Piedmont Healthcare
Sr Performance Improvement Lead
Piedmont Healthcare, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30383
Description:
JOB PURPOSE:The Sr. Performance Improvement Lead owns a portfolio of system wide performance improvement projects, supporting Piedmonts quality and safety strategic priorities, such as Leapfrog Hospital Safety grades, Clinical Governance Councils, Zero Harm efforts, or any other improvement priorities, as they arise. Confidently utilizes a combination of process improvement and project management skillsets to scope projects, develop project plans, and collaborates with clinical leaders, senior administrators, and frontline staff, from multiple disciplines, to implement improvement interventions. Responsible for timely execution and attaining performance targets. Must be goal-oriented and demonstrate critical thinking skills
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:1. Facilitates/leads performance improvement teams in collaboration with multiple clinical team leaders and senior administrators without direct supervisory responsibility over team members.2. Employs a variety of rigorous improvement methodologies, such as Lean/Toyota Production System, Rapid Cycle Testing, root cause analysis, FMEA, Six Sigma, statistical process control etc.3. Maintains strong and productive relationships with key stakeholders and customers including C-Suite, Physicians and front-line staff.4. Manages multiple, complex projects, simultaneously5. Communicates regularly with team stakeholders and executive sponsors about team progress toward goal achievement, critical factors and obstacles. This includes presenting to Executives and Front-Line Staff.6. Collects and analyzes process data to initiate, develop and recommend practices and procedures that focus on quality improvement, safety, increased productivity and reduced cost.7. Maps key processes to reduces waste, inefficiencies, and downtime.8. Drives continuous improvement activity around quality, safety and patient experience.9. Acts as a change agent, influencing and motivating staff at all levels of the organization to adopt and embrace new processes.10. Analyzes and measures the effectiveness of existing processes and develops sustainable, repeatable and quantifiable process improvements.11. Researches best business and clinical practices within and outside the organization.12. Handoff improvements to operations as standard work and monitors spread across the system.13. Other duties as assigned.Qualifications:MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIRED:Bachelors degree in Engineering, Nursing, Healthcare/Business Administration, or a closely related field.
MINIMUM EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:Four (4) years of progressively responsible project management or process improvement experience with a Bachelors degree OR three (3) years progressively responsible and relevant project management or process improvement experience, with a Masters degree OR four (4) years of clinical practice/experience with relevant project management or process improvement experience.Previous experience leading process improvement projects or Kaizen events is required.Exceptional organizational skills required.
MINIMUM LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LAW:If candidate is an RN, a current license in the State of Georgia as a Registered Nurse or NLC/eNLC Multistate License.
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:Masters degree in Health Systems/Health Administration, Nursing, Business/Management, Public Health or a related field preferred.Strong project management/interpersonal skills preferred.Certification in Lean, Six Sigma or CPHQ strongly preferred.Superior written and verbal communication skills including the ability to present ideas in a clear and compelling manner to both executive and staff level audiences.
Position Information
LOCATION
Atlanta, Georgia
POSTED
08/19/2024
TYPE
Professional
JOB ID
1117328
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JOB PURPOSE:The Sr. Performance Improvement Lead owns a portfolio of system wide performance improvement projects, supporting Piedmonts quality and safety strategic priorities, such as Leapfrog Hospital Safety grades, Clinical Governance Councils, Zero Harm efforts, or any other improvement priorities, as they arise. Confidently utilizes a combination of process improvement and project management skillsets to scope projects, develop project plans, and collaborates with clinical leaders, senior administrators, and frontline staff, from multiple disciplines, to implement improvement interventions. Responsible for timely execution and attaining performance targets. Must be goal-oriented and demonstrate critical thinking skills
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:1. Facilitates/leads performance improvement teams in collaboration with multiple clinical team leaders and senior administrators without direct supervisory responsibility over team members.2. Employs a variety of rigorous improvement methodologies, such as Lean/Toyota Production System, Rapid Cycle Testing, root cause analysis, FMEA, Six Sigma, statistical process control etc.3. Maintains strong and productive relationships with key stakeholders and customers including C-Suite, Physicians and front-line staff.4. Manages multiple, complex projects, simultaneously5. Communicates regularly with team stakeholders and executive sponsors about team progress toward goal achievement, critical factors and obstacles. This includes presenting to Executives and Front-Line Staff.6. Collects and analyzes process data to initiate, develop and recommend practices and procedures that focus on quality improvement, safety, increased productivity and reduced cost.7. Maps key processes to reduces waste, inefficiencies, and downtime.8. Drives continuous improvement activity around quality, safety and patient experience.9. Acts as a change agent, influencing and motivating staff at all levels of the organization to adopt and embrace new processes.10. Analyzes and measures the effectiveness of existing processes and develops sustainable, repeatable and quantifiable process improvements.11. Researches best business and clinical practices within and outside the organization.12. Handoff improvements to operations as standard work and monitors spread across the system.13. Other duties as assigned.Qualifications:MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIRED:Bachelors degree in Engineering, Nursing, Healthcare/Business Administration, or a closely related field.
MINIMUM EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:Four (4) years of progressively responsible project management or process improvement experience with a Bachelors degree OR three (3) years progressively responsible and relevant project management or process improvement experience, with a Masters degree OR four (4) years of clinical practice/experience with relevant project management or process improvement experience.Previous experience leading process improvement projects or Kaizen events is required.Exceptional organizational skills required.
MINIMUM LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LAW:If candidate is an RN, a current license in the State of Georgia as a Registered Nurse or NLC/eNLC Multistate License.
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:Masters degree in Health Systems/Health Administration, Nursing, Business/Management, Public Health or a related field preferred.Strong project management/interpersonal skills preferred.Certification in Lean, Six Sigma or CPHQ strongly preferred.Superior written and verbal communication skills including the ability to present ideas in a clear and compelling manner to both executive and staff level audiences.
Position Information
LOCATION
Atlanta, Georgia
POSTED
08/19/2024
TYPE
Professional
JOB ID
1117328
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