Summer Externships
What is an externship?
Externships are short-term work experience programs aimed at easing professional transitions. They provide students with practical experience that complements research and school-based theoretical learning. Carteret Health Care supports college students on their academic journey through our Paid Summer Externship Program.
An externship allows students to:
- Explore a career field in their major and experience a short extended period of working on the job over an eight-week period in the summer.
- Learn how to apply their academic major through discussions with professionals who have a similar background
- Explore a career field hands-on
- Immerse themselves in a workplace environment while applying themselves to tasks and projects
- Apply skills learned from their studies to responsibilities relevant to their industry of interest
- Expand their knowledge of what it is like to work inside a specific field while under the guidance of industry professionals
- Assess their "fit" for a particular position or organization
- Make career connections and strengthen their network
- Add value to their resume
Externships may vary each summer depending on need in the hospital.
Available Summer Externship opportunities will be posted in January/February of each year. Applications will be open the month of March and interviews/onboarding will take place in April. Externships normally last from mid-May through early August.
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Available 2025 Summer Externships and potential tasks:
Employee Health - Clerical office work, transporting specimens, stocking supplies, setting up and disinfecting office space, participating in community outreach events with the CHC Medical Mobile Unit, assisting with vaccine clinics
Laboratory & Pathology - Accessioning specimens, helping in pathology office
Supply Chain - Managing inventory, analyzing data, development and purchasing activities, distribution, and analytical tasks for which they are capable
Medical Assisting at CMG - Check-in and Check-out patients, assist patients with completing paperwork on Phreesia, answering phones, assist front desk, filing
Information Services - Details to come.
Pharmacy - Specific duties may include but are not limited to assisting with unit inspections and out-of-date medications, triaging phone calls, general pharmacy clean up, delivering orders to departments, restocking, verifying, packing, and clearing medications as needed.
Rehabilitation Services - Clean tables, stock supplies, ask questions, assist front desk, organize equipment, assist therapists as needed, observe with physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech therapists
Internships are available upon requests and if the department is needing a semester long internship within a major. Internships usually require a certain number of hours and come with guidelines from a college or university.
For questions about internships or summer externships, email studentprograms@carterethealth.org for more information.
