Interns

Dr. Ellis is taking part-time interns for her private practice.  Interns will have individual tasks that they will be in charge of in order to gain more experience within the dietetic field (complete list of internships are listed below).  The internship will follow a hybrid or a completely remote model.  Dr. Ellis internship is designed for nutrition students desiring a few extra volunteer hours and experience.  It is not designed for individuals going through their required dietetic internship.  Hours are currently minimal and flexible which would be ideal for students but not interns who are needing to bank a lot of hours in a short period of time. Interns can expect to spend anywhere from 1-10 hours a week depending upon the internship position.  All internships through Dr. Ellis are voluntary and are not paid positions.  They are solely for the purpose of helping students gain more experience within the field and gain volunteer hours to help improve their resume.

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Qualifications

- Must be a current nutrition student or recent graduate of an accredited didactic program

- Perspective nutrition interns are also welcome to apply

- Kinesiology students and students in public health may also apply for providing educational materials within their field.

- Must be organized, self disciplined, and able to work without continued guidance

- Must have access to the internet and have a working phone

- Hybrid interns must have a vehicle.  Note: if an intern attend certain functions that require payment, RD is not obligated to pay for those functions.  Parking, mileage fees,  registration for events, meals, etc. will all be at the interns responsibility.  The intern always has the option to opt out of those functions if they desire.

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Dr. Ellis expects all interns to be self disciplined to complete the tasks on their own without micro-managing.  Failure to do so will result in termination of their internship.  

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Intern Positions and Responsibilities

Social Media Intern-  This intern is responsible for developing content for social media for Excellis Nutrition.  This includes nutrition education, advertisement posts, and any other content that is within the scope of social media.  The intern is responsible for ensuring the content is nutritionally accurate, unbiased, and presented appropriately.  They are responsible for posting in an appropriate interval of time.  Ideally content should have a fairly consistent theme to be aesthetically pleasing to the eye. 

Meal Plan Intern- This intern is responsible for creating several meal plans that can be offered to clients within Excellis Nutrition.  The intern will be responsible for trying out recipes, determining the appropriate portion sizes and nutrition facts for the meal plans.  They are also responsible for making the meal plans look aesthetically pleasing to the eye and easy to follow.  

Newsletter Intern-  This intern will be in charge of making regular newsletters that can go out to nutrition clients.  The intern must come up with the content for the newsletter, including educational information, events, any new products and services, and other resources.  They must send at least one newsletter a month.

Handout Creator Intern-  This intern will be in charge of creating educational materials for the private practice that can be used for clients, health fairs, and other events.  This intern needs to be creative and able to make beautiful handouts that are aesthetically pleasing.  Handouts will need to be nutritionally accurate, non-biased, pleasing to the eye and easy to read.  

Virtual Assistant Intern-  This intern is ideally for individuals interested in private practice specifically and want to help out with the background work of a practice.  This position can potentially be split into several interns to divide up the work.  The work includes assisting in scheduling, referral management, billing, claims,  and other administrative tasks.  Interns in this position must be detailed oriented, organized, and great with multitasking.

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If you are interested in an internship, please email your resume to stacieellisrdn@yahoo.com and indicate which internship you are interested in. Interns can apply multiple years to gain different types of experiences.