Administrative Fellowship, Health Plan Operations - 2026-2027

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.

About Intermountain Health

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 to enhance patient care, telehealth capabilities to enhance access, 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.

Overview of the Health Plan Operations Administrative Fellowship

• 12-month program: July 2026 – July 2027
• Location: Salt Lake City, UT, with potential opportunity to rotate or visit other areas within the system
• Personalized and immersive experience
  • 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

Other Available Fellowships:

You must apply to each individual Fellowship that you are interested in 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)

What you will do and experience

Our 12-month rotational program offers opportunities to do the following, under the guidance of an executive sponsor:

• Lead a project or sprint. May involve 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.

Application Process Details 

We will be accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Administrative Fellowship from June 2, 2025 through September 2, 2025, at 8:00 AM MST.  The only applications we accept are via this job posting. You must apply for all Fellowships you are interested in.

Applicants must attach all the following documents to the online application by the deadline in order to be considered. We recommend bundling all materials into one PDF to upload in the resume section of our application. Submissions are considered incomplete if any items are missing and will not be considered.

• Resume or CV