EDUCATION MATTERS

Here, resources and education connect.

Connect with your future career now! For undergraduates, we offer internships programs that often lead to full-time positions. For nurses, we offer three extensive programs to give you experience and mentorship before you graduate. And for medical students, with extensive benefits, our residency and fellowship programs are exceptional.

Internship Programs

We know that a great career in healthcare can start early. As an intern, you get a great experience and become part of the team, with amazing experiences. We offer:

Paid and for credit internship programs
Undergraduate and graduate opportunities
Summer and school year roles
Team building experiences
Learning and development classes

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Opportunities for Nursing Students

Atlantic Health System helps nursing students learn from the best, and know that being a nurse is about working with teams. You can join us while still in school:

Per diem roles
Support nursing student initiatives
Innovative flexibility to work around school schedules

Programs for Nursing Students

Hire Learning

This innovative program is a one year on-the-job training program for recent nursing school graduates. As a Hire Learner you receive:

Customized orientation
Focus on continuum of care
Work with our registered nurses and nurse educators
Shadow nurses in the units of their specialty
An in-depth understanding of how to provide comprehensive care

Nursing Externship

The Atlantic Health System Nursing Externship Program is for nursing school students in their final year.

Work side-by-side with a team of nurse preceptors
Experience in a clinical specialty
Learn critical thinking skills
Build confidence and hands-on skills

Professional Development

Professional Development programs pay your last one – two years of tuition when you commit to working for us when you graduate. Beginning with your new hire orientation and continuing throughout your first year as a team member, your mentors are dedicated to developing your professional skills and enhancing your career opportunities through on-the-job training.

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Fellowship Programs

Residency Programs

Residencies and Fellowship Highlights

Conferences and Research Activities

Participate events to help you develop and learn more.

Weekly conferences
Daily teaching rounds and grand rounds
Mortality & Morbidity Conferences
Academic conferences and presentations by distinguished scholars, visiting professors and physicians
Conduct and participate in research studies
Present your findings during the annual Research Day

Health Services Library

Holds a comprehensive collection of texts
Subscribes to over 380 journals
Full-time professional librarians
Database searching instruction
Database access to Harrison’s Online, Ovid, Ebsco — including Healthsource Plus — eMedicine and 15 full-text journals.
Over 700 medical reference texts, 2,100 popular medicine books and 1,500 circulating clinical texts.
Off-site articles available through interlibrary loan

Practice opportunities

We provide Practice Development and Management sessions to cover topics relevant to setting up a practice or joining an existing practice including assistance in practice location, set-up, and matching residents with physicians seeking a new associate.

Electives

Take advantage of numerous electives and office preceptorships.

Housing

Housing is conveniently located and subsidized by our system! Considered a bargain for the area, rent is payable through payroll deduction. You just pay utilities!

Global Health and Affiliated Programs

Atlantic Health System has a medical school affiliation with the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.

Atlantic Health System provides financial and organizational support to faculty and residents who want to pursue an opportunity to be involved in the delivery of healthcare in a global setting and make medical volunteerism a part of their life’s work through the Benjamin H. Josephson MD Fund.

Benefits

Malpractice insurance
Medical and hospitalization insurance – available at the same rates as all other Atlantic Health System team members
Prescription plan
Dental insurance
Life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment
Optional life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment
Long-term disability insurance
Mental health and substance abuse plan – coverage for residents and their families
Free on-site parking
Daycare center
Hospital-owned subsidized apartments
House staff quarters – rooms assigned for 24-hour call
House staff lab coats and scrubs
Library computer search
Conference and educational expenses
Protected conference time
ACLS, BLS, NRP and PALS certification

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Clinical Pastoral Education

Theological students, lay people and clergy of all faiths (pastors, priests, ministers, rabbis and imams) can undertake Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE). A regional leader in CPE training for 55 years, the Clinical Pastoral Education Program is accredited by the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education. Our interfaith, graduate-level professional educational program prepares participants to provide support to patients and their families in a hospital setting. We offer three types of programming:

A 32-week extended unit from September through May

Two modified 16-week units, one in the fall and one in the spring

An 11-week summer intensive unit

Students: Join us and get your career started now.

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