Workforce Development
Designing student and mentor experiences to build the next generation of health IT professionals
Purpose
Internships providing early career opportunities to address the talent gap in information technology and healthcare
Working to ensure that talent supply meets the current and emerging demands of the healthcare IT industry, our Workforce Development team hosts a long-standing student internship program in partnership with our family of companies, including the Michigan Health Information Network (MiHIN) and Velatura.
Student interns provide a fresh perspective on healthcare issues and create innovative solutions that help transform the healthcare industry.
Internship Program Requirements
Be at least 18 years of age
Be an enrolled student
Be legally eligible to work in US and off-campus
Pass a criminal background check
Have reliable internet access and a productive space to work from home
Be available to participate in the program for a minimum of 2 consecutive semesters
Be available to work a minimum of 15 hours per week within business hours, Monday – Friday, 8 AM – 5 PM Eastern Time Zone. Note that the maximum hours per week is 29.
Work from home, paid internships in technical and non-technical roles
Valuable on-the-job training and exposure to health IT initiatives
Matched with an experienced mentor to integrate into the team
Provided Health IT basic training and HIPAA privacy & security training
All students welcome!
More Opportunity
Apprenticeship Program
Providing on the job training paired with related technical instruction, or classroom training, this program is structured to teach specific skills to fill in-demand jobs, provide mentorship, and skills development opportunities for people who wish to advance within the field.
More formal than an our internship program, due to the related technical training and certifications, participants in this 12-month program are paid to learn and work a minimum of 20 hours/week alongside our full-time team.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer who recognizes that our diversity is our greatest strength. We draw on the differences in who we are, what we’ve experienced, and how we think to best serve our stakeholders and our communities.
Because our family of companies serve everyone, we believe in including everyone. This means we strive to hire qualified employees that are diverse in thinking and in race, gender, gender identity and/or gender expression, age, religion, or belief, sexual orientation, physical, mental, or sensory disability, citizenship, family or partnership status, socioeconomic upbringing and more.
We believe diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to success as an organization, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.