Public Health Fellow/Student Intern

Internship Opportunity With The County Of San Luis Obispo Public Health Department

The County of San Luis Obispo Public Health Department is hiring current students for internships and fellowships. Join us and help create a safe and healthy community and an environment where everyone has the opportunity to thrive!

The Public Health Department promotes, preserves and protects the health of all San Luis Obispo County residents through disease surveillance, health education, direct services, and health policy development. The department includes seven different divisions offering a wide range of fellowship and internship opportunities.

There are a variety of internship and fellowship opportunities, ranging from health education and promotion, to data collection and analysis, to lab work, and more. The department also partners with the following programs: Pathways Cal-PPH and Cal-EIS Fellowship Program.

Please note that this is a continuous posting. Applications will be given to Public Health Divisions at their request, based on need.

The divisions include:

• Clinical & Communicable Disease Services
• Emergency Medical Services and Public Health Emergency Preparedness
• Health Care Access
• Health Promotion
• Maternal & Child Health
• Planning, Evaluation & Policy
• Public Health Laboratory
• Public Information

The ideal candidates are current students majoring or minoring in related areas of study. We welcome current undergraduate, graduate, and nursing students to apply! Student Intern: Person appointed to temporary employment with the County in a training position which compliments their ongoing education as a regularly enrolled student in an accredited college, university, community college, or graduate school, or as a participant in a supervised training program to meet licensure requirements of the State of California. "Regularly enrolled" shall mean that the student is both currently enrolled and intends to continue that enrollment in the next regularly scheduled term.

Certain positions within this classification may require driving. When driving is an essential function of the position, a valid CALIFORNIA driver's license will be required at the time of appointment.

Applications, including answers to supplemental questions, must be submitted online by the final filing date. Contact Human Resources at View email address on click.appcast.io for further information. For more information regarding the County of San Luis Obispo, visit our website at

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The County is an equal opportunity employer. Objectives are directed toward assuring equal opportunity in selection / promotion, pay, and job assignments. Recruitment and selection procedures have been established to ensure non-discrimination on the basis of political or religious opinions or affiliations, age, sex, race, color, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or other non-merit factors. In addition, the County complies with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act in hiring and retaining employees. For more information contact the Human Resources Department at View phone number on click.appcast.io.

This position is temporary. There are no benefits available for this classification.