Intern Physician Assistant

Global Connections to Employment•Pensacola, FL

About The Position

Lakeview Center provides comprehensive behavioral health care to adults and children with mental illnesses, drug and alcohol dependencies, and intellectual disabilities across Northwest Florida. Services include residential treatment, outpatient counseling, psychiatry, trauma care, substance-misuse treatment, and 24/7 support for people with serious mental illnesses. Level II internships are structured learning experiences for students enrolled in a public or accredited private academic institution and participating in behavioral-health-related educational programs with service engagement needs. Interns receive supervised, hands-on learning through co-facilitation, clinical support activities, interdisciplinary collaboration, and patient-centered service exposure. They may assist staff with approved responsibilities appropriate to their educational level, training, and program requirements under direct supervision. Physician Assistant students are among the educational pathways eligible for Level II internships. Opportunities depend on departmental availability and supervisory capacity; placement is not guaranteed.

Requirements

Currently enrolled in a public or accredited private academic institution in a behavioral-health-related educational track with service engagement needs.
Demonstrate competencies acquired for the internship program and readiness to apply and further develop those skills during the internship.
Adhere to dress and behavior guidelines.
Meet internship placement criteria, including maintaining passing grades, good attendance, and acceptable discipline records; interns may not seek placements with family members.
Have reliable transportation to and from the internship site.
Demonstrate honesty, punctuality, respect, courtesy, a cooperative attitude, and willingness to learn in training classes and at the internship site.
Pass a Level II background screening.
Submit to required drug testing.

Responsibilities

Participate in approved activities structured by the internship supervisor.
Complete, sign, and submit required documentation by the deadlines provided by the internship supervisor.
Communicate with the internship supervisor throughout the internship, especially when concerns or problems arise.
Evaluate and share information about the internship experience.
Comply with Lakeview Center policies, procedures, training requirements, and placement criteria.
Cooperate with the intern supervisor and participate in the program as a learning experience.
Observe business etiquette and follow safety rules.
Maintain confidentiality.
Remain at the assigned internship placement for the duration of the internship unless all parties mutually agree otherwise.
Assist staff with approved responsibilities appropriate to the intern’s educational level, training, and program requirements under direct supervision.
Participate in supervised hands-on learning, including co-facilitation, clinical support activities, interdisciplinary collaboration, and patient-centered service exposure.