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MO-SSM Health Mission Hill

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supports organization 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.
• Implements transformational strategies to respond to internal and external drivers; challenges existing practices. Partners 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 and strategy of the organization.
• Oversees members of the continuous improvement team within the region to provide operational guidance, resourcing, and program/project management expertise to support consulting engagements, operational improvements, and processes identified as strategic priorities of the organization.
• Leads advanced process improvement activities through engagement of teams, subject matter experts, stakeholders and benchmarking.
• Utilizes lean principles and systems thinking to identify complex interrelated processes that contribute to the success and failures of an organization.
• Facilitates complex accelerated improvement workshops for value stream analysis, standard work, improved throughput, quality improvement, cost reduction, workplace organization and other objectives.
• Partners with local leadership team to identify best countermeasures and combined solutions to address root causes.
• Provides expert advice and leadership in implementing action plans and development of sustainment/control plans for solutions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

EXPERIENCE

• Three years’ healthcare experience

SSM Health is a nationally recognized Catholic, not-for-profit, integrated delivery system serving the comprehensive health needs of communities in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin.

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

Angela Jones
Executive Talent Acquisition
Angela.Jones1@ssmhealth.com

SSM Health is committed to equal employment opportunity based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, and all other statuses protected by law.

Job Summary:

Plans, develops, implements and manages processes to support region in deploying operating model and achieving operating plan objectives. Implements a system-wide approach to continuous improvement, including standardized philosophy, models, systems, training, guidance, tools and techniques in the region. Collaborates with leadership team, user groups and a wide variety of internal and external constituencies to drive improvement across the region.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

Plans, develops, implements and manages processes to support region in deploying operating model and achieving operating plan objectives. Implements a system-wide approach to continuous improvement, including standardized philosophy, models, systems, training, guidance, tools and techniques in the region. Collaborates with leadership team, user groups and a wide variety of internal and external constituencies to drive improvement across the region.

This is NOT a remote position. This position will be based out of St. Louis, MO.

Department:

8726000033 Continuous Improvement

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

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