KP LAUNCH: Application Deadline 2/18/18

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The 2018 KP LAUNCH Summer Internship Program application period is now open.  The application period closes on Sunday, February 18, 2018 at 6 pm PST at https://kplaunch.kaiserpermanente.org/.

 

Through KP LAUNCH, Kaiser Permanente offers unique and dynamic health care internship programs that provide interns with practical job skills and experiences in a supportive environment.  Our goal is to bring students coming from underserved communities and backgrounds underrepresented in health care careers into the KP LAUNCH program for exposure to various business and healthcare careers.

 

 

KP LAUNCH interns will have the opportunity to:

• Work full-time within various Kaiser Permanente departments for eight weeks
• Learn about a variety of different health careers opportunities
• Meet and learn from health professionals and their internship program peers
• Gain professional and personal development through workshops

 

The summer 2018 program is scheduled to take place between Monday, June 11 and end by Friday, August 10 over a course of eight weeks at a Northern California Kaiser Permanente facility.

 

If you or your students are interested and qualified for this program, please return to our website to apply during our application period between Monday, February 5, 2018 at 9 a.m. and Sunday, February 18, 2018 by 6 p.m.

 

Applicant Criteria:

• Must be between the ages of 16 and 24 during the program
• Must be enrolled in high school; general education degree (GED) program; community college; vocational school; or university; or a recent high school, GED graduate, or undergraduate degree recipient within one academic year
• Must have a grade point average (GPA) of 2.5 or higher
• Must have an interest in working in a healthcare environment
• Must be able to work full-time, 40 hours per week during the eight-week program
• If selected to participate, must undergo and pass all Kaiser Permanente employment requirements to include: providing proof of the legal right to work in the United States; a background check (if ages 18 or over); and a drug and health screening

 

Applicants who are dependents of Kaiser Permanente employees are ineligible to participate in the KP LAUNCH summer internship programs.

 

Please refer to our website if you have any questions.  You may contact a program representative for further questions at kp.l...@kp.org.

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KP LAUNCH  Summer Internship Program
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**In 2010, the Community Project changed our name to honor James Morehouse's  35 years of service to the El Cerrito High School community. Mr. Morehouse loved, mentored and inspired two generations of staff and students (from 1968-2003). The James Morehouse Project, in taking on his name, commits to carrying on his legacy of love, respect and service for generations to come.