2026 Summer Intern

Location:

This internship role is scheduled to be flexible. Please be prepared to spend part of your time working remotely and part of your time working from the following location: 2425 Geary Blvd., San Francisco, CA 94115.

Department Description:

The Quality department consults on and supports areas including Quality improvement, Quality review, Risk Management/Patient Safety, Infection Prevention, Regulatory affairs, Continuing Medical Education, Graduate Medical Education, and physician Credentialing & Privileging.

Internship Projects:

Redesign Quality data sets and/or hospital workflow processes in the area of Infection Prevention, Patient Safety, and/or Quality improvement.

Target Majors:

Public Health; Computer Science; Business Administration

Target Skillset:

Independent, self-starter who has interned or working in a hospital setting on projects to improve Quality, Safety, and/or Regulatory affairs.

Job Summary:

Lay the groundwork for a dynamic future with an industry leader. At Kaiser Permanente, you'll forge lasting relationships with colleagues across the organization while enjoying the opportunity to grow your experience and hone your expertise on assignments that have real impact. Our interns have worked on everything from analyzing financial software and developing new marketing strategies, to designing mobile apps and helping clinicians improve care delivery. We want you to get the most out of your time here and will give you projects that challenge you to think freely, question thoroughly, and explore deeply.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Contributing to a designated project or initiative to meet a KP business objective.
• Project management - planning, execution, and measurement.
• Learning new applications needed to complete assignments or support the execution of business objectives.
• Job shadowing in other functional areas.
• Performing additional duties as required.

Basic Qualifications: Experience

• N/A

Education

• Current enrollment in an accredited college or university program, or recent graduate.
• High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.

License, Certification, Registration

• N/A

Additional Requirements:

• 3.0 GPA or above. Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to build effective working relationships as well as strong interpersonal skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to learn quickly and experience producing high quality work in short periods of time.

Preferred Qualifications:

• N/A