Administrative Fellow - East Region (New Jersey)
About The Position
The Administrative Fellow participates in a 12-month rotational program from July 2027 through June 2028, 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, opportunities to build a project portfolio and professional network, and hands-on experience in healthcare administration within a large, urban-based academic medical setting. It is designed to educate, train, and prepare future healthcare management executives. 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 position is part of the Operational Excellence team and involves managing initiatives, leading change, monitoring performance, and working with multidisciplinary teams.
Requirements
- Be enrolled in or have recently completed a master’s program in Healthcare Administration (MHA), Public Health (MPH), or Business Administration (MBA).
- Have previous exposure to a healthcare setting, such as a hospital, physician practice, payor, or ambulatory care setting.
- Demonstrate collaboration, including listening, problem solving, and building strong teams.
- Have project management ability, including planning, organizing, monitoring, and controlling projects and using resources efficiently.
- Have knowledge of healthcare operating principles, major issues, governmental regulations, and codes of ethics, and apply this knowledge appropriately.
- Have knowledge of tools, techniques, and processes for gathering and reporting data.
- Understand factors contributing to quality patient care and be able to influence them positively.
- Understand healthcare industry trends, directions, major issues, regulatory considerations, and trendsetters.
- Demonstrate self-directed growth and development, including awareness of strengths, limitations, and interests and using that understanding for performance and 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.
- Serve on the Operational Excellence team, managing projects, 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 meetings.
- Assist the AVP, Quality and Safety, and other leads or managers as necessary.
- Interact with coworkers, visitors, and other staff consistently with Jefferson’s values.
Benefits
- Medical insurance, including prescription coverage
- Supplemental insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- 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
- Medical insurance access for all colleagues, including those working less than part-time
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
