Performance Improvement Consultant
Cedars Sinai
The Performance Improvement Consultant is responsible for facilitating complex performance improvement projects, design challenges of varying scope, and supporting large and small cross-functional process improvement teams to achieve the organization's mission and goals and to ensure compliance with accreditation, licensing and regulatory requirements.
Educational Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree required, Master’s Degree preferred; A combination of education/experience will be considered.
Experience required:
Minimum 2 years of progressive responsibility in the application of process improvement and statistical process control methodologies and independent facilitation of process improvement teams required.
What else? Registered Nurse, RN or other clinical care experience is a plus
Manager, Operations Innovation
DaVita Medical Group
The Corporate Manager - Operations Strategy and Innovation will work on high priority COO initiatives by collaborating with senior operating leaders of DaVita Healthcare Partners. Topics will likely include:
Operationalizing growth strategies across Strategic Business Units
Large-scale operating model changes to drive efficiencies and prepare for healthcare reform
Integrated care business model development
Introduction and incubation of disruptive medical technologies
Commercializing portfolio of assets
Business unit-specific operations strategy
The Manager will lead a team of highly motivated individuals with management consulting, investment banking and clinical experience, and is expected to effectively manage individual work streams and communicate recommendations to business unit leads and senior executives.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Demonstrates first-principles thinking in analyzing problems and engaging with teammates
Leverages hypotheses-based approach to identify, validate and quantify opportunities
Develops and improves credible and pragmatic analytical approaches and frameworks
Leverages continuous improvement tools (Lean, Six-Sigma, PDCA) to structure and incubate improvement opportunities
Builds complex models and conducts financial planning and analyses to assess impact on business metrics
Conveys findings in a cohesive story, including summarizing insights from analysis; Builds appropriate horizontal and vertical logic in presentation decks
Presents comfortably and compellingly to senior audiences
Works closely with teammates in the clinics and develops long-standing relationships with operators and clinicians
10%-25% travel may be required
Minimum Qualifications
4-6 years of work experience in management consulting, process engineering, investment banking or a corporate strategy role preferred
Experience supporting large-scale business transformation teams with tangible impact on operating/financial performance
Healthcare background
Link:
https://healthcarepartners.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/DMG_External/job/99116---HCP-CO-DNVR-Denver/Manager--Operations-Innovation_R0065286?shared_id=a17ca8c8-9162-4f9a-b9de-4069f3e3249d
Analyst, Operations Innovation
DaVita Medical Group
The Operations Strategy and Innovation Analyst will work on high priority COO initiatives by collaborating with Senior Analysts and operating leaders of DaVita Medical Group
Topics will likely include:
•Growth strategies across Strategic Business Units
•Large-scale operating model changes to drive efficiencies and improve outcomes in the rapidly changing healthcare landscape
•Integrated care business model development
•Introduction and incubation of disruptive medical technologies
•Commercializing portfolio of assets and business-unit specific operations strategy
The Operations Strategy and Innovation Analyst will work with a team of highly-motivated individuals with management consulting, process engineering, change management, investment banking, and clinical experience, and is expected to effectively manage individual work streams and communicate recommendations to senior analysts and/or managers.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Collaborative Problem Solving:
•Demonstrates first-principles thinking in analyzing problems and engaging with teammates
•Leverages hypotheses-based approach to identify, validate, and quantify opportunities
Data & Analytics:
•Develops and improves credible and pragmatic analytical approaches and frameworks; uses continuous improvement tools (Lean, Six-Sigma, PDCA)
•Build complex models and conducts financial planning and analyses to assess impact on business metrics
Written & Oral Communication:
•Conveys findings in a cohesive story, including summarizing insights from analysis
•Builds appropriate horizontal and vertical logic in presentation decks
•Presents comfortably and compellingly to senior audiences
•Works closely with teammates in the clinics and develops long-standing relationships with operators and clinicians
Travel: 10%-25% travel may be required
•0-2 years of experience in analytics, consulting, investment banking or corporate strategy preferred
•Experience on teams undertaking large-scale business tr
Link:
https://healthcarepartners.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/DMG_External/job/99116---HCP-CO-DNVR-Denver/Analyst--Operations-Innovation_R0064623?shared_id=30bb8c42-15a9-42e0-9d95-f3ad23f1b537
Health Systems Process Improvement Manager
Mount Sinai St. Luke’s
The Lean Team at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s is ready to expand! The team, under the leadership of the Chief Transformation Officer and in close collaboration with the Hospital President, is now in its fifth year of establishing Lean Daily Management. The successful applicant is passionate about improvement work, has several years of experience in change management and hands-on experience with Lean tools, and is an enthusiastic and dynamic teacher. We are proud members of the Catalysis Healthcare Value Network.
