Population Health Intern

Neighborhood Healthcare • Escondido, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Population Health Summer Intern will participate in a structured, paid internship program at Neighborhood Healthcare, designed to provide hands-on experience and professional development while supporting the organization’s mission of serving the community. We are looking for a research driven and detail-oriented intern to work alongside our clinical, operations, and population health teams. In this role, you will analyze current workflows, identify barriers, and propose actionable recommendations to improve patient care and access. This is a full-time (40 hours/week), 8-week internship. This internship will be primarily based at our administrative building in Escondido, with occasional travel to our Temecula clinic required.

Requirements

• Undergraduate or graduate students (or recent graduates) with an interest in public health, healthcare administration, health education, epidemiology, or related field
• Strong research, analytical and communication skills
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) preferred
• Aspiring healthcare professionals encouraged to apply
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines
• Interest in clinical operations, care coordination, and/or preventative care
• Ability to work independently and take initiative
• Follow all safety procedures as outlined in Neighborhood Healthcare’s Illness and Injury Prevention Plan (IIPP) and report any injuries and/or unsafe conditions immediately
• Maintain privacy of all patient, employee, and volunteer information, accessing such information only on a need-to-know basis for business purposes
• Comply with all regulations regarding corporate integrity and security obligations
• Report any behavior and/or activity that is unethical, fraudulent, or unlawful

Responsibilities

• Shadow care team members and review organizational workflows to understand day-to-day operations
• Analyze quality data and utilization data and benchmark against industry best practices
• Conduct a gap analysis and propose a future-state care team model with actionable recommendations
• Research peer-reviewed best practices for increasing Cologuard kit return rates
• Identify barriers to patients
• Propose a workflow design to increase the return rate of Cologuard kits

Benefits

• Paid internship
• Professional development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees