Data and Program Management Master's Intern

This position provides analytical support to a project or department. Under the guidance of a Project Manager/ Director, responsible for collecting and researching data, performing analysis, providing recommendations and presenting results.

Department Description:

Graduate Medical Education (GME) at KP SoCal consists of 39 physician residency programs and fellowships across all of Southern California. Our department is comprised of 425 residents and fellows, faculty, and operations support and leadership at six KP hospitals and at regional headquarters in Pasadena. As a department, we are committed to improving the health of our members and the communities we serve by providing world class medical education, to ignite learning and innovation in new physicians to deliver evidence-based, team-delivered, technology-enabled, patient-centered care that is ethical, compassionate, and physician-led. 

Desired Majors:

Business Administration, Finance & Accounting, Education, Healthcare Administration, Data Science, Public Health.

Desired Skillsets:

Detail orientation, strong written and verbal communication, professionalism with multi-site stakeholder groups, process improvement mindset, document & version management, high Microsoft Office suite/cloud proficiency, process mapping, basic analytic skills (quantitative and qualitative), literature review and synthesis, presentation skills, time management, comfort with ambiguity, comfort with digital communication tools. 

Project Description:

Summer is high time in GME, with regional-level projects centered around graduation & offboarding, orientation & onboarding, data management and analytics, education innovation, event, meeting, and stakeholder coordination, workflow mapping and optimization, and accreditation documentation management.

• Responsible for contributing high level analytical support to a project or department requiring application of knowledge in marketing, information management, finance, management, economics or statistics.
• This position contributes to a full range of project components.
• Assigned to at least one project and expected to produce results and report out as a member of a project team.
• Organizes assigned project tasks, identifies and structures information collection activities, and sets timelines for completion of required tasks as directed.
• Develops tools to identify and to document best practices.
• Prepares various excel, word or PowerPoint reports, and works with access database software (or similar tool) to develop data extracts and management information reports.
• May be asked to produce graphic information using excel or PowerPoint or similar software.
• Contributes to development of management information and analysis conducted, provides recommendations and assists with preparation of formal presentations to communicate results to various management levels.  Identifies alternative solutions to project issues.
• Contributes to development project plans to ensure timely deliverables and successful completion of project and demonstrates an understanding of various business intersections.
• Assists with identification and development of training information.
• Kaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to re-evaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.