Agency Description
https://www.wregional.com/hospice/hospice
As a Public Health / Hospice Administrative intern, you will be learning about the non-clinical administration side of our hospice organization. As a Public Health student, you may have had some course work regarding the role of Healthcare Administrators; during your internship, you will have the opportunity to see how those professionals assist our community. You will be able to participate in some of the day-to-day duties that make our hospice program succeed!
Responsibilities of the Administrative intern may include:
- Occasionally attending weekly Interdisciplinary Team Meetings
- Assisting our Administrative Assistant with answering phones (most calls are coming from the families of hospice patients, pharmacies, Washington Regional Senior Center, etc.)
- Scanning / documenting data into our EMR (Electronic Medical Record)
- Organizing our medical supply room and ordering medical supplies
- Assembling admission packets
- Covering our Hospice Home Reception Desk / providing information to hospice families
- Assisting Volunteer Program Manager with new volunteer orientation and training
- Building a database for Volunteer information
- Designing staff/volunteer monthly newsletter
- Managing online volunteer recruitment efforts
- Creating Policies and Procedures manual for our volunteer program
- We have a variety of special projects you will be able to choose to work on according to your interests and available time
- You will also have the opportunity to shadow our Program Director and our Medical Director as their availability allows.
This will be a fun internship and you will learn a lot too! If you have an interest in visiting hospice patients, you will also have that opportunity while you’re with us. (as is appropriate and allowed during the Covid-19 pandemic)
Instructions to Apply
See contact below. Include a professional resume and indicate which position is of interest.
Additional Requirements
Interns are required to complete a thorough onboarding process with the Washington Regional Hospital Human Resources department. Interns are considered employees as well as hospice volunteers during their internship with Washington Regional Hospice; therefore, are subject to the same requirements as volunteers and employees.
This process includes:
- Two separate TB screenings
- Drug screening
- Blood draw to check for levels of certain antibodies such as Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Chicken Pox, etc.
- Background check
- Fingerprinting
- Proof of your Covid vaccine
- Photo for ID badge
**Please note ** The onboarding process takes approximately 3 weeks to complete so the sooner interns reach out for interviews, the better!
Contact
Jacque Auxier
Volunteer Program Manager
jauxier@wregional.com
479-463-7394
312 E. Longview St.
Fayetteville, AR 72703
