Summer Intern Departments & Duties
Below is a list of the departments participating in the Summer Intern Program. Please review the potential duties required by each department prior to applying.
Ambulance/ER
- Observe patient care from pediatric to geriatric
- Encounter patients with mild illness to trauma care
- Shadow doctors, nurses, paramedics, EMTs, and techs.
- Assist with electrocardiograms (EKGS), x-rays, vital signs, splinting, collecting specimens, hygiene care, bedside procedures, and transport patients
- Change linens on stretchers and stock supplies
- Shadow EMS on QRV ride along time
- Receive understanding of ER flow and function
Dietitian/Wellness
- Shadow bariatric and clinic registered dietitians (RDs)
- Encounter clinic patients
- Encounter hospital patients
- Learn about variety diabetes, weight management, food allergies, etc.
- Work with nutrition services
- Work with employee wellness department
Gabrielson Clinic (Women’s Health)
- Assist as a chaperone for visits
- Room patients
- Collect height and weight
- Observe multiple medical positions
- CNA experience preferred
Information Technology (IT)
- Take inventory
- Help with desk duties
- Check and update laptops
- Update whiteboard computers
- Locate missing devices
Nursing
- Shadow different types of job roles
- Assist within scope of practice
- Conduct inventory count
- Handle restocking
- Research on common issues
- Work on communication with patients
- Perform hand wash audits
Occupational and Physical Therapy
- Observe various staff
- Witness multiple patient treatments
- Escort patients throughout the facility
- Help with general duties
Orthopedics (1/2 Day Only)
- Shadow various staff
- Observe patient appointments
- Escort patients throughout the facility
- Help with stock rooms
Specialty Clinics
- Shadow various staff
- Work at various outreach clinics
- Observe different specialty encounters which may include: allergy, cardiology, dermatology, ENT, gastroenterology, general surgery, IV infusion therapy, pain management, podiatry, urology, and wound care
Cardiac Rehabilitation / Respiratory Therapy
Observe, manage, or assist with:
- Arterial Blood Gas
- Breathing treatments
- C-sections
- Car seat challenges
- High risk deliveries
- CPAP on babies
- ER with traumas/codes
- CPAP/BIPAP/ventilators/Airvos
- Heart monitors, home sleep tests, ambulatory blood pressure monitors, overnight pulse ox
- Cardiac stress tests
- Titration studies
- Home CPAP/BIPAP compliance download
- Breathing tests
Family Medicine Clinic
- Perform scribing
- Act as a medical secretary
- Stock and order supplies
- Room patients
- Perform limited lab duties
Health Information (Coding)
- Work alongside HIM clerks
- Learn about release of information, medical record retention, chart analysis, phone duties, etc.
- Learn about coding for all different specialties including clinic, outpatient, inpatient, surgical, obstetrics, etc.
- Have hands-on experience with computer system and HIM duties
Maintenance
- Conduct preventative maintenance
- Learn duties of maintenance
- Perform landscaping
- Conduct inspections
- Handle painting projects
Nutrition Services (Dietary)
- Wait on customers
- Run cash register
- Answer the phone
- Take room service orders
- Take trays to the patient rooms
- Serve Assisted Living residents
- Perform cleaning duties / wash dishes
- Serve individuals in cafeterias
- Stock different locations throughout the hospital
- Help with cold prep
- Help day cook with hot meals
Radiology (1/2 Day Only)
- Shadow radiology techs
- Escort patients throughout the facility