Administrative Fellow, Winston-Salem NC

About the role

The Advocate Health Administrative Fellowship Program is a one-year, post-graduate, project-based program designed to provide early careerists with broad knowledge of healthcare operations and strategic planning.

Responsibilities

• Manages diverse portfolio of healthcare projects and makes meaningful contributions to the progress and work product of these initiatives.
• Becomes part of the work unit team to carry out assigned work.
• Identifies and uses internal and external support resources to accomplish work goals.
• Offers information and perspectives regarding current trends and issues.
• Builds a broad range of healthcare management skills.
• Works effectively with physicians, administrative colleagues and allied health staff to promote the team concept of medicine by utilizing communication skills, interpersonal relationships and team building.
• Directs or leads the work of others in assigned work group, task force or project.
• Sets up ways to continuously improve processes and outcomes and provide exceptional patient care.
• Studies and applies improvement methodologies including data collection and analysis, group facilitation and implementation strategies.
• Mets with the leadership on a regular basis to discuss fellowship and to report on progress of current projects.
• Participates in strategic planning processes.
• Gains an understanding of how the academic enterprise is a differentiator for Advocate Health.
• Attends state and national meetings pertinent to healthcare management issues.

Requirements

• Licensure, Registration, And/or Certification Required: None
• Education Required: Master's Degree in Health Care Administration, or Master's Degree in Business (Healthcare Management focus), or Master’s Degree in Public Health. Must be a graduate within two calendar years from a program accredited by either the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) or Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AASCB).
• Licensure, Registration, And/or Certification Required: None
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required: Can professionally demonstrate: Strong alignment with the Advocate Health enterprise purpose, commitments and behaviors; Ability to lead projects and/or people; Excellent communication, organization and time management skills; Ability to prioritize work assignments and use initiative in completion of tasks; Ability to work well under pressure of deadlines, and remain flexible and calm in emergencies.

Qualifications

• Application Requirements & Process: Applicants must be a recent graduate within two years prior to the start of the fellowship (June 7, 2027) or fulfilling a one-year fellowship graduation requirement. Eligible applicants are graduates from a Master’s-level program or those fulfilling a fellowship requirement as a part of their graduate program in healthcare administration, business administration, or public health from a nationally accredited program and institution of higher learning.
• Important Dates: July 1, 2026: Application Go-Live – link forthcoming; September 8, 2026: Application Deadline; Mid September 2026: Video Interviews; September 21-25, 2026: On-site/Final Interviews; September 25, 2026: Offers Extended; June 7, 2027: Program Start Date.

Benefits

The program offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards including compensation, health and welfare benefits, educational assistance, and more. Eligibility for programs may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.).

Pay

$34.00 - $34.00

Schedule

Monday - Friday on-site role.

Skills

Can professionally demonstrate: Strong alignment with the Advocate Health enterprise purpose, commitments and behaviors; Ability to lead projects and/or people; Excellent communication, organization and time management skills; Ability to prioritize work assignments and use initiative in completion of tasks; Ability to work well under pressure of deadlines, and remain flexible and calm in emergencies.

Benefits

The program offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards including compensation, health and welfare benefits, educational assistance, and more. Eligibility for programs may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.).

Pay

$34.00 - $34.00

Schedule

Monday - Friday on-site role.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.