Intern Student

Love what you do; Love where you live

The Student Intern is an observer that is introduced to specific healthcare career(s) through the supervised observation of a healthcare provider. Interns will have the chance to observe healthcare professionals and learn about various medical procedures. This program is designed to provide students with a better understanding of healthcare careers and to help them develop essential skills for future academic and professional pursuits.

Required Behaviors:

• As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody SJRMC's values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization. Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability and Creative Vitality ask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks. Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission.

Required Qualifications:

• Students must be at least sixteen (16) years old
• Students must be exploring careers in healthcare, allied health or hospital services.
• Two (2) MMR Immunizations OR a positive MMR titer
• A PPD current within the last twelve (12) months
• Written documentation of chicken pox OR immune varicella titer OR documentation of two (2) varicella vaccines
• Flu shot for current year (if shadowing/observing anytime during the months of October through March)
• TB test within 30 days

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Program faculty or appropriately trained staff will provide oversight of all student activities
• Students are not permitted to perform any patient care activity or perform skills that have not been validated first in the academic setting
• All students are responsible for implementing SJRMC’s Service Standards into their activities

Administrative Support:

• Assist with general office tasks such as filing, photocopying, data entry, and answering phones.

Observation:

• Observe healthcare professionals in their daily duties, including doctors, nurses, and technicians.

Shadowing:

• Shadow healthcare professionals in various departments to gain firsthand experience.
• Patient Services: Greet and assist patients and visitors

Special Projects:

• Assist with special projects or initiatives as needed.  Additional duties as assigned

Physical Demands and Environmental Work Conditions:

Requirements may vary based on the position:

• Light to heavy lifting
• Moving equipment
• Periods of bending, stooping, pushing, walking, kneeling, twisting, squatting, standing, and sitting may be required
• Students in clinical areas may be exposed to hazardous chemicals, anesthetic agents, blood, body fluids and waste, and potential pathogens