Intern - Quality & Safety at American College of Radiology in Reston, Virginia

Job Description:

American College of Radiology (ACR) is a progressive membership organization representing nearly 40,000 medical specialists in radiological care. As a member of our team, you will join a world leader in patient-centered care advocacy, policy and clinical research, quality and safety. Our culture encourages innovation, diversity, integrity and leadership. A nonprofit 501(c)(3), ACR (the American College of Radiology) has over 500 purpose-driven employees in the Greater Washington, DC and Philadelphia region.

If you share our core values of: * Integrity * Visionary * Excellence * Leadership * Transparency * Member-Driven we need you on our team!

Our Clinical Guidelines Team is looking for a Summer Intern interested in learning how clinical guidelines within a content management system (CMS) can standardize consistent, clear patient recommendations for healthcare professionals. Working on the ACR guidance documents digitization project, the intern will review documents, incorporate the information into our proprietary CMS, and use quality control methods to assess any issues. There will be the opportunities to learn how to review and extract key information from the published articles and to participate in one or more data analysis / data visualization projects.

Responsibilities:

• Support the Guidance team in the development of digital clinical practice guidelines


• Convert standard documents into the content management system


• Using ACR's methodology and process, analyze the quality of peer-reviewed articles in medical literature


• Support data analysis and data visualization

Who you are:

• Current college/university student
  
  
  
  • Enrolled full-time and carrying a 3.0+ GPA
  
  
  
  


• Detail-oriented, reliable, analytical and mature


• Eager to learn, team-player, and enthusiastic about healthcare


• Familiarity with medical terminology preferred

What to Expect

• We will be conducting interviews beginning in March


• Our intention is to extend an offer for this opportunity by mid-April


• Interns will join the team on May 20th and conclude their experience on August 9th

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Work Location: This position will be Remote.  Candidates must be willing to work Eastern Standard Time zone hours so as to maintain a routine schedule (8:30A - 5:00P) with the team. Qualified candidates must have reliable internet service, professional discipline and have excellent time management skills.

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ACR is committed to a total rewards compensation philosophy.  ACR’s goal is to pay competitively and equitably.  Interns work a 37.5 hour work week, from 5/20/24 - 8/9/24.  Depending on class level, a reasonable estimate of the hourly compensation range for this position is $18.00 – $22.00.  

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To learn more about ACR’s rewarding employee experience, culture, and benefits, visit https://www.acr.org/About-ACR/Work-With-Us

Education

Preferred

• Some college or better

Skills

Preferred

• Statistical Analysis


• Medical Terminology


• Clinical Research

Behaviors

Preferred

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group


• Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest


• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Motivations

Preferred

• Flexibility: Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals


• Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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