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Avera Marshal Regional Medical Center

Location: Marshall
School District: Marshall Public Schools

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Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center is part of the Avera system of care. Avera encompasses 300 locations in 97 communities in a five-state region. The Avera brand represents system strength and local presence, compassionate care and a Christian mission, clinical excellence, technological sophistication, an array of specialty care and industry leadership.

Avera Interns

Internship Opportunities include:

Dietary

  • Assist cook's helper with salad/food prep/food storage
  • Assist baker's helper with misc. baking/packaging
  • Assist in dish room: wash, sanitize, put away dishes
  • Food Service, including Grill work
  • Wipe cafeteria tables/chairs

Clerical: Includes several departments, a combination of departments including Organizational Excellence, POB Mail, LTC Mail, Home Medical, Big Stone Therapy, Medical Records

  • Alphabetize and file employee/patient documents
  • Make copies
  • Put together hospital training packets
  • Mail pick-up, sort, deliver to POB and LTC
  • Prepare and organize documents for scanning
  • Scan/verify medical documents according to procedure
  • Misc. duties as needed: cleaning PT equipment in therapy rooms

Health Services: includes several department areas and combination of departments determined with intern by their career interests.

Same Day Surgery

  • Clean and restock day surgery rooms
  • Pull patient registrations/orders
  • Prep snack tray

Hospital: Med/Surg. and OB

  • Stock Walleroos
  • Wipe down soiled instruments
  • Break down OB medical charts
  • Clean and Restock Bassinets
  • Restock OB rooms
  • Clean and restock room monitors

Program Services LTC

  • Assist program director with daily resident sensory/physical activities
  • Restock supplies in resident's rooms
  • Organizing materials for Program Activities
  • One-on-one with residents
  • Transport residents to and from activities

Primary Care

  • Restock Drs. rooms in Family Practice

Environmental Services: Housekeeping

  • Stock and maintain cleaning cart
  • Clean High Touch in patient's room
  • Clean High Touch in patient's bathroom
  • Sweep Floor
  • Mop Floor
  • Restock patient rooms
  • Garbage detail
  • Clean public areas as needed

Environmental Services: Laundry

  • Fold laundry: towels, wash cloths, pillow cases, linen bags, large linen
  • Load and pull washing machines and dryers
  • Pick up soiled linen within hospital departments
  • Deliver clean laundry to appropriate hospital areas
  • *Sort soiled linen
  • *Weigh and record soiled laundry

*(determined by skills of intern)

Maintenance

  • Check grounds for garbage and debris (spring/fall)
  • Keep sidewalks clean of snow (winter only)
  • Using appropriate machines and cleaning chemicals, perform maintenance tasks including stripping/waxing floors
  • Vacuum/shampoo carpets
  • Garbage Run
  • Restock supplies in soiled utility rooms

Material Distribution

  • Collect blue supply bins from supply rooms within hospital/clinic
  • Create Pick list
  • Print Pick list
  • Find product on shelves from pick list and stock blue bins
  • Deliver stocked bins to supply rooms within hospital/clinic
  • Assist with freight on freight days

Thrift Store

  • Sort clothing/appliances/books, etc. upon delivery
  • Wash dishes upon delivery
  • Package and Price toys items
  • Sort towels/rags and price
  • Prepare clothing for pricing and display
  • Dust shelves and sweep and store floor
  • Check restroom and restock
  • Maintain store floor/department areas
  • Learn/operate cash register/bagging procedures