Intern - Consigment Baseline & Landscape Survey

About the Role

A one-semester paid graduate internship supporting Perioperative Supply Chain in establishing the first ground-truth picture of consigned inventory across two hospitals. Consignment is the highest-premium inventory the system handles, yet it has never had a baseline count and is not fully visible in the system of record. The intern executes a four-part landscape survey — a physical inventory baseline, a contract-terms audit, a floor-to-book gap analysis, and a current-state conformance study — producing the dataset, repeatable protocol, and findings that make consignment visible and measurable for the first time.

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

• On-site at hospital locations with reliable travel between them.
• Perioperative and clinical storage environments; ability to walk shelves, reach, bend, and handle product for extended periods.
• Use of a handheld barcode scanner / mobile capture device.
• Adherence to facility access, badging, infection-control, and confidentiality requirements.

Responsibilities

• Take direction from an administrative sponsor on duties to perform during the duration of the internship.
• Complete all assigned tasks in a timely manner while exhibiting the Virtua STAR qualities.
• Convey a positive attitude and be self-motivated.
• Shadow a Virtua employee according to the direction of the administrative sponsor.
• Complete and present a final report as directed by the administrative sponsor prior to the completion of the internship.

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

• Current enrollment in, or recent completion of, a graduate program in supply chain, business, operations, healthcare administration, industrial engineering, or a related analytical field.
• Healthcare, hospital, or perioperative supply chain exposure.
• Experience working from an established standard operating procedure and assessing conformance to it.
• Coursework or experience in process mapping, Lean, or performance improvement.

Required Qualifications

• Must provide a resume and statement of objective/learning goals prior to the start of the internship.
• Interns can be currently matriculating high school, undergraduate, or graduate students or recent (less than one year) graduates.

Pay

$18.69 - $26.01 hourly

Benefits

• Medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance.
• Health and dependent care flexible spending accounts.
• 403(b) (401(k) subject to collective bargaining agreement).
• Paid time off and paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws.
• Short-term disability and optional long-term disability.
• Colleague and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance.
• Tuition assistance.
• Employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions.

Eligibility for benefits is governed by the applicable plan documents and policies.