What you will be doing
The Intern works collaboratively within a team of highly qualified Advisory consultants to deliver performance improvement to healthcare systems. This position will be primarily responsible for performing billable work for client engagements and internal opportunities. The role of the Intern is to actively participate within an engagement team to determine our client's needs, analyze and interpret data, evaluate potential solutions, develop presentation materials, and assist in the implementation of recommended improvements.
The Intern participates in all aspects of an engagement including identifying issues, forming hypotheses, planning and participating in interviews, conducting analyses, synthesizing conclusions into insights and recommendations, synthesizing information into cohesive presentations for various audiences and helping to implement change. The intern will work in a team environment and provide input and support to team deliverables and presentations during each phase of a project.
The Intern may interact with clients and is expected to build working relationships within the Premier/Client team. This position takes a broad approach to problem solving and develops an understanding of our client's needs and expectations.
Interns will also participate in Premier internal activities including practice development, required and approved educational opportunities, and learning the various technologies Premier offers to its clients.
Key Responsibilities
Responsibility #1 – 75%
- Obtain data, execute or coordinate analyses, initiate interpretations and conclusions, and prepare verbal and graphic presentations, using methods that are professionally sound and efficient relative to project objectives and conform to standards of the firm.
- Generate billings revenue by conducting assigned analyses, write and prepare reports, and assist clients in implementing desired changes at the direction of team leadership.
- Define detailed business requirements by working in tandem with team members to effectively interview clients to clarify project objectives; document customer "wants" and "needs".
- Create and prepare presentations and deliverables for client audiences that communicate strategy and outcomes at the direction of team leadership.
- Deliver content for projects in a timely and quality manner.
- Create required deliverables as it relates to internship requirements to showcase new and learned skillsets.
Responsibility #2 – 15%
- Participate in practice development activities for the Advisory Services Practice overall or for Service Lines within the Practice.
- Network with peers and colleagues across the Advisory Services practice and broader Premier network.
Responsibility #3 – 10%
- Learn Premier based technologies and services
- Complete all required training requirements
Required Qualifications
Work Experience:
Years of Applicable Experience - 0 or more years
Education:
High School Diploma or GED (Required)
Preferred Qualifications
Skills:
- Awareness of: Market trends and key competitor's activities; networking; client and healthcare industry
- Understand risk management practices; identifies, communicates, and responds to risks and issues to manager
- Assist in determining client needs by gathering and researching data, utilizing common tools and analytical methods
- Statistical tools (R. Python, SAS, Matlab, etc.), Advanced Excel skills, Tableau, Business Intelligence
Experience:
- Experience in healthcare, business or finance
- Demonstrated interest in healthcare performance improvement
- Demonstrated capability to lead and show value from their efforts
Education:
- Graduate students who are pursuing additional education
- Lean Process Improvement; Six Sigma
Additional Job Requirements
- Remain in a stationary position for prolonged periods of time
- Be adaptive and change priorities quickly; meet deadlines
- Operate computer programs and software
- Ability to communicate effectively with audiences in person and in electronic formats.
- Day-to-day contact with others (co-workers and/or the public)
- Making independent decisions
- Ability to work in a collaborative business environment in close quarters with peers and varying interruptions
Working Conditions: Remote
Travel Requirements: No travel required
Physical Demands: Sedentary: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves remaining stationary most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if movement is required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.
Salary: $52,000 - $78,000
Premier's compensation philosophy is to ensure that compensation is reasonable, equitable, and competitive in order to attract and retain talented and highly skilled employees. Premier's internal salary range for this role is $52,000 - $78,000. Final salary is dependent upon several market factors including, but not limited to, departmental budgets, internal equity, education, unique skills/experience, and geographic location. Premier utilizes a wide-range salary structure to allow base salary flexibility within our ranges.
Benefits
Qualified full-time and part-time employees also receive access to the following benefits:
- Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
- Participation in Premier's employee incentive plans
- Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
- Access to on-site and online exercise classes
Premier at a glance
- Granted World's Most Ethical Companies, Ethisphere, 2008-2026
- Named U.S. News & World Report, Best Companies to Work For (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Accredited by Forbes: America's Best Management Consulting Firms 2024-2025
- Given Modern Healthcare Best in Business Awards: Consultants- Healthcare Management
- Awarded Cigna Workforce Designation Gold Level Recipient (2016,2017,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023,2025)
For a listing of all of our awards, please visit the Awards and Recognition section on our company website.
Premier is looking for smart, agile individuals like you to help us transform the healthcare industry. Here you will find critical thinkers who have the freedom to make an impact. Colleagues who share your thirst to learn more and do things better. Teammates committed to improving the health of a nation. See why incredible challenges require incredible people.
Premier is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful discrimination because of their age, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, pregnancy status, genetic information, status as a victim of domestic violence, covered military or protected veteran status (e.g., status as a Vietnam Era veteran, disabled veteran, special disabled veteran, Armed Forces Serviced Medal veteran, recently separated veteran, or other protected veteran) disability, or any other applicable federal, state or local protected class, trait or status or that of persons with whom an applicant associates. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, Premier complies with government regulations, including affirmative action responsibilities, where they apply. EEO / AA / Disabled / Protected Veteran Employer.
Premier also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability or those who have a sincerely held religious belief. If you need assistance in the application process, please reply to diversity_and_accommodations@premierinc.com or contact Premier Recruiting at 704.357.0022.
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