Intern, Project

AltaMed offers mentoring services for youth as a supplement to educational and occupational skills training available through our existing Workforce Development program. Technology skills training, career exploration, and leadership development are all benefits for the thousands who have formally gone through our Workforce Development program.

Workforce Development coordinates of all of AltaMed’s internships, including AmeriCorps and clinical placement. More broadly, though, it exists to promote the sustainable growth of AltaMed’s workforce, one day seeking to supply 10-20 percent of our employees, and aims to ensure that AltaMed is hiring from within the communities we serve with greater retention in mind.

The AltaMed Intern will be trained as a Health Equity Patient Navigator and Medical Scribe. The Intern will support AltaMed Providers in providing quality customer service and improve health outcomes by lowering patient barriers. The Intern is responsible for connecting patients to resources and providing some health education to help patients what resources can be accessed to better maneuver the health care system to promote greater health outcomes. Additionally the Intern will follow up with the patient to ensure resources have been acquired and document those efforts to update the provider. Additionally the Intern will be trained in case management and will learn critical resources to help the patient understand their options. As a trained medical scribe the Intern will be responsible in recording each patient's symptoms, history, physical exam and documenting the diagnosis as instructed by the treating provider. Additionally the Intern will assist the clinician with documentation of each patient’s medical chart during their visit. Document any procedures performed by the clinician on the electronic medical chart. Responsible for using various templates and documentation techniques available in the EHR system. Completes the patient’s chart by transcribing results of any labs, x-rays, or other evaluations. In doing so, the scribe continuously checks on the progress of this data in order to get the patient’s workup complete so that the clinician can make his or her decisions regarding that patient.  Lists all proper diagnoses as well as any follow up instructions and follow up prescriptions, as dictated by the clinician. Other duties as assigned.

AltaMed Health Services Corp. will consider qualified applicants with criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act and City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers. You do not need to disclose your criminal history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if AltaMed Health Service Corp. is concerned about a conviction directly related to the job, you will be given a chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.