Administrative Fellowship Programs

Administrative fellows will be part of a longstanding and evolving health system, allowing them the opportunity to embrace the mission and ministry of the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis. Each year three Administrative fellows are selected and spend their first six months in functional and operational rotations at our System Services Center in Springfield, Illinois, and then transferring into an operational role within our system. At the end of their 18-month fellowship, our goal for each fellow that successfully completed their internship is to find permanent placement in an operational leadership role based on the needs of the local systems where they will leverage their experience to help implement HSHS programs.

Administrative Fellows report directly to HSHS Vice President of Operations and Supply Chain Management, Nalin Kulasekara.

The first six months of the fellowship is spent completing priority projects for Vice President of Operations
and Supply Chain Management, Nalin Kulasekara while observing and engaging with system level executive
leaders at HSHS system office in Springfield, Ill. The next 12 months is focused on operational roles at three
HSHS market hospitals (Springfield, Ill., O’Fallon, Ill., or Green Bay, Wis.).

HSHS fellows can expect the opportunity to attend local and system board meetings, travel with leaders to locations across the system (Wisconsin and Illinois) and attend professional development conferences.

HSHS is committed to providing the exposure and experience needed to successfully lead operational functions within an acute care setting after 18 months. Placement in operational leadership role is the ideal end goal for this fellowship program. Growing our future leaders of health care one fellowship at a time.

Hospital Sisters Health System is a member of the National Council on Administrative Fellowships (NCAF). As such, we adhere to the uniform application and offer dates; and utilize the centralized application service (NAFCAS). Visit the application portal for the 2025 – 2026 fellowship application requirements, which opens on June 7, 2024.
Please note: Work visas are not sponsored.

Important Dates
Application deadline: Applications are due Friday, Sept. 8, 2024.
 

• Proof of graduation from baccalaureate program and enrollment in graduate school curriculum to date from a CAHME-accredited program. 
• Two reference letters - one reference letter must be from current MHA program director or advisor 
• Resume 
• Written personal statement of your fellowship and career objectives, including:
  • What you will bring to HSHS in furthering our mission
  • Why you are pursuing an administrative fellowship
  • Your career goals and how the HSHS Administrative Fellowship will benefit you
  • All items must be included in one PDF and uploaded in the resume portion of the online application.