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Internships at Avera

Join our health care ministry as a student! An internship at Avera provides real-world education and training to prepare you for an eventual career in your chosen field. You’ll also experience the caring workplace culture present at Avera for over 100 years.

Internship Opportunities

Many exciting internships are available throughout the Avera region year-round. View a list of current internship openings.

Aberdeen

Sioux Falls

  • Administration - Cancer Services - Summer
  • Administration - Human Resources/Workforce Planning - Summer
  • Administration - Presentation Sisters - Spring, Summer (view details)
  • Administration - Supply Chain - Summer
  • Biomed - Spring, Summer
  • Counseling
    • Counseling/Inpatient Behavioral Health (must be enrolled in Masters Program to be eligible) - Fall, Spring, Summer - inquire via email
    • Outpatient Behavioral Health Counseling (Brookings, SD) - Spring, Fall
  • Exercise Science - Spring, Summer
  • Finance - Fall, Spring, Summer
  • Graduate Administrative - Summer (inquiries accepted January 1-15)
  • Hospitality Services - Summer
  • Information Technology (location variable) - Fall, Summer
  • Nursing Clinical Internship (view program details and timeline)
  • Patient Access/Revenue Cycle - Summer
  • Pharmacy - view details
  • Pre-Occupational Therapy - Fall, Spring, Summer
  • Pre-Physical Therapy - Fall, Spring, Summer
  • Pre-Speech Therapy - Fall, Spring, Summer
  • Psychology/Inpatient Behavioral Health - Fall
  • Research
    • Avera Institute for Human Genetics (AIHG) - Summer
    • Center for Pediatric and Community Research - Summer
    • Genomics Oncology/Molecular & Experimental Medicine - Summer
  • Safety and Emergency Management - Fall, Spring, Summer
  • Security - Summer
  • Social Work (BSW)
    • Inpatient Hospital - Fall
  • Social Work (MSW)
    • Avera Cancer Institute Outpatient Program - Fall
    • Behavioral Health Partial Program - Fall
    • Chemical Dependency Program - Fall
    • Inpatient Behavioral Health - Fall
    • Outpatient Behavioral Health (Brookings) - Fall
    • Outpatient Behavioral Health (Sioux Falls) - Fall
    • Outpatient Behavioral Health (Southwest Minnesota) - Fall, Spring, Summer

Marshall

Mitchell

  • Nursing Administration/Patient Services - Summer

O'Neill

Pierre

Yankton

Internship Requirements

  • Must be a current college student, in the last half of your academic program
  • Internship credit is required

Application Timelines

  • Fall internship applications accepted April 1 – 15
  • Spring internship applications accepted Oct. 1 – 15
  • Summer internship applications accepted Feb. 1 – 15

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Nursing Clinical Internship for Students

As a student, you can begin your nursing career journey with Avera by applying for one of our paid Nursing Clinical Internship opportunities – available in Sioux Falls, Yankton and Aberdeen, Marshall and O'Neill.

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Avera is a health ministry rooted in the Gospel. Our mission is to make a positive impact in the lives and health of persons and communities by providing quality services guided by Christian values.

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