Please see the link below. There is an embedded video to hear about Lean at St. Luke’s from our leaders and our staff.
Link:
https://careers.mountsinai.org/jobs/80403?lang=en-us
Lean Specialist
PeaceHealth
Responsible for coordinating, leading and supporting the day-to-day lean transformation work and educational activities.
Works cross-functionally with different departments within assigned network to implement lean best practices focused on process improvement.
Leads and coaches various continuous improvement project teams focused on eliminating waste and adding value and efficiencies.
Link:
https://jobs.peacehealth.org/job/Vancouver-Lean-Specialist-WA-98660/531372800/
Director, Lean Transformation, Oregon Network
PeaceHealth
Champions and engages with all levels of leadership and caregivers across PeaceHealth in implementing a culture of lean transformation, building trust and collaborative relationships.
Promotes the principles, values and methodologies required to support the lean transformation.
Provides leadership, guidance and support to ensure alignment and standardization around the lean strategy, language and methodology for the assigned network.
Link:
https://jobs.peacehealth.org/job/Springfield-Director-Lean-Transformation-Oregon-Network-OR-97477/531346400/
Director Process Improvement Lean Transformation
The Vancouver Clinic
The Process Improvement & Lean Transformation Director is an innovative professional responsible for creating a lean transformation strategy and culture of performance excellence to ensure Vancouver Clinic is a High Reliability Organization. Will contribute to the transformational strategies to achieve financial performance, employee engagement, clinical and operational value, and overall effectiveness. This position requires a dynamic candidate with the proven leadership skills and the ability to facilitate and guide the application of lean principles and behaviors. This leader must influence, motivate, and set the examples for others to meet challenges in an ever-changing, highly customer-centric multi-specialty provider practice.
Link:
Tvc.org
Associate Director – Clinic Operations
The Vancouver Clinic
In concert with the Medical Director dyad, the Associate Director is a Lean Leader responsible for the strategic and financial performance of the departments of Audiology, ENT, Dermatology, General Surgery, Ophthalmology, Physical Therapy, and Urology. The successful candidate will support the organization’s lean leadership culture and have several years of utilizing Lean processes to improve business outcomes. . Click here to apply!
Link:
tvc.org
Process Improvement Program Manager
The Vancouver Clinic
In this position, you will provide leadership for ongoing and focused improvement initiatives supporting leaders and improvement teams in operational and business performance strategic changes aimed at improving value to our customers. This includes, but is not limited to, complex cross-functional performance assessments, clinical and operational redesign, project management, operations analysis, new department & program development, facilitation of meetings and educational activities strategies. Requires a min of three years process improvement and analysis experience, with detailed history of successful process improvement and continuous quality improvement initiatives. Click here to apply!
Link:
tvc.org
Sr. Performance Excellence Coach
Legacy Health
The Senior Performance Excellence Coach works with Legacy leadership and cross functional teams to improve and help sustain service, quality, cost, safety and employee engagement outcomes. Within the teams, the PE Coach is responsible for supporting the high-priority system-wide initiatives, local process improvement efforts and transformation of leadership behaviors aligned with the mission, values, and objectives of the Performance Excellence organization and Legacy Health.
Link:
https://careers-lhs.icims.com/jobs/7775/sr-performance-excellence-coach/job
Lean Transformation Specialist
Montage Health - Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula
Help drive Lean improvements in our system which has been applying Lean for about 4 years. We have had great success in our short history with Lean. I’d love to discuss with any Lean practitioners who might find the beautiful Central Coast an interesting option!
Link:
https://pm.healthcaresource.com/cs/chomp_i#/job/2998
Lean Continuous Improvement Manager
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Lean Continuous Improvement Manager (LCIM) manages the Kaizen Promotion Office’s department’s technical and behavioral activities and maintenance of change management by coaching the KPO team to advise and train San Francisco Department of Public Health department managers; develops leaders to implement and improve strategies that support sustained quality and process improvement; and interfaces with other departmental leaders to ensure maximum alignment of resources for the entire organization, including knowledge management.
The LCIM is responsible for development and implementation of a daily management system (DMS) to support the success of Electronic Health Record (EHR) implementation across DPH. The LCIM will recruit, train and coach KPO Specialists in Lean principles, developing Lean skills in daily management, coaching, continuous improvement, and the use of data for improvement.
