Student positions with Veterans Health Administration

Students applying for either student position must be registered as a student for the summer or fall 2009 academic session. We anticipate these positions will be approximately 20 hours a week during the summer with the potential to continue into the fall semester and possibly through May 2010. Interested students should submit a cover letter identifying the position of interest, proof of student status (at least part-time) and a resume to the VHA Healthcare Retention & Recruitment Office, 1555 Poydras Street, Suite 1971, New Orleans, LA 70112. These are paid student positions with a salary range of $12-$14 dollars per hour.

Health Information Technology Intern

As a part of LPHI’s Division of Information Services (IS) the HIT Clinical Intern will report to the Sr. Project Manager, Division of Information Services. With strategic guidance of
the Director, Division of Information Services, the Clinical Intern will collaborate with the HIT Specialist and Project Analyst for the Division of Information Services to implement a coordinated electronic medical record system in Greater New Orleans’ school-based health centers.

Project Muso Ladamunen – volunteers needed

Project Muso Ladamunen, a community health organization working in
Mali, West Africa, is currently accepting applications for several
part-time US-based volunteer positions for its microfinance,
education, and health care delivery programs.

USUCHD Summer Graduate Research Internship Program

The USUCHD Summer Graduate Research Internship Program (SGRIP) is a 12 week, on-site, research experience designed to orient graduate students from diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds to the area of health and health care disparities. For more information, visit http://www.usuhs.mil/chd/trainingSGRIP.html

Tulane practicum opportunity

The Division of General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics is looking for MPH students interested in a new practicum opportunity in community-based safety net clinics in the New Orleans metropolitan area.
Project: Using effective provider-patient communication to improve cancer screening in low health literacy patients

Director, Technical Quality & Innovation

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is a nonprofit international health organization composed of nearly 1,300 people from more than 60 nations. Our mission is to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health. Together with our partners, we are helping managers and leaders in developing countries to create stronger management systems that improve health services for the greatest health impact.

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES: Lead and direct the development and implementation of frameworks, strategies and procedures for mainstreaming technical quality and innovation in CHP projects assuring quality of approaches through rigorous monitoring and evaluation to strengthen MSH’s project and program results, organizational impact, and improve health around the world….

Vietnamese speakers needed

Tulane Community Health Center New Orleans East, which opened on Aug 25th, 2008, is seeking Vietnamese speaking volunteers to assist with interpretation and/or translation. Potential to get Certified as an Interpreter. This is a wonderful opportunity to work with physicians and patients, and could be included as part of a practicum.

Public Health Nurses – Bilingual (Spanish)

At the Chicago Department of Public Health you will work with a team of passionate and dedicated professionals who contribute to maintain the health population of 77 neighborhoods at more than 40 sites that includes providing health promotion, prevention and education for the City’s population.

Senior Clinical Advisor, Reproductive Health

PSI seeks entrepreneurial, experienced candidates for the position of Senior Clinical Advisor, Reproductive Health. The Senior Clinical Advisor will be responsible for providing assistance in quality assurance, monitoring, evaluation and guideline development for PSI’s reproductive health service delivery programs in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This full-time position is based in Washington DC.

Opportunistic Infection Services Advisor – Mozambique

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Mission in Maputo is seeking an individual for the position of Public Health Specialist (Opportunistic Infection Services Advisor). The incumbent serves as the Opportunistic Infections (OI) Services Advisor, developing, implementing, coordinating, and supervising activities of various diagnostic and treatment programs conducted by CDC/PEPFAR implementing partners, in the areas of HIV/AIDS clinical services. Incumbent plays an essential role in developing Country Operational Plans (COP), annual work plans, and regular progress reports related to the delivery of OI Services provides technical expertise and guidance for the implementation of these activities.