Intern, Quality, Patient Safety and Clinical Programming

Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA) is a trade association located in New York City representing nearly 160 hospitals and health systems in the metropolitan New York area and throughout the State, as well as New Jersey, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. GNYHA is a dynamic, constantly evolving center for health care advocacy and expertise, but our core mission—helping hospitals deliver the finest patient care in the most cost-effective way—never changes. GNYHA’s advocacy takes many forms, from representing our members’ interest at the Federal and State governments to working alongside them to improve quality and patient safety.

Role and Responsibilities:

The Legal, Regulatory, and Professional Affairs (LRP) department of GNYHA is seeking an intern for a paid opportunity this summer. The LRP department helps staff within GNYHA’s member hospitals achieve compliance with state and Federal laws and regulations. The intern will report to an Associate Vice President who chiefly works with clinical programming, quality, and patient safety. They will support the Associate Vice President’s work on projects addressing topical issues, including performing literature searches, and summarizing evidence-based best practices on clinical conditions. The intern will also help coordinate trainings for frontline clinical staff.

This position is ideal for a pre-medical, biomedical sciences, or healthcare engineering student with an interest in obtaining a holistic view of the patient safety and quality work and the way that interfaces with clinical care. The role will not involve any clinical work or interaction with patients. 

Required Skills and Experience: 

• Undergraduate student, either at the bachelor’s or associate’s level, pursuing a degree in a health care-related field, with an interest in patient safety and quality improvement
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, specifically Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Experienced at performing literature search using PubMed or other similar databases
• Ability to efficiently manage projects with direction and oversight
• Organized with strong attention to detail
• Interest in pursuing a career in healthcare 
• Eager to learn and confident to ask questions
• Receptive to feedback and mentoring

Internship Length: The internship will last for eight weeks, starting Tuesday, June 11, until Wednesday, August 7. GNYHA will consider requests to use this internship to fulfill credit requirements.

Work schedule: A hybrid model with the expectation to work physically in our office Tuesdays and Wednesdays as mandatory in-office days with a third in-office day at your discretion, in conjunction with your supervisor and the business needs of your department. This schedule may be subject to change in GNYHA’s sole discretion.

Compensation: The intern will be paid $16.00 per hour for the duration of the program.