Healthcare Policy Intern

Optimal Solutions Group (Optimal), LLC is a small public policy research firm located in the University of Maryland’s M Square Research Park. Optimal is looking to hire motivated and detail oriented undergraduate students as interns for a period of 3 months and will require up to 20 hours per week. 

One of the tasks for this internship position is assessing healthcare websites and data entry. Optimal has a project that verifies certain required items are present on healthcare websites.   Team members will be visiting these websites to verify if the necessary elements are present and then enter this information into a database.  Other tasks for this project and other projects will be assigned as needed.

Interns for the Website Monitoring Project will:

·         Go through training that include background on the project, subject matter, and how to review healthcare websites;

·         Visit websites to verify if data elements are present and enter this information into a database;

·         Participate in weekly meetings with other reviewers; and

·         Complete other tasks based on project needs

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s or Master’s candidate in Public Health, Health Policy, Economics, Public Policy, Statistics, Government and Politics, or other relevant field.

Compensation:

Paid internships ranging from $12.00 to $17.00 per hour commensurate with years of education.

To Apply:

Submit your resume and brief cover letter to the Optimal Human Resources Director, Kevin Attanasio at: optimaljobs@optimalsolutionsgroup.com.

More about Optimal:

Optimal is a leading non-partisan public policy research firm that conducts studies and provides technical assistance on health care, education, welfare, housing, community development, and related subjects. Our mission is to provide policy makers with rigorous and timely studies that enable our clients, which include federal, state, and local government agencies, as well as private foundations, to improve public well-being. For more information see www.OptimalSolutionsGroup.com.