Hybrid Nutrition & Fitness InternAt — Dr. Riba's Health Club

Unpaid: Academic Credit Required

We are looking for a passionate, dedicated, hard-working student with experience in nutrition, physical fitness, and/or public health who is interested in childhood overweight, obesity, and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). 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 1 day per week, preferably between the hours of 9 am-5 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 and/or Rosario Olivera at nvilla@drribahc.org and/or rolivera@drribahc.org to be considered. Thank you!

Description of Tasks:
Nutrition education/patient counseling
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

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:

1. Effectively communicate with and counsel families
2. Professionally disseminate health, nutrition, and exercise information
3. Efficiently plan one-on-one and group sessions
4. Creatively plan handouts, brochures, blogs, and other patient education tools
5. Enthusiastically assist with outreach and promoting services to other health care providers