Surgical Training Lab Intern - Part Time (16-24 hours/week) - Novi
🔍 Novi, Michigan
General Summary
Temporary Position from June until October
Location: Henry Ford Providence Novi Hospital
Shift: 16-24 hours per week / 8am - 4:30pm / No weekends
We are seeking a proactive, detail-oriented Surgical Training Lab Intern to coordinate the day-to-day logistics of our surgical training facility. This role is designed for students or entry-level professionals — such as those in surgical technology, laboratory sciences, or pre-medicine — seeking hands-on experience in a clinical education environment.
The Lab Specialist is responsible for the physical setup of the bioskills lab as well as supporting faculty during anatomy and surgical workshops. This position is primarily based at Henry Ford Health Providence Novi Hospital, with occasional travel to our Southfield location to support operational needs.
Note: While dissection is not required, the candidate must be comfortable with the professional handling, positioning, and draping of human cadaver tissue.
Responsibilities
Provide technical assistance to faculty as needed to ensure procedural requirements are met.
Lead the professional handling of specimens, including anatomical positioning and surgical draping.
Maintain rigorous safety and hygiene standards by ensuring the facility, workstations, and equipment are cleaned and sanitized according to protocol.
Oversee the surgical instrument inventory, including the cleaning and organized storage of all tools.
Setup and breakdown lab stations, ensuring that they are ready for use and items are disposed of appropriately.
Qualifications
Completion of college-level coursework in Biology or Anatomy is preferred. Specialized training or experience in Surgical Technology or Laboratory Sciences is preferred.
Must demonstrate a respectful and dignified approach to working with cadaveric tissue.
Experience
Required: Prior customer service experience.
Preferred: Prior experience in a laboratory or clinical setting; familiarity with the Operating Room environment or surgical instrumentation.
Physical Requirements
Ability to lift and move equipment or specimens (up to 50 lbs. with assistance).
Ability to stand for extended periods and wear required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
Additional Details
This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.
Overview
Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford’s care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation’s most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus. Learn more at henryford.com/careers.
Benefits
The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That’s why we offer support in the various components of our team’s well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual. Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan. Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more. Employees classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is
committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to
race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height,
weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information,
or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.