Employment Type:

Full time

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Description:

GENERAL SUMMARY:

Administrative Fellowship is a one-year learning experience designed to cultivate leaders in the field of healthcare through exposure to a wide range of operational, administrative and strategic projects/activities/issues and by fostering close working relationships between the Fellow and Leadership Team and Administrative Vice President.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

· Completes varied and complex special projects as assigned by the Leadership Team or Administrative Vice Presidents.

· Conducts high-level strategic, tactical, financial, statistical and/or operational analyses to assess the costs, benefits and impacts of management strategies/tactics, business opportunities, performance improvement initiatives and/or changes in regulatory requirements.

· Formulates and presents recommendations to Leadership Team or Administrative Vice Presidents or other key management staff.

· May develop programs and action plans to implement recommendations.

· Composes reports and summaries as requested.

· Develops, coordinates, maintains and evaluates project plans for assigned projects, including scope of work, staffing, scheduling, resources, identification of risks, contingency plans and allocation of available resources; serves as point-person for internal and external project communications.

· Ensures project milestones, completion dates, costs, risks, contingencies and other significant matters are communicated on a regular basis to team members and stakeholders; negotiates the resolution of issues with all stakeholders.

· Attends, and participates in, a wide variety of interdisciplinary team/committee meetings to observe management-level decision-making and problem-solving activities, explain

analyses/findings/recommendations and make formal presentations.

· Works in collaboration with various committees and process teams to determine needs.

· Maintains a current knowledge base of trends, policies, regulatory standards in health care.

· Seeks professional development feedback from management staff, mentors, preceptors and other colleagues.

MINUMIM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

· Master’s Degree in MHA or MPA required.

 

We care about your well-being, both physical and mental, which is why our benefit package includes:  

• Wellness programs 

• Education reimbursement 

• Personalized health insurance plans including dental and vision 

• Paid time off 

• Long- and short-term leave 

• Retirement planning 

• Life insurance coverage 

 

MercyOne Central Iowa sets the standard for personalized and radically convenient care in the Des Moines metro area and surrounding counties. MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center, founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1893, is the longest continually operating hospital in Des Moines and Iowa’s largest medical center, with 802 beds available. The hospital is one of the Midwest’s largest referral centers.  Other centers associated with MercyOne Central Iowa include: 

MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center  

MercyOne Centerville Medical Center  

MercyOne Newton Medical Center  

MercyOne Children’s Hospital