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Mercy St. Louis 4th Year Pediatric AuD Externship 2026-2027

Mercy Hospital St. Louis Audiology- St. Louis, MO

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Posted:

November 9, 2025

Location:

St. Louis, Missouri

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Salary:

Open

Level:

Externship

Financial Arrangements:

Other – Please Describe

Primary Practice Setting:

Multi-specialty medical center

Required Education:

4 Year Degree

Financial Arrangements

Other – Please Describe

Primary Practice Setting

Multi-specialty medical center

The Mercy Hospital St. Louis Pediatric Audiology Externship Program located in St. Louis, Missouri includes pediatric diagnostics, electrophysiology, and aural rehabilitation. Other programs at Mercy Hospital that externs may have exposure to include pediatric cochlear implants and osseointegrated device fittings as well as central auditory processing evaluations. Our externship program is known for its emphasis on mentoring, and our department is unique by offering various settings within one externship. Those settings include outpatient pediatric diagnostics and hearing aids, infant ABR (non-sedated and sedated), and a fast-paced pediatric ENT clinic. Potential opportunities with pediatric cochlear implants and osseointegrated devices are given on a case by case basis.

Mercy is one of the largest U.S. health systems and named the top large system in the U.S. for excellent patient experience by NRC Health and one of the nation’s largest and highest performing Accountable Care Organizations when it comes to quality and cost. Mercy Hospital St. Louis has:

Region’s premiere maternity services including low-risk birthing center
Level III (highest) neonatal intensive care unit - largest in Missouri
Level I (highest) Trauma Center - only one in St. Louis County
Verified pediatric burn center
St. Louis County's only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

We have a growing pediatric Audiology department and are hopeful we can open a pediatric position in May 2027. While we cannot guarantee an offer of employment, an extern who has been a good fit with our staff and successfully completed our externship would be considered a strong candidate for an open position.

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Curriculum vitae, transcripts, letter of intent, and 3 confidential letters of recommendation required in application. Letters of recommendation need to be emailed directly from letter writers. Transcripts required from undergraduate and graduate program. Unofficial transcripts are accepted, but must be copies or electronic versions of the official transcripts. Letters of recommendation will NOT be accepted after the application deadline of September 17th, 2025. Mercy Hospital requires flu vaccination as well as adherence to future vaccination requirements, in order to be accepted as an extern. Please be prepared to provide vaccination documentation prior to externship start date.

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Placements will occur primarily at Mercy Hospital St. Louis and Mercy Winding Woods in Ofallon, MO.

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Letters of Recommendation,Resume,Transcript,Letter of request/intent,Other

* Perform accurate adult diagnostic audiograms (must reach competent level prior to focusing solely on pediatric diagnostics). * Fit and dispense hearing aids to adult population (must reach competent level prior to focusing solely on pediatric hearing aids). * Perform accurate pediatric diagnostics including CPA and VRA testing. * Perform accurate sleep-deprived and sedated ABR on infant population. * Perform newborn hearing screenings. * Function as a part of a diverse Audiology Department in a large hospital setting.

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10 days

Blair Cristel, AuD

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*Self-motivation *Excellent organizational skills *Able to work as part of a high functioning team *Strong interest in pediatric population *Previous experience with pediatric population is preferred *Pure tone audiometry and basic masking procedures *Basic hearing aid troubleshooting

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5/18, 5/26, 6/1

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September 17th, 2025

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Please submit application electronically by September 17th to include: letter of intent, curriculum vitae, unofficial undergraduate and graduate transcripts, and 3 confidential letters of recommendation. Please submit by email to blair.cristel@mercy.net. Letters of reference need to be emailed directly from the letter writer. Virtual interviews will be scheduled on September 30th, 2025. Contracts will be reviewed by legal departments of both parties after student is accepted. We do not perform onsite interviews prior to making an offer, therefore if the student requires an onsite visit prior to accepting a potential offer, it is recommended a visit be scheduled prior to submitting an application.

A designated externship coordinator from the university's program must contact our site at time of agreement, as well as maintain regular contact throughout externship year.

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blair.cristel@mercy.net

40 hours/week

Arrangements are made on an individual year basis pending department budget. We are estimated to be able to offer $15,000-$20,000 over the course of the externship.

Application deadline is Wednesday, September 17th. Phone interviews will be scheduled on Tuesday, September 30^th. Initial offers will be made in October. Contracts will be reviewed by legal departments of both parties after student is accepted. We do not perform onsite interviews prior to making an offer, therefore if the student requires a site visit prior to accepting a potential offer, it is recommended a visit be scheduled prior to the application deadline.

About Mercy Hospital St. Louis Audiology- St. Louis, MO

We are a non-profit suburban hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Our department provides a wide variety of pediatric and adult audiologic procedures including diagnostics, electrophysiology, aural rehabilitation,newborn hearing screening,cochlear implants, osseointegrated devices, and central auditory processing evaluations.

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Mercy St. Louis 4th Year Pediatric AuD Externship 2026-2027

Mercy Hospital St. Louis Audiology- St. Louis, MO

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