Administrative Resident (On-Site)

***Application Deadline: November 30, 2026, 12:00AM PST***

Application Requirements
(please submit with this application for consideration, incomplete applications will not be considered)

1. Candidate application (Oracle) including current CV/Resume required
2. Graduate letters of recommendation (one academic and one professional)
3. Personal Statement 
4. Why are you interested in Healthcare Administration?
5. What interest you in doing an Administrative Fellowship with Northbay Health?
6. Unofficial undergraduate and graduate transcripts with the awarded degree.

Program overview 

At Northbay Health, the Administrative Residency is a one-year program designed to provide Residents with meaningful learning experiences, broad exposure to healthcare operations, and hand-on opportunities to actively contribute within a real-life healthcare environment. The program allows Residents to meet, interact, observe and develop skills in real-life business situations as well as contribute to work product through cross functional experiences across key areas of the organization.  The Resident will participate in strategic initiatives and organizational projects, develop financial and business acumen and have leadership exposure and mentoring while interacting with staff, physicians and leaders in the organization. The Resident may have exposure and the opportunity for projects in the following areas:

• Strategic planning
• Operational improvement
• Quality and patient safety
• Workforce optimization
• Financial analysis and budgeting
• Data analytics and performance improvement
• Employee engagement
• Process improvement

This program is designed to identify and foster promising candidates the opportunity to develop skills in operations management, strategic implementation, and work in dynamic live situations in the healthcare operations and corporate environments and has the potential to apply for NorthBay’s one-year Administrative Fellowship program or other job opportunities.

Primary Job Duties

• Be open to observation, learning and participating in operations.
• Be willing to share knowledge and experiences with those around you.
• Assists with work, projects and may participate in work-groups.
• Attend meetings as requested.
• Represent Northbay when asked.
• Complete a capstone project prior to finishing the program.
• May be asked to do a presentation at the end of Fellowship with learnings and key takeaways from fellowship experience or presentation related to capstone project.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

 Education: 

• By the start of the program, completion of Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration (MHA), or Business Administration (MBA) with strong academic performance.

Experience: 

• Healthcare industry experience that may include an internship, externship, fellowship or applicable employment preferred. 
• Previous leadership experience preferred.

Skills: 

• Demonstrated leadership potential. 
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook requires excellent oral and written communication skills required. 
• Must be well organized, be able to set priorities, work independently as an effective team member.  
• Demonstrates effective time management skills. 
• Must have superior critical thinking skills and be open to learning. Individual must be highly collaborative, be willing to assume new responsibilities as needed, accept accountability, build effective relationships, and operate effectively under pressure.  Confidence, integrity, skilled communications, and a sense of humor are also essential.  
• Entrepreneurial spirit and demonstrated success in creating novel solutions to complex problems.  
• Flexible, adaptable, persistent, passionate, management skills, facilitation skills. Maintains the utmost confidentiality related to items from the work setting. 
• Appearance is professional. 
• Excellent communication, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills. Interest in healthcare operations and administration. 
• Ability to work collaboratively with leaders, physicians, clinicians, and other professionals. Demonstrated commitment to professional growth and continuous learning