DATE: June 18, 2019
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: David Pomaville, Director
Department of Public Health
SUBJECT: Agreement with Health Career Connection for Health Care Management Student Internship Program
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute an Agreement with Health Career Connection, for a health care management student internship program, effective July 1, 2019, not to exceed five consecutive years, which includes a three-year base contract and two optional one-year extensions ($0).
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will continue to permit Health Career Connection (HCC) junior and senior year college students to acquire practical knowledge in health care management through a 10-week summer internship program with the Department of Public Health. Participation will be completed without monetary compensation between either parties and HCC will ensure students possess the required insurance. Department staff will supervise the interns. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Should your Board not approve the recommended action, the Department would be unable to offer HCC college students an internship placement in health care management.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action or monetary compensation. If approved, HCC will ensure the interns obtain general, automobile and professional liability insurance, as necessary. Department supervisory staff from Public Health Nursing and Office of Health Policy and Wellness Divisions, funded with Health Realignment and Grant funds, will supervise the interns as part of their duties.
DISCUSSION:
HCC is a national non-profit organization that recruits, screens, finds, and funds internship placements for college students within health care organizations. Over the past ten years, HCC has placed interns with the Public Health Nursing and Office of Health Policy and Wellness Divisions in the Dep...
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