The LCIM will also train and coach executive leadership, administrators, and frontline staff in daily management systems, performance improvement leadership behaviors, in the observation of workflows and adherence to standard work. In addition, the LCIM will establish a Lean Leadership Fellows program to spread Lean by developing Lean leadership and understanding for identified leaders in the organization.
Link:
https://jobapscloud.com/SF/sup/BulPreview.asp?R1=TEX&R2=0932&R3=087796
Project Manager
MaineHealth
The Project Manager has primary responsibility for facilitating the planning, implementation and post implementation phases of various strategic projects for the department, Maine Medical Center and/or at participating regional hospitals.
The Project Manager will determine the appropriate qualitative and quantitative measures to evaluate progress and successful implementation. These projects will result in measurable improvements that will impact clinical, administrative financial systems, and/or the infrastructural systems of MMC and that will benefit our patients, families and staff.
The Project Manager will also provide regular progress reporting to his/her supervisor and other groups as appropriate.
Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
1. Bachelor's degree in a related field. May accept a combination of management and technical experience which is usually acquired through the completion of a Bachelor's Degree program. Master's preferred for most positions.
2. Three to five+ year's project management experience that is multidisciplinary in nature with documented success.
3. The position may also require the incumbent have proven work experience related to the specific area of focus (e.g. clinical process improvement and facilitation, patient safety, etc.).
4. A high level of interpersonal skills is necessary to support dynamic work teams and communicate effectively with a wide variety of patients/families, hospital administrative staff, clinicians and external contacts and vendors.
5. A high level of analytical and critical thinking skills are needed to assist in the development of new systems, techniques, procedures and to develop special and recurring reports or analysis.
6. Excellent oral and written presentation skills; ability to write and present for a variety of audiences.
7. Demonstrated highly developed organizational skills.
8. Knowledgeable of computer programs needed for position
Link:
https://www.careersatmainehealth.org/job/9724470/project-manager-center-for-performance-improvement-portland-me/
Performance Excellence Lean Specialist
UCLA Health
The Performance Excellence Specialist provides operations and clinical improvement support to UCLA Health System by functioning, as necessary, as a project manager, facilitator, consultant, and analyst. The Specialist facilitates the assessment of problems, the compilation and analysis of data, the development of improvement teams, the design and collections of metrics, and the facilitation of improvement efforts. The Specialist using Lean, Value-Based Care Redesign, and other appropriate improvement approaches to not only support performance improvement, but to implement the active daily management approach to sustain performance.
The Specialist supports continued execution and development of the “UCLA Way,” which focuses on goal setting, alignment with People strategies, Dashboards, Lean / Performance Improvement activities, and Active Daily Management-including development of standard work, daily critical-to-quality metrics, visual management, rounding schedules, and huddle approaches. The Specialist supports continued execution and development of UCLA ValU initiative, which focuses on improving clinical outcomes, the patient experience, and reducing cost to support our quality, capacity, and growth objectives.
Link:
https://www.uclahealthcareers.org/job/9575869/performance-excellence-specialist-los-angeles-ca/
Senior Value Improvement Coach
St. Charles Health System
Provides coaching to multidisciplinary teams in continuous improvement, change management and lean leaders behaviors using basic and advanced process improvement principles and thinking. Mentors leaders and facilitators in the execution of daily management system. Applies continuous improvement methods for the execution of specific strategic initiatives while employing change management techniques. Role supports the strategic deployment cycle including the coaching of A3 development.
Link:
None
Senior Project Manager
Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health
The Project Manager will lead and direct high-priority, complex portfolios of projects for business initiatives for the Riley Hospital for Children Maternity Services Strategic Project. Responsibilities include communicating status updates and delivery expectations to teams and stakeholders. The incumbent manages projects according to the methodology, timeline, and budget of the organization. Owns quality assurance and oversight of resources assigned to project objectives. Ensures that projects are delivered within committed scope and budget. Work with business groups to build trust and credibility, understand their concerns, and help them understand any project challenges.
Link:
http://careers.iuhealth.org/search/project-manager-senior
Analytics & Clinical Effectiveness Specialist
Stanford Children’s Health
Please reference linked job posting.
Link:
http://careers.stanfordchildrens.org/jobs/3568125-analytics-and-clinical-effectiveness-specialist-quality-improvement-1-dot-0-fte-days
