Health Equity

1 week ago


Oakland, United States Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Full time

About Our Internships

Our paid internship program is thoughtfully curated to provide students with experience and exposure to the healthcare industry. Interns will be given the opportunity to get hands-on experience with real work projects, build meaningful relationships and connections within the organization, and experience our mission and enterprise goals through our program curriculum centered on our leadership model (Personal, People, Thought, and Results Leadership). To see more about our internship program, check out this video.

Our Summer 2025 Internship is June 9th or June 16th through August 15th, 2025.

Application Process and Timeline:

* Now: Actively accepting applications
* November: If you meet the requirements, you will receive an invitation to complete a Pre-Recorded Video Interview
* November - January: 2nd round interviews & offers extended

As an intern at Blue Shield of California, you will:

* Participate in impactful projects during a 10-week internship program
* Undertake a 10-week curriculum designed to familiarize interns with BSC, leadership development, exposure to the healthcare industry, and more
* Be invited to participate in BSC employee events and networking opportunities such as Employee Resource Groups, employee volunteer activities, and more

General Requirements:

* Must reside in the state of California for the duration of the internship
* Hybrid requirements - Preferably live within a 50-mile radius of a BSC office and be available for in-office collaboration 2 times per month
* Must currently be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program at the time of the internship, with a graduation date of December 2025 or later

Your Role

The Health Solutions team is a part of our larger Strategy & Health Solutions team which oversees provider partnerships & network management, health transformation acceleration, innovation, healthcare services, and strategy, planning, and operations functions and responsibilities at Blue Shield of CA.

The Health Equity team leads the strategy and development of health equity initiatives across the organization. The Health Equity portfolio includes integrating health equity principles and community-based solutions to design data-driven initiatives to reduce inequities and improve the health and care of our members and communities. The Health Equity Intern will report to a Principal Program Manager within the business. In this role, you will work cross-functionally to support a variety of health equity initiatives aimed at preventive screening for inequities and healthcare outcomes, birthing equity, and getting and using meaningful data.

Your Work

In this role, you will:

* Support initiatives aimed at advancing and aligning the health equity strategy and tactical workplan to reduce health inequities among communities
* Work collaboratively with internal and external partners and stakeholders to address identified disparities and improve health quality and outcomes
* Research evidence-based practices and nationally recognized criteria, designing, and recommending opportunities to enhance health equity efforts through scaling best practices, technology platforms or other culturally relevant modes of communication, and insights and perspectives generated by impacted and diverse stakeholders
* Understand data trending across different segments of populations, with consideration for intersectional impacts
* Support cross functional project teams, including defining meeting agenda, leading meetings, capturing meeting notes and following-up on action items


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