Administrative Fellowship, Health Plan Operations

Job Description

Intermountain Health’s Administrative Fellowship is a one‑year, experiential assignment for postgraduate healthcare professionals ready to contribute their skills, abilities, and talents to major projects and initiatives that impact our business, the lives of our patients and members, and the future of healthcare. The fellowship is intended to provide broad and diverse learning opportunities, helping you to develop into a well‑rounded healthcare leader.

Intermountain Health is the largest nonprofit health system in the Intermountain West, comprised of nonprofit hospitals, clinics, health services, and a health plan. We are a national leader in healthcare thanks to our outstanding clinical outcomes, cutting‑edge medical research, telehealth capabilities, and focus on preventive care and overall wellness. Intermountain Health has been repeatedly recognized as one of the top integrated healthcare delivery systems in the country.

• 12-month program:
  July 2027 – July 2028
• Location:
  
  Salt Lake City, UT, with potential opportunity to rotate or visit other areas within the system
• Personalized and immersive experience, such as
  • 70% of time for region specific rotations and project(s)
    • Commercial products and sales
    • Government products
    • Provider development/contracting
    • Health plan operations
  • 30% of time for learning and development (rotations across integrated health system, leadership coaching and mentoring, alumni forum with case presentation, engaging with enterprise leadership)
• Work side‑by‑side with key members of the Select Health Senior Leadership team to gain understanding of basic health plan operations and how Select Health is working with parent company (Intermountain) to advance value‑based care.

Apply to each Fellowship individually to receive consideration.

• Healthcare Operations / Canyons Region – Focus on healthcare operations across hospitals, medical group, and rural facilities (home base: Salt Lake City, UT)
• Proactive Care / Desert Region – Focus on value‑based care (“proactive care”) and population health (home base: Las Vegas, NV)

• Lead a project or sprint, possibly leading small‑scale projects or teams, contributing to large‑scale healthcare operations, or gaining exposure to the consequences of complex decisions.
• Involvement with a transformational change to improve operational efficiency, patient care, or clinical outcomes.
• Exposure to strategic planning and decision‑making processes, including implementing new initiatives, turnaround strategies, or process optimization.
• Influence and collaboration across departments.
• Exposure to community engagement, which may involve patient or caregiver advocacy, health education, governmental affairs, or hospital outreach program support.
• Define personal leadership brand/style and updated growth plan.
• Build a broad and diverse network of mentors, collaborators, and Fellow alumni.

We will be accepting applications for the 2027‑2028 Administrative Fellowship from June 1 , 2026 through September 1 , 2026 at 8:00 AM MST. Applicants must attach all required documents to the online application by the deadline. Submissions are considered incomplete if any items are missing and will not be considered.

Required documents:

• Resume or CV
• Copy of Graduate Transcript to date (unofficial copies acceptable)
• Essay discussing how this specific Administrative Fellowship fits into your career goals and objectives (maximum of one page)
• Two letters of recommendation (one academic, one professional). If you have already graduated from a Master’s program, two professional letters are sufficient.

• Recent Master’s degree obtained through an accredited institution no earlier than Spring 2026. For Master’s degree programs requiring a Fellowship prior to graduation, all coursework must be completed by the start date of the Fellowship program, estimated to be in July 2027.
• Demonstrated quality academic preparation as indicated by letters of recommendation and prior work or internship experience.
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