What are the responsibilities and job description for the Consulting Master's Intern position at Kaiser Permanente?
Salary Range: $27.93/hour - $32.84/hour
Location:
This internship role is scheduled to be flexible. Please be prepared to spend part of your time working remotely and part of your time working at the following address: 10350 East Dakota Avenue, Denver CO
Department Description:
The KP Medical Foundation Consulting team is comprised of several departments, including general business consulting and project management, process improvement and workflow (Epic) consulting. We are the internal, go-to consulting team for care delivery leaders in both the Colorado and Washington markets. Our portfolio consists of 50 large-scale, complex improvement and implementation efforts.
Internship Project(s):
Partner with tenured consultant to support existing project work which will include:
driving a project forward using core change management and project management tools
in-clinic observation to understand current state and also identify pain points
support the development of content for Executive leaders to demonstrate progress and escalate any concerns (to people, timeline or budget)
Target Majors:
Business Administration; Healthcare Administration; Public Health
Target Skills:
General knowledge of the healthcare care delivery system and the desire to learn more;
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with ability to tailor communication based on the audience;
Incredible organizational skills with preference for a fast-paced environment;
Strong analytic skills with the ability to understand large data sets, distilling them down into key, salient points and also leveraging them to make concise, actionable recommendations;
Desire to partner with tenured consultants to observe workflows, perform gap analyses and implement change / help launch new initiatives.
Job Summary:
Lay the groundwork for a dynamic future with an industry leader. At Kaiser Permanente, you'll forge lasting relationships with colleagues across the organization while enjoying the opportunity to grow your experience and hone your expertise on assignments that have real impact. Our interns have worked on everything from analyzing financial software and developing new marketing strategies, to designing mobile apps and helping clinicians improve care delivery. We want you to get the most out of your time here and will give you projects that challenge you to think freely, question thoroughly, and explore deeply.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Contributing to a designated project or initiative to meet a KP business objective.
- Report development and analytics.
- Project management - planning, execution, and measurement.
- Learning new applications needed to complete assignments or support the execution of business objectives.
- Job shadowing in other functional areas.
- Performing additional duties as required.
Qualifications:
- N/A
- Pursuing a graduate degree or have completed a graduate program from an accredited university within the last year.
- Bachelors degree required.
- N/A
- Aptitude to perform data and process analytics and formulating solutions.
- Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- 3.0 GPA or above
- Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills
- Proven ability to build effective working relationships as well as strong interpersonal skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to learn quickly and experience producing high quality work in short periods of time.
