Continuous Improvement Specialist Senior

About the job

The Senior Continuous Improvement (SR CI) Specialist leads and facilitates system-wide, strategic improvement projects/initiatives within the organization to improve and redesign processes which are critical to quality and patient care. They engage senior leaders, area leaders, and front-line staff in using lean and six sigma principles and tools to eliminate waste, improve flow, and create value for patients and internal customers. They collaborate with various members of the organization to assemble a team of the "right" people for successful end-to-end project implementation and sustainability. They utilize a data-driven approach including development of key performance indicators with data collection, monitoring, and analysis. They conduct and facilitate effective team meetings to ensure alignment with A3 thinking, including current state, a defined and measured problem, target state, root causes of problem, countermeasures, goals for implementation, and how the project will be sustained.

Responsibilities

• Leads and facilitates system-wide, strategic improvement projects/initiatives within the organization to improve and redesign processes which are critical to quality and patient care
• Engages senior leaders, area leaders, and front-line staff in using lean and six sigma principles and tools to eliminate waste, improve flow, and create value for patients and internal customers
• Collaborates with various members of the organization to assemble a team of the "right" people for successful end-to-end project implementation and sustainability
• Utilizes a data-driven approach including development of key performance indicators with data collection, monitoring, and analysis
• Conducts and facilitates effective team meetings to ensure alignment with A3 thinking, including current state, a defined and measured problem, target state, root causes of problem, countermeasures, goals for implementation, and how the project will be sustained

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare, Statistics, Informatics, Business, Engineering, or other related field
• Licenses, certifications, or other clearances required
• Minimum of 5 years of Continuous Improvement experience with use of advanced lean tools
• Proven team facilitation experience

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Healthcare, Statistics, Informatics, Business, Engineering or other related field, Required
• Lean/Six Sigma Blackbelt/Master Blackbelt Certification or advanced training and certification, Required
• Minimum of 5 years of Continuous Improvement experience with use of advanced lean tools, Required
• Proven team facilitation experience, Required

Skills

• Data-driven approach
• Lean and Six Sigma principles and tools
• A3 thinking
• Team facilitation

Benefits

• Health, dental, prescription, and vision coverage for full-time & part-time employees
• Short term, long term disability, Accident insurance, & life insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Referral bonuses
• Accrued earned time for full-time & part-time employees
• 403b Retirement plans, with generous employer contributions

Pay

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Schedule

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