Details- Department: Clinical and Population Health Analytics
- Schedule: Full Time Monday - Friday 8-5pm CT
- Location: Remote
- Salary: $17.37 - $23.50 Hourly
BenefitsPaid time off (PTO)
Various health insurance options & wellness plan
Retirement benefits including employer match plan
Long-term & short-term disability
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Parental leave & adoption assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Ways to give back to your community
Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance, location and salary range at the time of the offer.
Responsibilities Ascension is a faith-based healthcare organization dedicated to transformation through innovation across the continuum of care. As one of the leading non-profit and Catholic health systems in the U.S., Ascension is committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, especially to those most in need. In FY2018, Ascension provided nearly $2 billion in care of persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs.
Ascension includes approximately 156,000 associates and 34,000 aligned providers. The national health system operates more than 2,600 sites of care - including 151 hospitals and more than 50 senior living facilities - in 21 states and the District of Columbia, while providing a variety of services including
physician practice management, venture capital investing, investment management, biomedical
engineering, facilities management, clinical care management, information services, risk management,
and contracting through Ascension's own group purchasing organization.
The
Ascension Data Sciences Institute (ADSI) was created in July 2019 with the mission of supporting Ascension in achieving its Quadruple Aim with uniquely skilled, high-performing associates who develop analyses, models, and applications to enable Ascension in providing higher value healthcare and making strategic decisions. We recognize that the healthcare environment is a complex ecosystem of rapidly evolving clinical and economic practices that affect patient and provider experience and demands increasingly sophisticated and complex measurement. Our objective is for analytics and data science to play a critical and foundational role in the transformation of care delivery, quality and financial outcomes to enable our organization's competitive advantage.
Join Our Team (Paid Internship 2026) Internship Summary The Internship Program with Ascension is designed to provide an on-the-job learning opportunity aimed at gaining "real world" work experience in a large healthcare environment, supporting leadership with data driven insights that deliver value to those we serve. Ascension's objective is to provide a working and learning environment where interns can develop the skills and competencies necessary to grow into successful professionals and potential Ascension associates. The intern will work in the Ascension Data Science Institute team, within the Clinical AI team.
What You Will Do - Design and build novel prototypes utilizing predictive machine learning and text-based Generative AI to address complex clinical challenges.
- Develop and validate predictive models using structured tabular data (EHR, billing, and claims), focusing on feature engineering and handling the unique noise and missingness found in real-world healthcare data.
- Experiment with Large Language Model (LLM) workflows (e.g., summarization, information extraction) using Vertex AI to unlock insights from unstructured clinical notes.
- Perform rigorous model evaluation that goes beyond standard accuracy metrics to assess clinical utility, fairness, and potential algorithmic bias.
- Collaborate with team mentors to translate open-ended clinical questions into solvable data science problems, developing project plans and timelines.
- Acquire or improve proficiency with SQL, Python, GitHub, and Google Cloud Platform products such as Vertex AI and BigQuery.
- Document modeling decisions and architectural choices clearly to ensure reproducibility and enable future deployment by the Clinical AI team.
- Present the final project analysis or model to team members, data science leadership, and relevant clinical stakeholders.
What You Will Need Education: Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in data science and/or a related STEM field.
Preferred Competencies: - Proficiency in Python for data manipulation (e.g., pandas, NumPy) and machine learning (e.g., scikit-learn, LightGBM).
- Familiarity with NLP or GenAI frameworks (e.g., Hugging Face, LangChain) or experience with Prompt Engineering concepts.
- Exposure to healthcare data structures (e.g., ICD-10, CPT codes) or experience working with clinical data is a strong plus.
- Effective critical thinking skills , specifically the ability to translate ambiguous business or clinical questions into technical requirements.
- Excellent communication skills , particularly when explaining technical concepts or model limitations to non-technical audiences.
- Experience with version control (GitHub) and collaborative coding environments.
Ascension Will Provide - Paid intern position
- Intern orientation and on-boarding
- Job coaching/career counseling/mentoring
- Opportunity for skill development
- Opportunity for networking
- Equipment needed for the position
Intern will be responsible for - Strong work ethic
- Outstanding attendance record
- Participation in Training and Learning programs
- Remote work location, but need for regular, set daytime hours
RequirementsEducation:
- High school diploma equivalency OR Enrolled in accredited program specific to discipline required.
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Why Join Our TeamAscension associates are key to our commitment of transforming healthcare and providing care to all, especially those most in need. Join us and help us drive impact through reimagining how we can deliver a people-centered healthcare experience and creating the solutions to do it. Explore career opportunities across our ministry locations and within our corporate headquarters.
Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of over 134,000 associates and 2,600 sites of care, including more than 140 hospitals and 40 senior living communities in 19 states.
Our Mission, Vision and Values encompass everything we do at Ascension. Every associate is empowered to give back, volunteer and make a positive impact in their community. Ascension careers are more than jobs; they are opportunities to enhance your life and the lives of the people around you.
Equal Employment Opportunity EmployerAscension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
For further information, view the EEO Know Your Rights (English) poster or EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) poster.
As a military friendly organization, Ascension promotes career flexibility and offers many benefits to help support the well-being of our military families, spouses, veterans and reservists. Our associates are empowered to apply their military experience and unique perspective to their civilian career with Ascension.
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ResponsibilitiesAscension is a faith-based healthcare organization dedicated to transformation through innovation across the continuum of care. As one of the leading non-profit and Catholic health systems in the U.S., Ascension is committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, especially to those most in need. In FY2018, Ascension provided nearly $2 billion in care of persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs.
Ascension includes approximately 156,000 associates and 34,000 aligned providers. The national health system operates more than 2,600 sites of care - including 151 hospitals and more than 50 senior living facilities - in 21 states and the District of Columbia, while providing a variety of services including
physician practice management, venture capital investing, investment management, biomedical
engineering, facilities management, clinical care management, information services, risk management,
and contracting through Ascension's own group purchasing organization.
The
Ascension Data Sciences Institute (ADSI) was created in July 2019 with the mission of supporting Ascension in achieving its Quadruple Aim with uniquely skilled, high-performing associates who develop analyses, models, and applications to enable Ascension in providing higher value healthcare and making strategic decisions. We recognize that the healthcare environment is a complex ecosystem of rapidly evolving clinical and economic practices that affect patient and provider experience and demands increasingly sophisticated and complex measurement. Our objective is for analytics and data science to play a critical and foundational role in the transformation of care delivery, quality and financial outcomes to enable our organization's competitive advantage.
Join Our Team (Paid Internship 2026) Internship Summary The Internship Program with Ascension is designed to provide an on-the-job learning opportunity aimed at gaining "real world" work experience in a large healthcare environment, supporting leadership with data driven insights that deliver value to those we serve. Ascension's objective is to provide a working and learning environment where interns can develop the skills and competencies necessary to grow into successful professionals and potential Ascension associates. The intern will work in the Ascension Data Science Institute team, within the Clinical AI team.
What You Will Do - Design and build novel prototypes utilizing predictive machine learning and text-based Generative AI to address complex clinical challenges.
- Develop and validate predictive models using structured tabular data (EHR, billing, and claims), focusing on feature engineering and handling the unique noise and missingness found in real-world healthcare data.
- Experiment with Large Language Model (LLM) workflows (e.g., summarization, information extraction) using Vertex AI to unlock insights from unstructured clinical notes.
- Perform rigorous model evaluation that goes beyond standard accuracy metrics to assess clinical utility, fairness, and potential algorithmic bias.
- Collaborate with team mentors to translate open-ended clinical questions into solvable data science problems, developing project plans and timelines.
- Acquire or improve proficiency with SQL, Python, GitHub, and Google Cloud Platform products such as Vertex AI and BigQuery.
- Document modeling decisions and architectural choices clearly to ensure reproducibility and enable future deployment by the Clinical AI team.
- Present the final project analysis or model to team members, data science leadership, and relevant clinical stakeholders.
What You Will Need Education: Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in data science and/or a related STEM field.
Preferred Competencies: - Proficiency in Python for data manipulation (e.g., pandas, NumPy) and machine learning (e.g., scikit-learn, LightGBM).
- Familiarity with NLP or GenAI frameworks (e.g., Hugging Face, LangChain) or experience with Prompt Engineering concepts.
- Exposure to healthcare data structures (e.g., ICD-10, CPT codes) or experience working with clinical data is a strong plus.
- Effective critical thinking skills , specifically the ability to translate ambiguous business or clinical questions into technical requirements.
- Excellent communication skills , particularly when explaining technical concepts or model limitations to non-technical audiences.
- Experience with version control (GitHub) and collaborative coding environments.
Ascension Will Provide - Paid intern position
- Intern orientation and on-boarding
- Job coaching/career counseling/mentoring
- Opportunity for skill development
- Opportunity for networking
- Equipment needed for the position
Intern will be responsible for - Strong work ethic
- Outstanding attendance record
- Participation in Training and Learning programs
- Remote work location, but need for regular, set daytime hours
QualificationsEducation:
- High school diploma equivalency OR Enrolled in accredited program specific to discipline required.
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