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Stanford Health Care Graduate Student Administrative Intern in Palo Alto, California
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Day - 08 Hour (United States of America)
The intern will work in the Pharmacy Services department for a year-long internship (ending in Summer 2025), contributing 10 hours per week. Their projects will primarily focus on addressing social determinants of health (SDOH) and promoting health equity, which will also involve them providing critical statistical support for related research studies. In addition, the intern will assist in developing educational materials aimed at advancing health equity. This role offers valuable practical experience, while also providing the intern an opportunity to improve healthcare outcomes for underserved populations.
A Brief Overview
The intern will work in the Pharmacy Services department for a year-long internship (ending in Summer 2025), contributing 10 hours per week. Their projects will primarily focus on addressing social determinants of health (SDOH) and promoting health equity, which will also involve them providing critical statistical support for related research studies. In addition, the intern will assist in developing educational materials aimed at advancing health equity. This role offers valuable practical experience, while also providing the intern an opportunity to improve healthcare outcomes for underserved populations.
The purpose of this job is to gain practical experience in health care administration and operations by contributing to a specific project and/or department operations.
Locations
Stanford Health Care
What you will do
Independently research and analyze data from internal and external sources
Interface with clinicians, employees, and other leaders of the organization to understand perspectives and/or share findings
Draft deliverables and other project related materials (e.g., meeting agendas, project work plans, action item logs)
Present project findings and results to internal audiences
Education Qualifications
Educational background in public health or biostatistics highly desired
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited College or University
Enrolled in a graduate program at an accredited College or University for the 2024/2025 school year
Experience Qualifications
Experience conducting statistical analysis (with R programming) highly desired
Project management experience highly desired
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to discuss and solve complex problems in area of expertise
Demonstrated ability to create direction and work plans for day-to-day and project work
Basic knowledge of health care technology and basic business technology
These principles apply to ALL employees:
SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience
Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery.
You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars, from the patient and family’s perspective:
Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care
Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health
Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination
Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.
Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $28.61 - $36.47 per hour
The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.
At Stanford Health Care, we seek to provide patients with the very best in diagnosis and treatment, with outstanding quality, compassion and coordination. With an unmatched track record of scientific discovery, technological innovation and translational medicine, Stanford Medicine physicians are pioneering leading edge therapies today that will change the way health care is delivered tomorrow.
As part of our spirit of discovery, we also leverage our deep relationships with luminary Silicon Valley companies to develop new ways to deliver preeminent patient care.
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