Health Equity Process Improvement Specialist - Aurora, United States - Children's Hospital Colorado

Description

Job ID

84220
Location

Aurora, Colorado
Full/Part Time

Full-Time
Regular/Temporary

Regular
Why Work at Children's....

Here, it's different. Come join us.
Children's Hospital Colorado has defined and delivered pediatric healthcare excellence for more than 100 years.
Here, the nation's brightest nurses, physicians, scientists, researchers, therapists, and care providers are creating the future of child health. With an optimist's outlook, a trailblazing spirit, and a celebrated history, we're making new strides every day.

We've been Magnet-designated four times by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and are consistently recognized among the nation's top 10 pediatric hospitals by U.S.

News & World Report.
As a national leader in pediatric care, we serve children and families from all over the nation.

Our System of Care includes four pediatric hospitals, 11 specialty care centers, 1,300+ outreach clinics and more than 10,000 healthcare professionals representing the full spectrum of pediatric care specialties.

Here, we know it takes all of us, every role, to deliver the best possible care to each child and family we treat.

That's why we build our teams toward a foundation of equity in access, advancement, and opportunity. We know teams of individuals with different identities and backgrounds can nurture creativity and innovation.

We know we can see, treat, and heal children better when our team reflects the diversity of our patient population.

We strive to attract and retain diverse talent because we know a truly inclusive and equitable workforce will help us one day realize our most basic calling:
to heal every child who comes through our doors.

A career at Children's Colorado will challenge you, inspire you, and motivate you to make a difference in the life of a child.

Here, it's different.

Job Overview

This position is located within the Clinical Effectiveness Department and is responsible for leading quality improvement projects to decrease health disparities and improve health equity at Children's Hospital Colorado.

The position partners closely with the Division of Diversity, Health Equity and Inclusion (DHE&I), the Division of Quality, the Analytics Resource Center, and other internal and community groups to design, implement, and measure improvement initiatives that advance the organization's health equity priorities.

Candidates should be experienced process improvement leaders with demonstrated expertise in process improvement, meeting facilitation, project management, and change management.

Experience leading projects to improve health equity or addressing health-related social needs, Lean/Six Sigma or other quality improvement training/certifications, and experience in a hospital setting are strongly preferred.

The Senior Management Analyst performs professional level work in the principles, practices, methods, and techniques of management analysis.

They formulate, drive and lead projects using process improvement methodologies, project management strategies, leadership, and change management skills to achieve improvements in either operational or clinical outcomes.

They work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to strategize, develop and achieve goals, lead teams in the use of improvement techniques and methodologies, and transfers process improvement knowledge and skills to teams in the course of project execution.

In addition, the Senior Management Analyst mentors, coaches, and collaborates with management to direct and coordinate team members.

Additional Information


Department Name:

DHEI

Job Status:
Full time, 40 hours per week

Shift:
Mostly days shift (8a-4p, 9a-5p), will involve some nights and weekend work as programs progress.

Qualifications

EDUCATION - Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Finance, Management, Nursing, or a related field.
EXPERIENCE -Five (5) years of professional experience in administrative, management, and operational analysis work.
PREFERRED - Experience leading projects to improve health equity or addressing health-related social needs is strongly preferred. o Lean/Six Sigma or other quality improvement training/certifications is strongly preferred. o Experience in a hospital setting strongly preferred.

EQUIVALENCY - In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, one year of related professional experience will serve as an equivalency to one year of education.

Responsibilities


POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE
No direct patient care.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions.

(These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.)

Prepares complex financial reports, spreadsheets, and financial statements, reviews and interprets financial information for research leadership, and presents findings and recommendations to management for review and guides decision making.

Ensures compliance and maintains fiscal accountability with regard to rules, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures.
Provides fiscal monitoring and analysis of Children's Colorado's portfolio of institutionally funded research investigators and operational departments. Forecast research related expenses and revenues as it relates to Children's Colorado investment in programmatic and operational research efforts.

