Health First Internship

Last week and this week to come, I have been doing some audits for Health First. They have part time associates who are contracted in to work either Friday pm and Saturdays or Saturdays and Sundays. For working these shifts they are able to get full time benefits but by contract cannot miss more than 6 days in a year. So it really is the manager of that department who is supposed to keep track of who gets the benefits and who failed to qualify. I have came across many many associates who have missed up to 50 shifts when 6 is the max. These 6 shifts have to include vacations and sick days too. I then turn in my findings to Mis and Raelene and they will contact the directors of each department to find out why they haven't been keeping track. These associates will now lose their benefits because they did not stick to the contract!

Today I also was invited to sit in on a Labor Steering Committee meeting. Total there was around 18 attendants including myself. This committee is made up of directors, vice presidents, managers, etc... Departments present to the committee any positions they feel need to be replaced or any new positions that might be needed. They all look at the budget, listen to why they are needed, determine how critical the position is and they all vote to approve or disapprove. I learned a lot on how to look at the budget and ultimately how to be more patient satisfactory but while still saving the hospital money!

Health First Internship

I have to say that I absolutely love my internship. All the associates have been so wonderful to me, its unbelievable. I have already completed all the work assigned to me, which was supposed to keep me busy until the semester is over in December. However, Mia and Raelene are letting me do some of their work to get the ball rolling even faster. This week, they have given me each person in each department to go through and verify if their certifications are still valid. It seems to be very tedious, but I am learning so much. If a certification is invalid and if the associate is still getting paid for it, we must then email the director of the department and ask for the certification cards with expiration's dates to be sent over. If they can not verfiy that the certification is valid then we remove it from the system. This means the associate will not get paid for it untill they renew. So this is just one small way that we are able to help save the hospital money.

Health First-Internship

I'm at the half way mark! As of Friday October 9th, I have completed 120 hours with Health First. Had I only done a 3 credit internship (which requires 120 hrs) my time there would be over. So, I am thankful that I choose to do a 6 credit hour (240 hrs) so I can see the final results of all the hard work I have been doing. Last week and this week, I have been finding the information needed to complete salary surveys that will turned into and used Nationally. At first I was nervous because many companies use this information and I didn't want to make mistakes. But as I am learning the system and process, I am finding it too be quite interesting.

Health First Internship

This past week was basically a repeat of last week! This week however, I compiled all the information from the surveys and put it together on a excel spreadsheet. This information will be given to the head of each department that we will be meeting with, showing them how and why we recommend or not a pay increase. So far I have done this for about 10 departments and there are still a few more to do.