Ototoxic monitoring Tele-Audiology services to 4 rural clinics Progressive Tinnitus Management program Auditory Implant surgical observations on-site Multi-Disciplinary Opportunities Our clinicians and externs enjoy a fast-paced and challenging caseload between scheduled appointments and our walk-in clinic for hearing aid patients. Students must be a U.S. Citizen to apply. Students must have completed 3-years of didactic and clinical skill training as required by their respective university to be eligible to proceed with a 4th year Audiology Externship.

Externship Information:

Primary Practice Setting:

VA medical center Number of Audiologists at the site: 1 FTE Masters Degree 9 FTE Au.

D. 0 FTE

Ph.

D. 0 FTE

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

No Vacation Days:

13 Continuing education opportunities? Yes Externs have the opportunity to participate in multiple CEU offerings throughout the one year rotation, Interdisciplinary medical teams, and the VA Rural Health Training Initiative program.

Start Date:

June 2027 Expected hours/days a week: 40 Travel to satellite centers required? Yes 5 miles to suburban Omaha satellite center 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: Knowledge and skills consistent with completion of 3 years in a clinical and didactic program of study in an accredited AuD program Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:

• Veteran centered care delivery.
• Understanding and demonstration of foundational audiological principles and techniques.
• Emerging skills in subspecialty areas.

Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern: Rarely Hearing Screenings Never Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler Never Pediatric evaluations: school-age Everyday Adult hearing evaluations Everyday Tympanometry Everyday Acoustic Reflexes Rarely Auditory processing evaluations Rarely Hearing Screenings Rarely Evoked potential assessments Rarely Intra-operative monitoring cases Regularly Otoacoustic emissions Rarely Industrial/hearing conservation Regularly Vestibular assessments Never Vestibular rehabilitation Everyday Hearing aids dispensed Everyday Hearing aid selection/fitting Regularly Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) Regularly Cochlear implant evaluations Regularly Cochlear implant rehabilitation Regularly Tinnitus assessments Regularly 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: Deadlines for mid-term and final evaluations/assessments, program expectations, support for remediation if needed

Application Deadline:

9/16/2026

Application Requirements:

Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Phone interview Letter of request/intent Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: Cover letter CV/resume 3 letters of recommendation Graduate and undergraduate transcripts (unofficial or official) Virtual interview required Steps for the student/university to follow the application process: Please electronically submit all required materials to: NWI-Omaha main campus program: Jacob.

Leons@va.gov

Contact Person:

(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) Jacob Leons, Au.

D. - Jacob.

Leons@va.gov Are all externs supervised? Yes Students must be a U.S. Citizen to apply. Students must have completed 3-years of didactic and clinical skill training as required by their respective university to be eligible to proceed with a 4th year Audiology Externship.