River Hospital’s job shadow program allows you to experience what it’s like to work in the health care field alongside one of our extraordinary staff members. For a job shadow experience, you will spend approximately eight to ten hours shadowing a health care professional. They will provide you with insight that can assist you in selecting your future health care career.

Under the terms of the internship, it is understood that the student is under the direct supervision of department manager. Any patient care delivered by the student will be under the direction of the department manager or his/her designee and only after student competency has been established and possession of school/personal liability insurance has been confirmed. The department manager will secure informed consent from the patient to permit the student to participate appropriately in the provision of patient care. Department managers will accept total responsibility for the supervising and directing those students who wish to serve internships with them in the Hospital.

The student understands and accepts the internship experience as described above. The student agrees to abide by the rules and regulations of River Hospital.