Process Improvement Consultant III
Panorama City, California
Description: Job Summary:
Delivers, executes, and sustains process improvement (PI) engagements including kaizen. Serves as a consultant to stakeholders and process owners to drive process improvements. Supports strategic planning and prioritization of process improvement initiatives. Serves as an advocate for continuous improvement by keeping abreast of industry practices, standards, and benchmarks. Participates in change management activities associated with process improvement and performs data analyses to support process improvement initiatives.
Essential Responsibilities:
Additional Requirements:
Primary Location: California,Panorama City,Panorama City Medical Offices 2
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Shift: Day
Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM
Working Hours End: 05:00 PM
Job Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard
Worker Location: Onsite
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-SCAL-01|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Specialty: Process Improvement
Department: Panorama City MOB #4 - Hosp Adm-Srvc Imprvmnt - 0808
Pay Range: $83600 - $108130 / year The ranges posted above reflect the location in the job posting. The salary range may vary if you reside in a different location or state than the location posted.
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
On-site: Work location is on-site (KP designated office, medical office building or hospital). Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. At Kaiser Permanente, equity, inclusion and diversity are inextricably linked to our mission, and we aim to make it a part of everything we do. We know that having a diverse and inclusive workforce makes Kaiser Permanente a better place to receive health care, a more supportive partner in our communities we serve, and a more fulfilling place to work. Working at Kaiser Permanente means that you agree to and abide by our commitment to equity and our expectation that we all work together to create an inclusive work environment focused on a sense of belonging and wellbeing.
Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status. Submit Interest
Delivers, executes, and sustains process improvement (PI) engagements including kaizen. Serves as a consultant to stakeholders and process owners to drive process improvements. Supports strategic planning and prioritization of process improvement initiatives. Serves as an advocate for continuous improvement by keeping abreast of industry practices, standards, and benchmarks. Participates in change management activities associated with process improvement and performs data analyses to support process improvement initiatives.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Pursues effective relationships with others by proactively providing resources, information, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members. Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides mentoring to team members. Pursues self-development; creates plans and takes action to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; influences others through technical explanations and examples. Adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Supports and responds to the needs of others to support a business outcome.
- Completes work assignments autonomously by applying up-to-date expertise in subject area to generate creative solutions; ensures all procedures and policies are followed; leverages an understanding of data and resources to support projects or initiatives. Collaborates cross-functionally to solve business problems; escalates issues or risks as appropriate; communicates progress and information. Supports, identifies, and monitors priorities, deadlines, and expectations. Identifies, speaks up, and implements ways to address improvement opportunities for team.
- Delivers, executes, and sustains process improvement (PI) engagements including kaizen by leveraging the appropriate methods and tools to ensure the development of stakeholder capabilities for process change and improvement; applying data-driven PI principles, tools, and problem-solving methods including Lean/Six Sigma concepts and techniques; building high performance team capabilities to achieve real time business results; developing process architecture and recommendation documents, including presentations, process maps, supporting metrics, business requirements and related impact analyses; and presenting results and recommendations as appropriate.
- Serves as a consultant to stakeholders and process owners by providing consultation to stakeholders and teams to drive process improvements; contributing to the development of management systems to sustain process changes; supporting the development of stakeholder process improvement leadership competencies; providing training and guidance to stakeholders; and providing ongoing coaching to build a continuous improvement mindset, and build capabilities that drive results.
- Supports strategic planning and prioritization of process improvement initiatives by defining, developing, and evaluating performance metrics, standards, and methods to establish process success; collaborating with multiple stakeholders, often with competing/conflicting objectives, to ensure cohesive and reachable metrics; and managing assigned initiatives to ensure delivery of measurable results and alignment with strategic objectives.
- Serves as an advocate for continuous improvement by keeping abreast of industry practices, standards, and benchmarks; attending and participating in roadshows, conferences, and speaking events; contributing to the ongoing enhancement of process improvement practices, standards, and methods across KP; and serving as an advocate to ensure continuous learning and improvement is championed as a people strategy.
- Participates in change management activities associated with process improvement by engaging stakeholders to obtain support and buy in for changes; collaborating with management, project champions, and process owners to align process improvement initiatives with business objectives; using appropriate change management methods and approaches; and ensuring stakeholders embrace a change management mindset, and understand initiative intent and purpose.
- Performs data analyses to support process improvement initiatives by using appropriate data analysis tools and approach to assess system or process performance; deploying suitable data gathering and analysis methods (e.g., process observation, hard data, etc.); defining data requirements and obtaining customer agreements, including customer requirements as appropriate; conducting analyses and performing experimental tests; and identifying risks through data-driven analysis.
- Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, Health Care/Public Health Administration, Behavioral/Social/Computer Science, Liberal Arts, Mathematics, or related field and Minimum three (3) years experience in process improvement, consulting, project management, or a directly related field OR Minimum six (6) years experience in process improvement, consulting, project management, or a directly related field.
Additional Requirements:
- Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Business Process Improvement; Written Communication; Applied Data Analysis; Managing Diverse Relationships; Service Focus; Business Acumen
- One (1) years experience in transition or change management implementation.
- One (1) years working directly with physicians.
- One (1) years experience working with data analysis software (e.g., Minitab, QI Macros, etc.).
- Process improvement certification such as Lean/Six Sigma.
- Two (2) years experience in health care delivery process improvement.
- One (1) years experience working with value stream mapping and analysis.
- One (1) years healthcare experience.
- One (1) years experience developing and delivering presentations to management.
- Two (2) years experience working with advanced Excel functions including, formulas, pivot tables, vlookup, etc.
- One (1) years project management experience.
- Two (2) years data analytics experience.
- Two (2) years experience working with process mapping software (e.g., Visio, Pro Vision, etc.).
- One (1) years experience working with process modeling software.
- One (1) years experience working with project management software.
Primary Location: California,Panorama City,Panorama City Medical Offices 2
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Shift: Day
Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM
Working Hours End: 05:00 PM
Job Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard
Worker Location: Onsite
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-SCAL-01|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Specialty: Process Improvement
Department: Panorama City MOB #4 - Hosp Adm-Srvc Imprvmnt - 0808
Pay Range: $83600 - $108130 / year The ranges posted above reflect the location in the job posting. The salary range may vary if you reside in a different location or state than the location posted.
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
On-site: Work location is on-site (KP designated office, medical office building or hospital). Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. At Kaiser Permanente, equity, inclusion and diversity are inextricably linked to our mission, and we aim to make it a part of everything we do. We know that having a diverse and inclusive workforce makes Kaiser Permanente a better place to receive health care, a more supportive partner in our communities we serve, and a more fulfilling place to work. Working at Kaiser Permanente means that you agree to and abide by our commitment to equity and our expectation that we all work together to create an inclusive work environment focused on a sense of belonging and wellbeing.
Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status. Submit Interest
Created: 2024-06-22
Reference: 1264476
Country: United States
State: California
City: Panorama City
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