Behavioral and Public Health Intern (Santa Ana, CA)At — Dr. Patricia's Health Club (aka Dr. Riba's Health Club)
Unpaid: Academic Credit Required
We are looking for a passionate, dedicated, hard-working student with experience or interest in nutrition, physical fitness, behavioral health, and/or public health who is interested in childhood overweight, obesity, and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), social work, or case management. We are looking for reliable interns to help with various projects, presentations, assistance with off-site group exercise, and/or one-on-one and group patient education, who meet the following criteria:
-Available at least 2-3 days per week, preferably on Tuesdays and Thursdays between the hours of 9 am-6 pm, but not a must
-Must be an effective communicator
- Spanish, Arabic, and Vietnamese speakers highly desired
This opportunity is very hands-on and requires reliability and ability to take initiative.
For more information about our practice, please visit drpatriciamd.com. If interested, please email your resume and availability to Neri Villa at nvilla@drribahc.org to be considered. Thank you!
Description of Tasks:
- Nutrition education/patient counseling/Mental Health awareness
- Exercise planning and teaching
- Translation with MD, RDs, and fitness trainers
- Communicating with various sites
- Formulating patient education materials
- Program review/evaluation
- Writing blogs
- Healthy social media/marketing
- Assisting with case management tasks
- Research (nutrition, psych, behavioral health, community resources, etc.)
Training:
Students will receive initial general employer orientation, weekly scheduled one-on-one mentor meetings, job shadowing, and the possibility for a paid position.
Learning Outcomes:
- Effectively communicate with and counsel families
- Professionally disseminate health, nutrition, and exercise information
- Efficiently plan one-on-one sessions
- Creatively plan handouts, brochures, blogs, and other patient education tools
- Enthusiastically assist with outreach and promoting services to other health care providers