Workforce & Clinical Affairs Internship
2025 Spring Workforce & Clinical Affairs Internship
The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) Workforce & Clinical Affairs team is seeking a Spring 2025 intern. HAP is a not-for-profit trade association based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which advocates for nearly 235 Pennsylvania acute and specialty care hospitals and health systems including primary care, subacute care, long-term care, home health, and hospice providers, as well as the patients and communities they serve.
Point of Contact
Kim McCoy
Director, Human Resources Services
717-561-5304
Workforce & Clinical Affairs Internship Position:
The Workforce & Clinical Affairs team is seeking an intern during the Spring 2025 semester from January to May 2025. This is a paid internship. Interns are expected to work at least 12 hours a week in a hybrid model. Arrangements can be made to accommodate the student’s class schedule. There is no guarantee or expectation that this internship will result in employment with The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania.
Students interested in learning more about health care career promotion and strategies towards pipeline development, are strongly encouraged to apply. Interested applicants should submit a resume and cover letter to Kim McCoy by January 10, 2025.
Mentoring and shadowing opportunities will be offered as the intern works with the Workforce & Clinical Affairs team. This will include team members with focus on both federal and state clinical programing, workforce development, hospital quality improvement, and health career promotions. The intern will have opportunities to accompany members of the team to meetings, briefings, webinars, planning sessions, and related events. Depending on the intern’s interest there may be opportunities to assist with coordination of health career promotion events, as appropriate.
Responsibilities:
- Assist with planning and developing workforce and clinical virtual and in-person events
- Creation of online public and member only content
- Research on a variety of issues
- Drafting notes and key takeaways from meetings and briefings
- Preparing promotional and agenda documents and packets for use in internal and external purposes
- Attending meetings and events to support workforce and clinical team members
- Issue-specific projects on priority and/or emerging issues
- Tracking and inputting clinical and workforce data
Qualifications:
- Current enrollment in a communication, marketing, or clinical degree program.
- Applicants must be in good academic standing with their institution.
- Ability to travel to Harrisburg, PA regularly during the Spring semester
- Preference will be given to students enrolled in programs studying health careers, communications, public affairs, public policy, political science, or related fields.
The ideal intern will be a serious student who is eager to learn about scalable clinical programming, promotion of health care careers, and other aspects that helps strengthen care delivery. The intern should be familiar with Microsoft programs, attentive to detail and comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Applicants will need to conduct themselves professionally and manage their time. Students with strong communication skills, writing and analysis will be highly considered. Additionally, previous work experience that shows an ability to work well with others and examples of initiative, motivation and enthusiasm is highly regarded. A sense of humor and flexible attitude are also appreciated.
Posting date and expiration date for posting: Applications will be accepted through January 10, 2025. Applicants meeting the criteria outlined above will be invited to attend a virtual interview sometime during the weeks of January 13, 2025.
Is this an annually recurring job? No
Location: Hybrid. Interns are expected to be available to travel to Harrisburg on certain days during in-person events to attend meetings, mentoring opportunities, and other events. HAP staff will work with the intern to ensure these in-person days do not conflict with any school events.
Salary Level: The intern will receive pay.
Type of compensation (Stipend, Hourly, Transportation): Stipend
Desired start date: The week of January 20, 2025
Duration of internship: 11 Weeks
Approximate hours per week: The intern is expected to work 12 hours per week, ideally Monday through Thursday, with a preference for Thursday. Arrangements will be made to accommodate the student’s schedule.
EEO Employer/F/M/Veterans/Disabled are encouraged to apply.