Internship, Shadowing & Volunteering

Riley County Health Department offers various internship, shadowing, and volunteer opportunities throughout the year in several programs. After exploring the options below, please use the Riley County Employment portal to apply. 

Students interested in participating in an internship, shadowing, or clinical experience with RCHD must complete the appropriate application. In addition to the application, please include: 

  • Résumé/CV
  • Description of a project/internship goals (500 words or less)

All requests will be processed based on the completeness of application, résumé/CV, and relevant description. A response will be garnered as time permits, but generally within a two (2) week time frame. In general, rolling applications will be considered, exceptions to this are listed below. 

Internship Experience 

An intern is a student seeking experience in a professional setting as a part of course curriculum and/or academic program requirements. 

Students interested in participating in an internship with RCHD must complete and submit the Internship Application. In addition to the application, please include: 

  • Résumé/CV
  • Description of a project/internship goals (500 words or less)

Applications for Masters of Public Health (MPH) students are: 

  • Fall Semester: 7/15
  • Spring Semester: 11/15
  • Summer Semester: 4/15

Compensation: Please note, the Riley County Health Department is unable to provide compensation for internships. 

Click here to apply

Shadowing Experience

A shadowing experience includes the observation of activities, tasks, and/or services provided by the Riley County Health Department to gain insight and knowledge of health department operations; hands-on tasks are not a part of the shadowing experience. 

Special considerations will be taken for large groups or classes that request to shadow a program; one shadowing packet is necessary for the group.

Select Shadowing Packet on the right side of the screen. Please send completed shadowing packets to [email protected] 

Clinical Experience 

Shadowing in a clinical setting, with qualified staff, as a part of course curriculum and/or academic program requirements 

*Public Health Clinic Internship: As we are non-for-profit and grant funded for the majority of our services at the Health Department it is always in the Public’s best interest to be fiscally responsible with the resources that we have available to us. The software that we use is called EZMRX. With each student there is a fee of approx. $130 per month for the use of the software.

Special considerations will be taken for large groups or classes that request to shadow a program; one shadowing packet is necessary for the group.

Volunteer Opportunity 

Volunteering with the Riley County Health department includes offering time and skills, free of charge, to supplement Riley County Health Department activities, tasks, and/or services. 

Click here to apply 

If interested in volunteering during an outreach event, please use the link on the right under "Contact Us" to email the health department. 

Training Requirements 

Prospective interns, shadowing and clinical experience participants, and volunteers, must complete a series of trainings, depending on the opportunity. In general the courses are found on KS-TRAIN:

  • KS-TRAIN course #: 1047429: HIPAA Awareness Module 1
  • KS-TRAIN course #: 1072478: HIPAA Allowable Disclosures and Safeguards, Module 2
  • KS-TRAIN course #: 1072486: HIPAA Right to Access and Documentation, module 3

A KS-TRAIN account is required. An account can be created for free, by clicking on this create account link.