Sr Consultant Behavioral Health

About the role

The Senior Consultant Behavioral Health, under the direction of the Senior Business Operations Manager/Director, Behavioral Health, leads strategic and consulting initiatives for the Behavioral Health department in the Georgia Region. The Senior Consultant will be either assigned to support Medicine Management or Therapy work but can cross-cover and lean into any area within the overall department. Serves as both a broad-based business advisor and a Program/Project Manager in partnership with TSPMG Behavioral Health leadership team & Health Plan Behavioral Health business owners. The Behavioral Health Senior Consultant drives efficient and effective operations and improvements, while achieving high-priority business objectives and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Leads Behavioral Health programs and projects that evaluate and enhance performance using operations and process improvement knowledge and management.
• Identifies best practices and deficiencies and drives improvements which have measurable outcomes.
• Maintains a working knowledge of Behavioral Health operations especially within programs/projects assigned.
• Provides project management leadership and will create and maintain project charters and project plans.
• Develops and presents recommendations to Stakeholders, Behavioral Health, and Executive Leaders.
• Establishes and maintains collaborative, results-oriented relationships with Behavioral Health and Executive Leaders, TSPMG and Health Plan stakeholders.
• Identifies projects, manages implementations, and measures effectiveness.
• Demonstrated experience with full lifecycle project management concepts for leading complex projects from inception to closure, providing leadership and role models for same, and growing the depth of project management knowledge among KP and TSPMG leadership.
• Develop, implement, and monitor all BH programs.
• Will create presentations, communications, and trainings.
• Will help to develop and prioritize Behavioral Health department strategies.
• Leads problem resolution between interdepartmental groups across TSPMG, Health Plan, and interdisciplinary groups to understand the issues and work through possible solutions.
• Demonstrates strong business acumen and healthcare industry expertise.
• Leads regional resources in workflow development, training, systems deployment, and sustainability of initiatives to maximize positive outcomes, quality of care, efficiency, revenue capture, and compliance.
• Serve as a business advisor.
• Designs and delivers robust models and workflows for strategic initiatives.
• Develops and manages clinical operations and department dashboards as required.
• Makes key operational and strategic decisions based on monitoring key performance metrics.
• Monitors key performance metrics and develops approaches and recommendations for spread or intervention.
• Pairs with TSPMG reporting resources to obtain needed information and project reports for leadership review.
• Leads projects for internalizing additional services within the Behavioral Health department.
• Leads internalization of additional services into KP’s Behavioral Health department; helps to identify additional services for internalization based on cost-effectiveness and ROI analysis.
• Partners with Business Operations team to help develop business cases for Behavioral Health projects including financial and strategic assessment.
• Complete research of best practices internally and externally to help drive Behavioral Health strategic priorities.
• Identifies process improvement, best practices and efficiency opportunities, and shares and provides knowledge to multi-disciplinary team.
• Joins in formal MOB rounding within the assigned Area to discover areas of opportunity and identify best practices for spread.

Requirements

• Masters of Healthcare Administration, Business Administration (MBA) with a focus in Marketing Strategy, and/or other related areas.
• 7+ years of consulting or similar experience within the healthcare industry.
• Excellent demonstrated consulting, project management, and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated leadership ability with proven record producing results, satisfying customers, reaching performance goals.
• Ability to establish positive, professional relationships with senior leadership and management team members.
• Demonstrated use and interpretation of quantitative reports and the ability to complete complex data analysis and make key operational and strategic decisions.
• Strong skills utilizing Microsoft Office applications such as PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, and Excel to create presentations, workflows, and project plans.
• Demonstrated organizational and problem-solving skills, as well as strategic and systems thinking capability.
• Proven track record of managing multiple complex projects simultaneously.
• Work experience in large multi-specialty medical group business practices.

Qualifications

• Minimum requirements include a Master's degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration (MBA), or a related field.
• Experience in consulting or similar roles within the healthcare industry is highly desirable.
• Exceptional project management and analytical skills are essential.
• Leadership experience and the ability to motivate and lead teams is crucial.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills are necessary to build and maintain relationships with senior leadership and management team members.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications is required.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills are necessary to manage multiple complex projects.
• Experience in large multi-specialty medical group business practices is preferred.

Skills

• Full lifecycle project management concepts.
• Strategic and systems thinking capability.
• Quantitative report interpretation and data analysis.
• Microsoft Office applications proficiency (PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, Excel).
• Organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Leadership and team motivation.
• Business acumen and healthcare industry expertise.
• Workflow development, training, systems deployment, and sustainability of initiatives.
• Process improvement, best practices, and efficiency opportunities identification.
• MOB rounding and area discovery for best practices.

Benefits

TSPMG offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes generous paid time off and many additional benefits designed to support your work-life balance. As an equal opportunity employer, TSPMG is committed to providing a drug and nicotine-free workplace and performing pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks.