CUNY Career Launch Interns

3000 Montefiore Medical Center; United States; On-site; USD 17,047 - 24,280; Part time

Job summary

3000 Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, New York, offers a paid internship program for volunteers across various departments. Interns will work 19 hours/week over 6 weeks, contributing to patient care while gaining essential experience in a medical environment.

Volunteers will engage in direct patient support through different programs, including comfort care, therapy assistance, and youth engagement initiatives. Applicants must be at least 16 years old and commit to a minimum of 100 hours of volunteer service.

Qualifications

• Must commit to a minimum of 100 hours of service.
• Must be 16 years old (18 for specific roles).
• Applicants must apply or be enrolled in specific educational programs.

Responsibilities

• Enhance patient experience through rounding and patient interaction.
• Provide comfort during outpatient procedures and assist staff.
• Support children and families in a therapeutic play program.

Job description

City/State: Bronx, New York Department: Volunteers Organization Work Days: MON-FRI Scheduled Hours: Hours Vary Scheduled Daily Hours: 7 HOURS

Interns will work 19 hours/week over the course of 6 weeks between early July and late August. Interns will be onboarded by the Department of Volunteer and Student Services at Montefiore Medical Center. This is a paid opportunity/partnership with the City University of New York.

Nursing Unit Comfort Care

Volunteers visit patients to enhance the patient experience. Duties include rounding, answering call bells, offering water/ice/blankets, speaking with patients, reading to them, and greeting visitors.

Perioperative Rounding

Volunteers provide comfort and assistance during outpatient procedures, offering non‑clinical support to staff by handling administrative tasks and rounding on patients, families, and visitors.

Child Life at CHAM

The Child Life Volunteer Program at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) offers a therapeutic play program to help children and families cope with hospitalization. Volunteers organize playroom groups for games, art, music, and video games, and engage in bedside visits with individual patients for crafts and games.

Ronald McDonald Hospitality Cart

Volunteers support families by navigating the Hospitality Cart throughout approved CHAM units, distributing drinks, snacks, coloring books, and other items to provide non‑clinical comfort.

Ronald McDonald Family Room

Volunteers assist families in the Family Room, helping with needs while they rest and regroup, making a meaningful difference in patients’ lives.

Physical & Occupational Therapy

Students provide indirect patient care: setting and cleaning up treatment areas, supplying equipment, welcoming patients and families, collecting surveys, and observing sessions as appropriate. Applicants must apply or be enrolled in PT/OT school, and this program does not allow clinical contact.

Pre-Physician Assistant (Pre‑PA)

Pre‑PA students provide indirect patient care including setting up and cleaning treatment areas, providing equipment, transporting patients, welcoming families, observing sessions, and light clerical duties. Students must identify their preceptors and obtain approval from VSS and the program coordinator; this program does not allow clinical patient contact. Applicants must apply or be enrolled in PA school.

Commitment

Volunteers must commit to a minimum of 100 hours of service and be able to work at least 3–4 hours per shift.

Age

Volunteers must be 16 years old (18 if volunteering in Child Life or ED Comfort Care) or older. All educational levels and stages of life are welcome.

Screening Process

All volunteers undergo thorough screening and training to protect patients’ health and privacy. Potential volunteers must complete an online application and may be invited to a video interview.

EOE Statement

Montefiore Medical Center is an equal employment opportunity employer. It will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, disability, disability history, sexual orientation, gender identity, expression, genetics, pregnancy, military status, marital or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.