Intern

About Us

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is an independent nonprofit organization authorized by Congress in 2010. Its mission is to fund research that will provide patients, their caregivers and clinicians with the evidence-based information needed to make better-informed healthcare decisions. PCORI is committed to continually seeking input from a broad range of stakeholders to guide its work.

Position Summary

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is offering a Summer Internship to a qualified candidate who will support the Planning and Evaluation team. This paid internship is a full time, temporary employment opportunity averaging 40 hours per week for a postgraduate student or PhD candidate. PCORI does not provide housing for out-of-town residents. All applicants must be eligible to work in the US and located in the US. Interested parties may apply for internships in multiple departments; please include a specific cover letter for each position.

Pay Range and Employment Status:

Interns shall be classified as temporary employees who are hired as interim replacements, to temporarily supplement the workforce, or to assist in the completion of a specific project and who are temporarily scheduled to work for a limited duration. Employment beyond any initially stated period does not in any way imply a change in employment status. Temporary workers are not eligible for PCORI benefits.

Current master's level and above students will be paid $20.00 per hour.

The Planning and Evaluation department is seeking an intern who will have the opportunity to:

• Participate in a project that contributes to the development of learning and evaluation plans to answer important questions about PCORI's progress and success in enhancing the culture and capacity for patient-centered CER.
• Gain exposure to conduct of clinical research, health research funders in the US, and current evidence about assessing aspects of culture and capacity for the generation and use of health research evidence
• Build skills in literature searching, the distillation of information into summaries of findings, and the development of learning and evaluation plans.

Incumbent(s) in this position may be required to perform other duties and special assignments not specifically stated above.

Statements outlined in this section are designated as essential job functions in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Required Skills

The Planning and Evaluation team is seeking an intern that will meet the following requirements:

* Background in research methods and/or evaluation

* Familiarity with library resources (e.g., PubMed) and literature searches

* Experience with literature searching and synthesis

* Ability to gather information from multiple sources and synthesize into concise and clearly written documents

* Highly proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint and Word

* Project management experience

Required Experience

Ideal candidates will be pursuing their postgraduate education in one of the following areas: Health, science, or research-related field; background in evaluation, business, health services research, sociology, public health, public policy, psychology, social science, public administration, non-profit management, education or other related field

Application Instructions:

PCORI will only consider complete applications that include:

• A cover letter
• An up-to-date resume

Conflict of Interest

PCORI wants to ensure that prospective employees are aware of its conflict-of-interest policies so that employment deliberations take into consideration this aspect of PCORI employment. PCORI requires all PCORI employees to disclose upon commencement of their employment and on an annual basis all individual and close relatives financial, business, and personal association with the potential to bias or that have the appearance of biasing one's decisions relating to PCORI. All disclosures made by employees are made publicly available on PCORI's website. Disclosures must include all financial and business and personal associations with any health or healthcare-related organizations and include all associations with any other organizations that have the potential to bias or that have the appearance of biasing one's decisions relating to PCORI, including but not limited to vendors or other third parties with whom PCORI has a contract or that PCORI has funded. For more information please visit PCORI-Conflict-of-Interest-Policies-Outside-Employment-Policy.pdf

PCORI conducts reference and background checks on all applicants.

PCORI recommends all members of the PCORI workforce adhere to the CDC recommendations regarding staying up to date on COVID-19 vaccination.