Job Title:
Trainee-Summer Internship-Mount Sinai Doctors-Office For Diversity And Inclusion-Mount Sinai Beth Israel-In Person-Full Time-Days
Job Summary:
ODI partners with academic institutions and community-based and national organizations to provide opportunities to students and young professionals who are underrepresented in healthcare, science, and medicine. This includes students who self-identify as Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Native American, and/or Pacific Islander as well as people with disabilities and individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender non-binary or non-conforming. Our unique programs expose students to career pathways while offering the tools, skills, and knowledge necessary to succeed in the healthcare industry.
Summer internship participants are expected to participate in all ODI-sponsored activities,
including educational sessions and panels, engagement events, and the Awards & Recognition
Ceremony at the end of the summer.
This healthcare internship seeks to expose inner city high school students from underserved communities to career options in medicine and healthcare to which they might not be familiar. The internship will also allow students to learn about various fields in medicine, science, research, and health care administration.
- We will recruit two students for internships this summer at the Mount Sinai Doctors
location at 147th Street and Frederick Douglas Boulevard. - The interns will be mentored by Dr. Jessie Fields and will be assigned a six-week work or
research projects, such as:
a. creating an informative brochure on careers in health care for other young people,
b. designing a pamphlet on common health conditions,
c. performing data entry, intern research, or review Excel spreadsheets, or
d. developing a PowerPoint or social media presentation. - Interns will also have an opportunity to learn about lesser-known aspects of health care
delivery and routine aspects of health care administration. - We intend for the internship to be multidisciplinary to expose interns to work with and
shadow different members of the healthcare team: physicians, nurses, radiology technicians, physical and occupational therapists, pharmacists, nutritionists, and social
workers.
Eligibility:
• Current sophomore, junior, or senior in high school with an interest in pursuing a career in healthcare.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or have a permanent resident card or VISA.
Skills and Qualifications:
• Attention to detail
• Self-starter
• Strong computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and written communication skills
• Ability to interact with multiple levels of staff
Compensation Statement
The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for this role is $16.00 - $30.00 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.
Non-Bargaining Unit, B2W - Office For Diversity And Inclusion - BI, Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Strength Through Diversity
The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:
- Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
- Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
- Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.
We work hard to acquire and retain the best people and to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to professional advance. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise contribute to the patient experience and quality of patient care.
Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history!
“About the Mount Sinai Health System:
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.
The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”
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