Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships combine paid on-the-job learning with classroom instruction to prepare workers for high-skilled careers.
At Kaiser Permanente, we’re partnering with our unions and education trusts to create apprenticeships to help fill in-demand jobs and create career paths.
Interested in starting an apprenticeship? Contact your regional Workforce of the Future implementation specialist or Workforce Planning and Development Committee and find out more from the Ben Hudnall Memorial Trust and the SEIU UHW-West & Joint Employer Education Fund.
KPWA MA APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
The apprenticeship approach is one of the solutions addressing the shortage in skilled, diverse talent to meet labor needs, specifically Medical Assistants. In partnership with SEIU Healthcare 1199NW Education & Training Fund, this ‘earn and learn’ program provides a pathway for incumbent staff as well as an opportunity for community members to obtain an entry level, living wage job.
KPCO MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
In partnership with SEIU Local 105 and the SEIU UHW-West & Joint Employer Education Fund, this apprenticeship program addressed the shortage of medical laboratory technicians and clinical laboratory scientists in Colorado.
KPNC AMBULATORY CODER APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
Ten students completed and graduated from the Northern California Ambulatory Coder Apprenticeship, which was KP’s first cohort of federally registered apprentices in California.
KPNC MEDICAL ASSISTANT APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
In partnership with SEIU-UHW and the SEIU UHW-West & Joint Employer Education Fund, this medical assistant apprenticeship program at KP Santa Clara had 20 participants, making it the Ed Fund’s largest apprenticeship program to date.
MULTI-EMPLOYER SURGICAL TECH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
In 2019, the SEIU UHW-West & Joint Employer Education Fund completed its Northern California Multi-Employer Surgical Tech Apprenticeship Program, which included 3 KP employees. Also, one KP employee in Southern California completed a West Los Angeles Surgical Tech Apprenticeship Program in 2019.
KPSC & HI STERILE PROCESSING APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
In an effort to fill critical vacancies, this apprenticeship program creates a long-term, sustainable pipeline that produces job-ready sterile processing techs. In partnership with SEIU-UHW, UNITE HERE Local 5, the Ben Hudnall Memorial Trust and the SEIU UHW-West & Joint Employer Education Fund, this program leverages available funding to provide education and training for staff to promote into sterile processing tech positions.
KPSC INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
In an effort to fill critical vacancies, this apprenticeship creates a long-term, sustainable pipeline that produces job-ready interventional radiology techs. In partnership with SEIU-UHW, OPEIU Local 30, the Teamsters, the Ben Hudnall Memorial Trust and the SEIU UHW-West & Joint Employer Education Fund, this program leverages available funding to provide education and training for staff to promote into interventional radiology tech positions.
KPSC OPTICIAN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
In partnership with SEIU-UHW and the SEIU UHW-West & Joint Employer Education Fund, this program leverages available funding to provide education and training for staff within the Vision Essentials Department to cross-train as optical dispensers. At the completion of this program, apprentices will be qualified to apply for optical dispenser positions and be eligible to be scheduled as optical dispensers.
KPWA AND SEIU HEALTHCARE 1199NW MEDICAL ASSISTANT APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
KP Washington and SEIU Healthcare 1199NW launched their first-ever Medical Assistant Apprenticeship Program together with the SEIU Healthcare 1199NW Multi-Employer Training Fund in 2019 and look forward to launching further cohorts in future years. Seventeen apprentices are graduating from the first program and moving into full-time positions as certified medical assistants at KP Washington around December 2020.
Department of Labor Quick Start Toolkit for Building Registered Apprenticeship Programs
A step-by-step guide to building apprenticeship programs
Federal Resources Playbook for Registered Apprenticeship
Learn about federal programs that can support apprenticeships
Healthcare Career Advancement Program (H-CAP) Registered Apprenticeship Toolkit
A guide for health care entities interested in planning, starting and expanding high-quality, registered apprenticeship programs
