Administrative Fellow - East Region (New Jersey)
About The Position
The Administrative Fellow participates in a 12-month rotational program focused on project-based work across administrative and clinical areas, including operations, finance, strategy, growth, and innovation. The program provides high-level leadership exposure alongside hospital executives, while helping the fellow build a project portfolio and professional network. It prepares future healthcare management executives through hands-on experience in healthcare administration in a large, urban-based academic medical setting. The fellow collaborates with senior administrators to identify, plan, and implement process improvements related to patient care, and contributes to operational and strategic priorities at hospital, divisional, and enterprise levels. The fellow is a member of the Operational Excellence team and manages programmatic initiatives and projects, leads change initiatives, tracks performance measures, and works with multidisciplinary teams to drive transformation. The position duration is July 2027 through June 2028.
Requirements
- Enrolled in or recently completed a Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA), Master of Public Health (MPH), or Master of Business Administration (MBA) program.
- Previous exposure to a healthcare setting, such as a hospital, physician practice, payor, or ambulatory care setting.
- Ability to collaborate, listen, problem-solve, and build strong teams.
- Project management ability, including planning, organizing, monitoring, and controlling projects and efficiently utilizing resources to achieve objectives.
- Knowledge of healthcare operating principles, major issues, government regulations, and codes of ethics, and ability to apply this knowledge to healthcare situations.
- Knowledge of and ability to use tools, techniques, and processes for gathering and reporting data.
- Knowledge of factors contributing to quality patient care and ability to positively influence them.
- Knowledge of healthcare industry trends, directions, major issues, regulatory considerations, and trendsetters.
- Commitment to continuous personal growth and ability to assess strengths, limitations, and interests for performance effectiveness and self-development.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with senior-level administrators to identify, plan, and implement clinical and administrative process improvements related to patient care.
- Manage several programmatic initiatives using detailed project plans.
- Participate in the Operational Excellence team, including project management, leading change initiatives, tracking performance measures, and working with multidisciplinary teams to drive transformation.
- Attend meetings including Board of Trustees, Quality Committee, Management Update, Management Report Out, Operations and Service Improvement, Balanced Scorecard Champions, Graduate Medical Education, Ethics, Human Resources, and Facilities Design and Construction.
- Assist the AVP, Quality and Safety, and other leads and managers as necessary.
- Interact with co-workers, visitors, and other staff in a manner consistent with Jefferson’s values.
Benefits
- Medical and prescription insurance
- Supplemental insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
- Retirement plans
- Tuition assistance
- Voluntary benefits, including access to group insurance rates and discounts
- Tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full-time service or two years of part-time service
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
