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

• Nursing Clinical Internship (view program details and timeline)

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
• 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
  • Biomedical Research - 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)
  • Behavioral Health Assessment - Fall
  • Chemical Dependency Program - Fall
  • Employee Assistance Program - Fall
  • Hospice - Fall
  • Inpatient Behavioral Health - Fall
  • Outpatient Behavioral Health (Sioux Falls) - Fall
  • Outpatient Behavioral Health (Southwest Minnesota) - Fall, Spring, Summer
  • Transplant Services - Fall

Marshall

• Nursing Clinical Internship (view program details and timeline)

Mitchell

• Nursing Administration/Patient Services - Summer

O'Neill

• Nursing Clinical Internship (view program details and timeline)

Yankton

• Administration - Summer
• Administration - Long-Term Care - Summer
• Nursing Clinical Internship (view program details and timeline)
• Social Work - Fall