Department Description:At the Eye Monitoring Center (EMC), we screen and monitor patients for Diabetic Retinopathy and other low risk eye conditions. EMC has become a centralized reading center for SCAL and other KP regions. EMC plays an active role in managing care, which includes keeping track of when patients need testing, scheduling patient testing at local eyecare departments, review/resulting imaging, and referring patients back to their eyecare providers if needed. Intern Project(s):As an... more details
Description: Department Description:
At the Eye Monitoring Center (EMC), we screen and monitor patients for Diabetic Retinopathy and other low risk eye conditions. EMC has become a centralized reading center for SCAL and other KP regions. EMC plays an active role in managing care, which includes keeping track of when patients need testing, scheduling patient testing at local eyecare departments, review/resulting imaging, and referring patients back to their eyecare providers if needed.
Intern Project(s):
As an intern at the Eye Monitoring Center, you will be trained on how to schedule appointments through KP Health Connect, interact and answer patient questions over the phone, and send letters to patients via mail and kp.org.
Target Major(s):
- Business Administration
- Public Health
- Health Care Administration
Target Skillset:
Strong interpersonal skills. Organized. Fast learner. Adaptable.
FLEXIBLE: This internship role is scheduled to be flexible. Please be prepared to spend part of your time working remotely and part of your time working at the following address: 4900 Rivergrade Road Irwindale, CA 91706.
Under supervision assists in the provision of information, maintenance of databases, report production and routine data analysis. Work is reviewed for completeness, accuracy and soundness.
Essential Functions:
• Examples of project support include:
• Collects, prepares and tracks reports and summaries such as: budget to actual expenditures, production statistics and utilization of services and statistical records of performance.
• Performs a variety of data collection and analysis assignments.
• Prepares ad hoc data requests as directed.
• Prepares and/or formats graphs, spreadsheets and reports by utilizing office software.
• May be asked to maintain databases on a regular basis by entering data and preparing data extracts.
• May extract information from different sources to compile data.
• Executes existing queries for established reports.
• Schedules conference calls and meeting.
• Contributes to the development of presentations materials.
• Provides administrative and project support as assigned such as copying, filing, entering and extracting data.
• Engages in project work.
• KP conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis.
• At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to reevaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status.
• Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
- N/A
Education
- Current enrollment in an accredited college or university program OR recent graduate.
License, Certification, Registration
- N/A
Additional Requirements:
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite - Excel, Word, Access and PowerPoint.
- Proficient with a variety of software applications.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of Access and database experience desirable.
- Prior office experience also desirable.