Internships and Externships

Integrated Healthcare Systems offers a wide variety of intern and extern positions designed to provide hands-on experience and to support the temporary educational experience of students and professionals seeking to work with clients that have chronic healthcare and behavioral health needs. Some of our opportunities have included Health Education, Human Resources, Behavioral Health, Medical Assisting, and more. Duration varies according to program deliverables and preference is given to students currently enrolled in a degree program. All intern extern opportunities require applicants to be at least 18 years old. Internships are on a volunteer basis with some offering credit for academic programs.

General Intern/Extern Application

All persons interested in applying for an intern/extern position must complete the following application and submit it to internshipresidency@integratedhcs.org Upon receipt of the completed application, the Internship/Residency team will initiate the application review process. Processing the intern/extern application may take up to 2 weeks, and preference is given to early applications. Application confirmation will occur within 48 hours and the candidate will be evaluated by Integrated Healthcare leadership teams to find a suitable position, if available. Once a position has been confirmed for the candidate by our executive leadership team and an affiliation agreement is negotiated with the sponsoring institution, they will be required to complete all onboarding steps outlined below. Howard Brown Health onboarding consists of:
  • Certificate of Insurance (COI) from affiliated school
  • Employee Health Report/proof of immunizations
  • Certificates of Completion for:
    • HIPAA training
    • Blood borne pathogens training
    • For students working with youth – Mandatory Reporting Training must be completed
  • A criminal background checks
  • Orientation

Social Services, Aging Services

Integrated Healthcare Social Services department offers a training program for master’s level interns that will maximize networking opportunities while supporting client and agency needs throughout the academic year, typically social work and public health students. For more information about our training program, including open positions, start dates, and how to apply, please send an email to internshipresidency@integratedhcs.org.

Clinical and Primary Care Residencies

Currently Integrated Healthcare supports externships in Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner and Medical Assistants Extern training, for more information about our training program, including open positions, start dates, and how to apply, please send an email to internshipresidency@integratedhcs.org.

Behavioral Health Opportunities

Training opportunities are available to students in good standing in the following graduate programs: Masters in Social Work, Master in Counseling, and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology students (PsyD and Ph.D.). For more information about our training program, including open positions, start dates, and how to apply, please send an email to internshipresidency@integratedhcs.org.