Administrative Fellow – Kelsey Seybold Clinic – Pearland, TX

Explore opportunities with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, part of the Optum family of businesses. Work with one of the nation’s leading health care organizations and build your career at one of our 40+ locations throughout Houston. Be part of a team that is nationally recognized for delivering coordinated and accountable care. As a multi-specialty clinic, we offer care from more than 900 medical providers in 65 medical specialties. Take on a rewarding opportunity to help drive higher quality, higher patient satisfaction and lower total costs. Join us and discover the meaning behind Caring. Connecting. Growing together.  

 

The Administrative Fellowship Program prepares fellows for health care administration leadership opportunities through direct participation in activities designed to familiarize, build and strengthen essential administrative skills.

 

The fellowship program provides comprehensive exposure to the nation’s first accredited Accountable Care Organization.  Through rotations, strategic projects, and participation on the executive leadership team, the fellow will gain key competencies and exposure to operations, finance, strategic planning, and leadership.  Other opportunities include management experience and internal Kelsey-Seybold departmental rotations based on the fellow’s needs and interests.  The Vice President of Operations serves as the preceptor for the program.  Additionally, other members of the executive leadership team provide support and guidance throughout the year.  

 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Acquire and refine managerial competencies, including analytical, persuasive and human relations skills
• Develop an awareness and understanding of Kelsey-Seybold Clinic organizational structure and the interrelation between departments and personnel
• Receive individualized mentoring from a wide array of directors, administrators and physicians
• Establish a performance record through project work and departmental staff responsibilities

 

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration, MBA, Public Health, or advanced degree equivalent to these studies
• 1+ years of healthcare related experience 
• Demonstrated moderate to high level knowledge in using all office automation including but not restricted to MS Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Word
• Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills for frequent contacts with internal customers
• Demonstrated high level of analytical and problem-solving skills

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in healthcare field 
• Proven broad knowledge of current and historical perspectives of the health care industry that can include business management and administration, clinical practice management, clinical research and education, hospital administration and management, finance, human resources and organizational development, information systems, and managed care 
• Mastery of a variety of communications modalities is required to include leading meetings, making formal presentations and writing complex documents 
• Proven project management skills

 

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $71,200 to $127,200 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

 

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes – an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

 

 

OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

 

OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.