Administrative Health
Internship

United States
Are you ready to kickstart your leadership career in healthcare?

If you’re in your first year in your MBA, MHA, MPH or MSN with dual degree MBA, MHA, MPH or JD program, spend your summer getting hands-on, specialized administrative experience as an intern at Sutter Health. In our program, you’ll work on a 10- to 12-week project in settings ranging from acute care hospitals and ambulatory care environments, to medical groups and foundations.

Looking to understand the challenges facing today’s healthcare delivery systems? An internship at Sutter Health will provide you with invaluable insight into the workings of our integrated, not-for-profit healthcare system.

Program Highlights

10- to 12-week summer program

Competitive salary and housing provided

One-on-one mentoring with our executives

Engaging in meaningful projects
A sense of mutual respect and mindfulness permeates our culture-in fact, it’s the key to our success.

Why work here?

A sense of mutual respect and mindfulness permeates our culture-in fact, it’s the key to our success.
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Program Overview

Below is a partial list of outstanding intern projects and initiatives at Sutter Health:
  • Lead a team of Directors to reduce the average bed-is-down
  • Conducted financial analysis to identify root causes for Skilled Nursing Facility costs
  • Develop process maps for transferring patients from outlying hospitals
  • Produced a project plan for Chief Nursing Executive’s Brilliant at the Basic Project
  • Assisted COO at the Command Center with the CDPH General Acute Care Relicensing Survey
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Eligibility

To qualify, you must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, and you must be a current graduate student at an accredited university in the first year of the following programs:
  • MBA-health/healthcare management focus
  • MHA
  • MPH-health management & policy focus
  • JD
  • MSN with dual degree MBA, MHA, or MPH programs, with expressed interest in healthcare administration
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Application Process

APPLICATION WINDOW NOW OPEN!
Our 2025 Summer Administrative Internship application period will be from December 1, 2025 – January 1, 2025.
 
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Deadline

The application window for this program is currently closed. Please check back for future opportunities in 2026.
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A sense of mutual respect and mindfulness permeates our culture-in fact, it’s the key to our success.
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Hear From Our Alumni

Employee
"My internship and fellowship were some of the most crucial parts of getting me to where I am in my career today. I learned lessons that cannot be taught in the classroom and made connections I will carry forward throughout my entire leadership journey. If I had once piece of advice for growing leaders it would be to absolutely do it!"
Whitney Clark
  Senior Director, Patient Care
  Sutter Intern and Fellow, 2016-2018
 
A sense of mutual respect and mindfulness permeates our culture-in fact, it’s the key to our success.