The David Joseph Administrative Fellowship Training Program

Fellowship Background and Objectives

Lehigh ValleyHealth Network’s (LVHN) Administrative Fellowship is a two-year program designed to provide an educational environment and an experience that will contribute to your growth and development as a quality health care professional. You’ll gain exposure to clinical and operational departments, providing an opportunity to apply knowledge, skills and abilities learned in the classroom, in a practical work setting while gaining real management experience.

Program Structure

The LVHN Fellowship is a two-year program, with the first year dedicated to core rotations with senior leaders across departments. The fellow will also have the opportunity to work on key network projects and have significant exposure to senior-level meetings.

Year 1
The fellow will gain hands-on experience on numerous projects throughout the rotations and vast exposure to various aspects of hospital administration. Core rotations include, but are not limited to:

• General Operations: Explore areas of clinical and administrative operations including emergency preparedness, support services, and practice groups.
• Human Resources:Gain exposure to recruitment, employee relations, training, compensation and benefits administration, employment policies and procedures and salary and wage administration.
• Patient Care Services: Understand nursing operations and administration in the areas of workflow, staffing and scheduling, case management and medical records.
• Clinical & Service Line Operations:Develop a comprehensive understanding of medical staff responsibilities and all clinical aspects of a hospital including an overview of service lines, physician relations, business development and process improvement.Exposure to specific rotations with service lines such as perioperative, oncology, orthopedics, trauma and burn, neurosciences, and heart and vascular are included.
• Ambulatory Operations: Engage in the ever-expanding world of ambulatory services development including patient access, strategic business planning, and operational oversight of health centers, sleep centers, rehabilitation services, and retail pharmacies.
• Facilities, Planning and Construction: Work with senior planners on construction and business plan development, healthcare design and planning on various projects.
• Supply Chain Management: Discover the integrated nature of hospital supply and materials management, contracts, product purchasing and distribution services.

Other areas of exploration include: General management, network and business development, organizational development and Lean processes, finance, strategic planning, marketing and information services and technology.

Year 2
The second year of the programs offers flexibility to concentrate in areas of interest and take on more specific projects pertaining to your goals and desired career path. Fellows gain project management experience. Past fellows have taken on project management roles within business development, telehealth technologies, process improvement, and patient-centered care experiences.

Mentorship

The program director will serve as the primary supervisor and teacher throughout your entire fellowship. Additionally, through each core rotation, the fellow will be matched with senior leadership mentors who will assign meaningful and relevant projects while guiding you through project completion. Mentors will:

• Help you clarify goals and objectives
• Create a supportive learning environment
• Identify educational projects and tasks
• Assign reading materials to further enhance the learning process
• Assure your learning goals are met

Compensation

You’ll be hired as a full-time employee for a two-year period and will be paid an annual salary comparable to other Administrative Fellowship programs across the nation. You’ll receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision. Additionally, you’ll have the opportunity to attend relevant national and regional health care leadership conferences.

Application Process

Candidates should have a master’s degree in health care administration, business administration, public health or other related field from an accredited program.

As part of the LVHN Green initiative, we request that all applications be submitted electronically. If interested, please submit the following items in PDF form to Lindsay Siegle, Administrative Fellow at lindsay.siegle@lvhn.org by October 7:

• Current resume
• 1 page personal statement
• 3 letters of recommendation (At least 1 academic) ** (Submitted directly from the chosen reference to lindsay.siegle@lvhn.org)
• Graduate School Transcript

Selection Process

• Phone interviews will be conducted in mid October
• On-site interviews will be conducted in early November
• Offers will be extended by December 1
• Employment begins on or about July 1

Additional information is available by calling 610-969-4244.

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“All Hospitals Are Not Alike”

About Lehigh Valley Health Network

 

Located in Allentown and Bethlehem, Pa., Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) is one of the largest and oldest teaching hospitals in the state. As a major clinical campus for the University of South Florida, the newly established collaboration creates an atmosphere of constant learning and discovery while maintaining the reputation as a community-based health care resource for over a century. LVHN’s mission is to heal, comfort and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value, supported by education and clinical research. With more than 900 beds located on three campuses (Cedar Crest, 17th and Chew Streets, and Muhlenberg), we operate the third-largest heart surgery program and fourth-largest cancer center in Pennsylvania. Our passionfor better medicine iswhat drives everyone at Lehigh Valley Health Network to create one of America’s best hospitals and one of the nation’s top places to work.

Learn more about the culture of LVHN.

Lehigh Valley Health Network’s regional and national recognitions:

• Magnet Hospital
• Best Places to Work in Pa
• Most Wired/Wireless
• National Quality Award
• A.H.A. McKesson Finalist
• U.S. News and World Report—Among the top 50 hospitals in six specialties
• Among the top 10 in the nation’s 100 Most Integrated Health Networks

Living in the Lehigh Valley

The Lehigh Valley is Pennsylvania’s third most-populated metropolitan region and includes the cities of Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton. The Valley lies between two large Pennsylvania mountain ranges, Blue Mountain to the north and South Mountain to the south. Located in eastern Pennsylvania, the region is 75 miles from New York City and 50 miles from Philadelphia, as well as within driving distance to major East Coast cities including Boston and Washington, D.C. The area offers everything from art to fine dining, remarkable history, championship golf courses, trendy shopping, wine trail excursions and sporting events. Several universities, including Lehigh University, Moravian College, Muhlenberg College and DeSales University, make it a great place to meet other young professionals.

Learn more about life in the Lehigh Valley.

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