Graduate Healthcare Management Consulting Intern

About the role

Altheda Medical Center is seeking a highly motivated graduate student to join as a Graduate Healthcare Management Consulting Intern. This internship is designed for current MBA, MHA, MPH, MPA, MS, MSBA, healthcare administration, public health, data analytics, operations, technology, or other master’s-level students with a deep interest in healthcare, business strategy, operations, growth, and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Support assigned business, operational, growth, and innovation projects.
• Conduct research using approved sources and project-specific information.
• Help define problems, organize findings, and develop practical recommendations.
• Create project deliverables such as memos, trackers, checklists, slides, workflow maps, patient-facing materials, training tools, implementation plans, and executive summaries.
• Participate in project meetings and progress check-ins.
• Communicate clearly with Altheda leadership and team members.
• Help move approved projects from idea to execution.
• Organize ambiguous problems into structured project plans.
• Support implementation by creating tools, templates, trackers, and written materials.
• Demonstrate professionalism, confidentiality, reliability, and strong judgment.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a master’s degree program.
• Strong undergraduate and graduate academic performance.
• Minimum 3.8 GPA preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Interest in healthcare, business, consulting, operations, growth, technology, public health, or entrepreneurship.
• Professionalism, reliability, and strong attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Mature, reliable, and comfortable working in a professional healthcare environment.
• A strong problem-solver.
• A clear writer and communicator.
• Comfortable working on ambiguous problems.
• Organized and execution-oriented.
• Curious about how healthcare organizations grow and operate.
• Comfortable using Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, and basic productivity tools.
• Able to produce polished, practical deliverables.
• Professional, discreet, and able to handle confidential work environments.
• Excited to build real materials, not just discuss ideas.

Benefits

This internship offers meaningful exposure to the business side of healthcare and the opportunity to help improve how a healthcare organization grows, operates, communicates, and executes.

Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Effective communication and writing abilities.
• Proficiency in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides.
• Experience with healthcare operations and patient experience.
• Knowledge of business strategy, growth initiatives, and market research.
• Understanding of operations, process improvement, and workflow redesign.
• Skills in healthcare administration, public health, medicine, and patient experience.
• Experience with data analytics, information systems, AI, digital health, and productivity tools.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Pay

Pay details are not specified in this posting.

Schedule

The internship is approximately 8–10 hours per week and has a quarterly project cycle.

Example Project Missions

• Build a Better Patient Experience
• Launch a Growth Sprint
• Redesign a Workflow
• Create a Market Intelligence Brief
• Build an AI and Digital Productivity Use Case
• Improve Training and Internal Communication

Internship Focus Areas

• Business Strategy & Growth Intern
• Operations & Process Innovation Intern
• Healthcare Systems & Patient Experience Intern
• Technology, AI & Digital Productivity Intern
• Communications & Market Development Intern

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Currently enrolled in a master’s degree program.
• Strongly interested in healthcare, business, consulting, public health, healthcare administration, operations, technology, entrepreneurship, or innovation.
• Mature, reliable, and comfortable working in a professional healthcare environment.
• A strong problem-solver.
• A clear writer and communicator.
• Comfortable working on ambiguous problems.
• Organized and execution-oriented.
• Curious about how healthcare organizations grow and operate.
• Comfortable using Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, and basic productivity tools.
• Able to produce polished, practical deliverables.
• Professional, discreet, and able to handle confidential work environments.
• Excited to build real materials, not just discuss ideas.

Preferred Graduate Backgrounds

• MBAMHAMPHMPAMS in Healthcare AdministrationMS in Health InformaticsMS in Business AnalyticsMS in Data AnalyticsMS in Information SystemsMS in Operations ManagementMS in Public PolicyMS in Marketing or CommunicationsMS in Biomedical SciencesOther master’s programs with a strong healthcare, business, analytics, operations, technology, or public health focus

Minimum Qualifications

• Current enrollment in a graduate degree program.
• Strong undergraduate and graduate academic performance.
• Minimum 3.8 GPA preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Interest in healthcare, business, consulting, operations, growth, technology, public health, or entrepreneurship.
• Professionalism, reliability, and strong attention to detail.