Student Internship

Valley Healthcare System Inc•Columbus, GA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Student Internship Program at Valley Healthcare System, Inc. offers students hands-on learning experiences in various departments. The program aims to introduce students to healthcare, develop professional skills, expose them to career opportunities, and allow them to apply academic knowledge in a real-world healthcare setting. Internships can be in clinical or non-clinical departments, with placements based on student background, interests, goals, and organizational needs. Interns may gain exposure to areas such as healthcare administration, patient services, clinical operations, behavioral health, human resources, finance, pharmacy, quality improvement, community outreach, information technology, and workforce development. All interns work under the supervision of an assigned employee and are structured to provide an educational experience while supporting the organization's mission.

Requirements

Must be at least 16 years of age.
Must be a student enrolled in an accredited high school, technical college, college, university, graduate program, professional program, or other approved educational or workforce development program.
Basic computer skills, including familiarity with Microsoft Word and Excel.
Ability to learn new technology, software, and workplace processes.
Ability to communicate professionally and respectfully.
Ability to work independently with appropriate supervision and as part of a team.
Ability to function effectively in a fast-paced healthcare environment.
Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
Demonstrated maturity, professionalism, dependability, and willingness to learn.
Ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
Must meet any additional educational, credentialing, health, safety, background, or departmental requirements applicable to the specific internship placement.
Must complete Valley Healthcare System, Inc.'s required internship onboarding and orientation process.

Nice To Haves

Interest in healthcare, medicine, nursing, behavioral health, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, business, human resources, finance, information technology, healthcare administration, social services, communications, or another field related to the requested internship placement.
Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
Previous school, volunteer, extracurricular, community service, or work experience demonstrating responsibility and dependability.
Desire to learn about healthcare and serve the community.

Responsibilities

Provide professional, courteous, and respectful service to patients, visitors, employees, and community partners.
Assist the assigned department with day-to-day operations and special projects.
Observe and participate in departmental workflows and processes as permitted.
Assist with administrative responsibilities such as filing, scanning, copying, data entry, document preparation, mail distribution, organizing materials, and other general office functions.
Assist with preparing spreadsheets, presentations, reports, educational materials, and other departmental documents.
Support patient-satisfaction and community health-needs survey efforts, including distributing and collecting surveys, entering and organizing survey data, and helping summarize results.
Support appropriate patient-service activities when assigned to a patient-facing department and properly trained.
Assist with departmental projects, initiatives, programs, events, and organizational activities.
Attend applicable meetings, training sessions, orientations, and educational opportunities.
Learn and appropriately use organizational software, technology, and equipment as authorized.
Assist with research, data collection, organization, and other projects as assigned.
Collaborate professionally with employees from different departments and disciplines.
Demonstrate effective communication, teamwork, dependability, initiative, and time-management skills.
Maintain an organized and professional work environment.
Ask questions and seek guidance from the assigned supervisor when clarification is needed.
Follow all applicable departmental procedures and Valley Healthcare System, Inc. policies.
Maintain strict confidentiality regarding patients, employees, organizational information, and business operations.
Complete assignments and projects within established deadlines.
Perform other appropriate internship-related duties as assigned by the department manager or supervisor.
Interns may not independently perform clinical procedures, diagnose or treat patients, provide medical advice, administer medications, access confidential information without authorization, or perform any activity outside the approved scope of their internship, training, credentials, or supervision.