Reviews and approves the allocation of research operational resources and assets, analyzes and validates requests and business cases, monitors budget spending, ensures accounts are properly funded and allocations are managed appropriately, develops spending models and analyzes cost drivers, strategizes budgetary needs, and recommends allocation of funds.

Develops, evaluates, plans and conducts analysis of financial, operational, clinical or administrative projects in collaboration with management.

Defines the scope of work, purpose, goals and objectives, time frames, and resources requirements of the project.

Engages and influences internal and external stakeholders as participants and owners of the processes being improved.

Effectively assesses organizational needs, objectives and challenges and formulates appropriate program and project improvement strategies in collaboration with assigned areas to support internal clients in achieving business results that are aligned with organizational strategy, pillar goals, mission, vision and values.

Demonstrates advanced data management abilities and assessment of organizational problems, researches best practices, trends, and historical and current data, including but not limited to related laws, policies, procedures, methods, and practices; develops the collected and relevant data into meaningful formats to facilitate data analysis and review.

Develops data collection plans; conducts measurement system analysis and analyzing, interpreting and summarizing data sets to support root cause analysis and to demonstrate improvement.

Establishes appropriate control plans; analysis of existing policies, procedures and practices.

Explores possible alternatives or solutions.

Develops proposals and recommendations based on research and analysis; determines the impact of proposed changes or recommendations and the effects to the division or department.

Presents findings and recommendations to management staff; provides analysis of budget implications for proposed recommendations; seeks support and approval of proposed recommendations.

Completes projects using established continuous improvement tools and methodologies to identify objectives and metrics, report identified savings and results, and imbed sustainability plans.

Follows established practices for documentation, provides technical assistance to staff during implementation, as required makes modifications to ensure the successful completion of the project or study.

Prepares written reports that summarize research, analysis, recommendations, and implementation strategies.

Maintains positive working relationships with supervisors, employees, and other stakeholders to obtain cooperation and support in assigned projects or studies.

Performs other related duties as assigned. #LI-SE1

Other Information


SCOPE AND LEVEL

GUIDELINES:
Fully qualified, full performance or journey level.

Guidelines are generally but not always clearly applicable, requiring the employee to exercise judgment in selecting the most pertinent guideline, interpret precedents, adapt standard practices to differing situations, and recommend alternative actions in situations without precedent.

COMPLEXITY:
Duties assigned are generally complex and may be of substantial intricacy.

Work assignment is performed within an established framework under general instructions but requires simultaneous coordination of assigned functions or projects in various stages of completion.

DECISION MAKING:
Exercises judgment and discretion, and is responsible for determining the time, place and sequence of the work performed.


COMMUNICATIONS:

Contacts with the patients, families, or employees where explanatory or interpretive information is exchanged, defended, and gathered and discretion and judgment are required within the parameters of the job function.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Performs work with minimal supervisory oversight. Under general supervision, the employee receives assignments and is expected to carry them through to completion with substantial independence. Work is reviewed for adherence to instructions, accuracy, completeness, and conformance to standard practice or precedent. Recurring work clearly covered by guidelines may or may not be reviewed.

Physical Requirements

Ability to Perform Essential Functions of the Job

Audio-Visual:

Far Vision:
Fair


Audio-Visual:
Hearing: Good


Audio-Visual:

Near Vision:
Good

Work Environment

Exposure:
Exposure to blood/body fluid: Regular/Frequent.


Exposure:
Exposure to cold/heat: Occasional.


Exposure:
Exposure to dampness: Occasional.


Exposure:
Exposure to infectious diseases: Occasional.


Exposure:
Exposure to noise/vibration: Occasional.


Mental and Emotional Requirements:
Independent discretion/decision making.

Mental and Emotional Requirements:
Makes decisions under pressure.

Mental and Emotional Requirements:
Manages stress appropriately.

Mental and Emotional Requirements:
Works with others effectively.

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation.

Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.

Salary Information
Annual Salary Range (Based on 40 hours worked per week): $76,368.20

to

$114,552.29

Hourly Salary Range:
$36.72

to

$55.07

Benefits Information
Here, you matter.

As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance.

If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.

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