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Operational Excellence Senior Advisor, Day Shift, Operational Excellence
Adventist HealthCareSupport Center, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 16 Dec 2024
💰 $144,082/yr($96,059/yr – $144,082/yr)
About the role
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As an Operational Excellence, Senior Advisor you will:
• Facilitates improvement teams through the life cycle of a project. The Senior Advisor is the subject matter expert on improvement methodologies and imparts knowledge of improvement processes to project teams.
• Assists the team leader in identifying barriers to implementing improvement plans and developing strategies to overcome these barriers.
• Execute on Rapid Improvement events
• Develop the analytic and measurement strategy for all projects undertaken, including the development of key performance indicators, identification of data sources, and collection of baseline data.
• Communicate regularly with the team leader, members, and executive sponsors about team progress toward goal achievement, critical factors, and obstacles.
• Rapidly identifies, problem-solves, and communicates to the Director of Operational Excellence any issues that are interfering with project deadlines or project scope.
• Engages in special projects targeted at achieving key strategic goals at the request of senior leadership.
• Builds and maintains strong strategic relationships with pillar and entity leads assuming the role of a critical business partner utilizing LSS in solving business issues and aligning improvement efforts with strategic priorities.
• Assesses the need for and provides just-in-time coaching for Quality Advisors, leadership, and teams.
• Assesses process management maturity and moves teams forward toward managing by process for excellence.
• Identifies areas for alignment and collaboration across the system and brings teams together
• Participates as instructor for Lean Six Sigma training program including white, yellow, green, and black belt content.
• Provides input on curriculum content and presentation opportunities for improvement
• Conducts formal process improvement training forums as requested to support organizational development.
• Participates in the orientation and training of new Operational Excellence team members and Quality Advisors.
Qualifications include:
• Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Health Systems, Public Health, Nursing, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or a relevant field required
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt required
• A minimum of 5 years of Lean Six Sigma and project experience and 2 years progressive leadership experience in a healthcare setting is required
• A minimum of 3 years experience serving as an Operational Excellence Advisor with AHC
• Experience training and teaching Lean Six Sigma mythologies required
• Proven ability to act as a leadership change agent & constructively challenge current thinking/resistance
• A minimum of five years in a Lean Six Sigma transformation and/ or Baldrige working environment required
• Internal consulting experience supporting multi-entity health systems preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex cross-functional projects
• Ability to monitor, analyze, and present performance data and design and implement process-related action plans to improve performance or adherence to standards or regulations
• Advanced experience with Design for Six Sigma, DMADV, DMAIC, and Quick Wins required.
• Proven experience facilitating Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, Process Mapping, 5S workshops, and Root Cause Analysis sessions required
• Experience teaching healthcare Lean Six Sigma principles required
• Must have advanced leadership skills with demonstrated ability to successfully serve as a coach and mentor to Black Belts and Green Belts
• Advanced level competency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint required
• Experience utilizing statistical analysis software such as Minitab required
• Experience with the Malcolm Baldrige framework in a healthcare setting is required. Baldrige Examiner training preferred
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Adventist Healthcare seeks to hire an experienced Operational Excellence, Senior Advisor who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental, and spiritual healing.
As an Operational Excellence, Senior Advisor you will:
• Facilitates improvement teams through the life cycle of a project. The Senior Advisor is the subject matter expert on improvement methodologies and imparts knowledge of improvement processes to project teams.
• Assists the team leader in identifying barriers to implementing improvement plans and developing strategies to overcome these barriers.
• Execute on Rapid Improvement events
• Develop the analytic and measurement strategy for all projects undertaken, including the development of key performance indicators, identification of data sources, and collection of baseline data.
• Communicate regularly with the team leader, members, and executive sponsors about team progress toward goal achievement, critical factors, and obstacles.
• Rapidly identifies, problem-solves, and communicates to the Director of Operational Excellence any issues that are interfering with project deadlines or project scope.
• Engages in special projects targeted at achieving key strategic goals at the request of senior leadership.
• Builds and maintains strong strategic relationships with pillar and entity leads assuming the role of a critical business partner utilizing LSS in solving business issues and aligning improvement efforts with strategic priorities.
• Assesses the need for and provides just-in-time coaching for Quality Advisors, leadership, and teams.
• Assesses process management maturity and moves teams forward toward managing by process for excellence.
• Identifies areas for alignment and collaboration across the system and brings teams together
• Participates as instructor for Lean Six Sigma training program including white, yellow, green, and black belt content.
• Provides input on curriculum content and presentation opportunities for improvement
• Conducts formal process improvement training forums as requested to support organizational development.
• Participates in the orientation and training of new Operational Excellence team members and Quality Advisors.
Qualifications include:
• Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Health Systems, Public Health, Nursing, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or a relevant field required
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt required
• A minimum of 5 years of Lean Six Sigma and project experience and 2 years progressive leadership experience in a healthcare setting is required
• A minimum of 3 years experience serving as an Operational Excellence Advisor with AHC
• Experience training and teaching Lean Six Sigma mythologies required
• Proven ability to act as a leadership change agent & constructively challenge current thinking/resistance
• A minimum of five years in a Lean Six Sigma transformation and/ or Baldrige working environment required
• Internal consulting experience supporting multi-entity health systems preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex cross-functional projects
• Ability to monitor, analyze, and present performance data and design and implement process-related action plans to improve performance or adherence to standards or regulations
• Advanced experience with Design for Six Sigma, DMADV, DMAIC, and Quick Wins required.
• Proven experience facilitating Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, Process Mapping, 5S workshops, and Root Cause Analysis sessions required
• Experience teaching healthcare Lean Six Sigma principles required
• Must have advanced leadership skills with demonstrated ability to successfully serve as a coach and mentor to Black Belts and Green Belts
• Advanced level competency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint required
• Experience utilizing statistical analysis software such as Minitab required
• Experience with the Malcolm Baldrige framework in a healthcare setting is required. Baldrige Examiner training preferred
Work Schedule:
Day Shift
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Pay Range:
$96,058.56 - $144,081.60In cases where the range is displayed as a $0 amount or if the position is Per Diem (offering a fixed rate), salary discussions will occur during the screening process.
United States of America (Exempt)At Adventist HealthCare our job is to care for you.
We do this by offering:
Work life balance through nonrotating shifts
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