Director Process Improvement

Description

Location: UCHealth UCHlth Memorial Hosp Central, US:CO:Colorado Springs

Department: SRSS Performance Improvement

FTE: Full Time, 1.0, 80.00 hours per pay period (2 weeks)

Shift: Days

Pay: $63.32 - $101.31 / hour. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in related field.
• 5 years of process improvement, process design and process mapping experience.
  
  

At UCHealth, We Improve Lives

Summary

Identifies and implements opportunities for process improvements to optimize revenue cycles and cost savings. Educates colleagues and staff on process improvement approaches to problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Leads teams in process improvement execution. Develops strategic direction for process engineering to optimize success.
• Improves patient flow processes, hand-offs, and care coordination. Conducts needs assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation and sustainment of change to meet business objectives. Recommends prioritization of improvement projects to meet clinical and business objectives, enhance customer experience, consolidate efforts, and maximize use of resources.
• Leads cross-functional project teams. Allocates resources to manage improvement projects. Manages process mapping, design, and improvement. Ensures timing, goals, and objectives are met. Creates dashboards, communication, and strategy to improve effectiveness and sustainability of improvements.
• Delivers presentations on proposals, initiatives and updates. Collaborates with Finance on metrics that reflect the targets and outcomes of improvement work. Directs the analysis of outcome results.
  
  

We improve lives. In big ways through learning, healing, and discovery. In small, personal ways through human connection. But in all ways, we improve lives.

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UCHealth offers a Five Year Incentive Bonus to recognize employee's contributions to our success in quality, patient experience, organizational growth, financial goals, and tenure with UCHealth. The bonus accumulates annually each October and is paid out in October following completion of five years' employment.

UCHealth offers their employees a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package:

• Medical, dental and vision coverage including coverage for eligible dependents
• 403(b) with employer matching contributions
• Time away from work: paid time off (PTO), paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI), leaves of absence; start your employment at UCHealth with PTO in your bank
• Employer-paid basic life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage with buy-up coverage options
• Employer paid short term disability and long-term disability with buy-up coverage options
• Wellness benefits
• Full suite of voluntary benefits such as flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care, health savings accounts (available with HD/HSA medical plan only), identity theft protection, pet insurance, and employee discount programs
• Education benefits for employees, including the opportunity to be eligible for 100% of tuition, books and fees paid for by UCHealth for specific educational degrees. Other programs may qualify for up to $5,250 pre-paid by UCHealth or in the form of tuition reimbursement each calendar year
  
  

Loan Repayment

• UCHealth is a qualifying employer for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program! UCHealth provides employees with free assistance navigating the PSLF program to submit their federal student loans for forgiveness through Savi.
  
  

UCHealth always welcomes talent. This position will be open for a minimum of three days and until a top applicant is identified.

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