What are the responsibilities and job description for the Student Intern Peer Leader position at Newton-Wellesley Hospital?
Every summer, NWH hosts 20-25 student interns from Waltham High School. The program is in collaboration with Waltham Partnership for Youth (WPY) and is a significant component of our workforce development initiative within the NWH Community Collaborative. The program runs from June 27th to August 10th and is designed to provide opportunities for students to explore future career possibilities as well as gain real-world work experience. Interns may work up to a maximum of 32 hours per week.
The Peer Leader Intern will be a friendly, responsible, preferably a former NWH summer intern participant who is interested in program operations and project coordination. They will serve as a positive peer role model and liaison between interns and program supervisors (75%). The Peer Leader Intern will have the opportunity to coordinate and attend intern program events and participate in career exploration throughout the summer (25%). Under the supervision of the NWH Senior Director of Community Health and working with the NWH Community Engagement Coordinator, the Peer Leader Intern will be assigned many duties, which include:
*Assisting with the logistics of the NWH summer intern program such as, welcome and celebration events, weekly education programming, and onboarding and orientation events.
*Assisting with troubleshooting day to day program issues when they arise.
*Assisting with program data collection, tracking, and reporting in preparation for program end deliverable.
*Rounding in intern placement areas throughout the hospital.
*Creating of an intern survey.
*Creating opportunities to promote the intern program through social media, photos, and stories.
*Performs assigned duties specific to the operational needs of the summer intern program, such as various office clerical functions including answering phones; retrieving and delivering files and records; typing and scanning documents; receiving, sorting, and distributing program supplies.
*Performs specific tasks under the guidance of program staff to support program activities.
*Assisting in the creation of program materials as needed.
*Tracking on boarding documents and new hire requirements (May- June)
*Participating in the set-up and operation of special events and program activities.
*Becoming knowledgeable through training on various resources and aspects of the program.
*Performs related duties as required.
Newton-Wellesley Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
Newton-Wellesley Hospital will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, veteran or active military status, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation.
Qualifications
Skills and qualities
*Past participation in summer intern program (NWH previous intern preferred)
*Service-orientated
*Outgoing
*Responsible with confidential data
*Comfortable with computer systems (or learning to use them) and spreadsheets
Physical Requirements
- Standing Occasionally (3-33%)
- Walking Occasionally (3-33%)
- Sitting Constantly (67-100%)
- Lifting Occasionally (3-33%) 20lbs - 35lbs
- Carrying Occasionally (3-33%) 20lbs - 35lbs
- Pushing Rarely (Less than 2%)
- Pulling Rarely (Less than 2%)
- Climbing Rarely (Less than 2%)
- Balancing Occasionally (3-33%)
- Stooping Occasionally (3-33%)
- Kneeling Rarely (Less than 2%)
- Crouching Rarely (Less than 2%)
- Crawling Rarely (Less than 2%)
- Reaching Occasionally (3-33%)
- Gross Manipulation (Handling) Constantly (67-100%)
- Fine Manipulation (Fingering) Frequently (34-66%)
- Feeling Constantly (67-100%)
- Foot Use Rarely (Less than 2%)
- Vision - Far Constantly (67-100%)
- Vision - Near Constantly (67-100%)
- Talking Constantly (67-100%)
- Hearing Constantly (67-100%)
Newton-Wellesley Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
Newton-Wellesley Hospital will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, veteran or active military status, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation.
