Regional Director Continuous Improvement - OK Region

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OK-SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma City

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

This position is located on-site in Oklahoma City, OK and is not remote work eligible.

Business travel within the Oklahoma and Mid-MO markets will be required.

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SSM Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system serving the comprehensive health needs of communities across the Midwest through a robust and fully integrated health care delivery system. The organization’s 40,000 team members and more than 13,900+ providers are committed to providing exceptional health care services and revealing God’s healing presence to everyone they serve.
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With care delivery sites in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin, SSM Health includes 23 hospitals, more than 300 physician offices and other outpatient and virtual care services, 12 post-acute facilities, comprehensive home care and hospice services, a pharmacy benefit company, a health insurance company and an accountable care organization. It is one of the largest employers in every community it serves.

To request additional information, confidentially submit your interest, or nominate a fellow colleague, please contact:

Angela Jones

Executive Talent Acquisition

Angela.Jones1@ssmhealth.com

Job Summary:

Responsible and accountable for planning, developing, implementing and managing processes, which support regional health ministries in deploying the SSM Health operating model and achieving their operating plan objectives. Helps implement a system-wide approach to Continuous Improvement, including creating standardized philosophy, models, systems, training, guidance, tools and techniques in their respective region. Works collaboratively with the regional leadership teams, user groups and a wide variety of internal and external constituencies to drive improvement across the region.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supports SSM Health ministry markets/lines of business in achieving strategic goals by leading cross-functional teams through operational improvement initiatives resulting in improved efficiencies, advancing operational standardization and achievement of growth plans and strategies.
• Responsible for implementing transformational strategies to respond to internal and external drivers, as well as challenging existing practices, and partnering with stakeholders to identify innovative ways of achieving strategic KPI’s and goals.
• Develops systems and executes strategies to implement a continuous improvement program and culture that delivers substantive productivity and/or profitability gains year over year.
• Acts as a senior advisor to provide value-added collaboration with the operational and clinical executive leaders to ensure prioritization of initiatives and identified solutions are in alignment with the overall objective