As a Sr. Process Improvement Engineer within the Operational Excellence Department, you will serve as an internal management consultant working collaboratively to achieve substantial improvement in operations by managing projects throughout the project lifecycle and collaborating with operational leaders to achieve agreements, develop & implement recommendations, support change and achieve excellent, lasting results for our patients.
Serve as a change agent and transformation leader for WMC, providing leaders, teams, and departments with a wide range of state of the art process improvement and industrial engineering methodologies in order to transform operational process. Support performance improvement activities that align with the strategic direction of the WMC Health Network based on the analysis of current state operations, anticipated needs, and innovative approaches to the future.
Scope improvement initiatives, acquiring consensus & leadership support, and establishes metrics and landmarks; create and update project plans, action items, and meeting minutes. Oversee data collection, analysis, and assessment through observations and system reporting and prepare documents, including workflow and process flows diagrams. Apply queuing theory and methods to service delivery decision-making, including simulation modeling.
Work collaboratively with leaders throughout the organization to ensure the highest quality of patient services, maintain cost effective resource allocation, efficient and responsive flow of patients, information and materials, facilitating lean and highly reliable processes. Conduct process and data analysis to discover opportunities for improvement Develop unique information flow solutions to streamline information handoff.
Collect and translate all operational business requirements to be included into future state process design. Facilitate teams that will identify, design and implement solutions using sound process engineering and improvement science principles that will result in high-quality and efficient processes. Query and analyze data, develop visualizations and distribute various performance analytics tools to promote data driven decision-making.
Build & implement various technical solutions that help automate & optimize business processes, communications, and reporting utilizing advanced programming (SQL, Python) and workflow automation tools (Microsoft Power Platform) Mentor and support the development of new team members (Management Engineer I & University Research Associates) Coach and educate at all levels of the organization on process improvement techniques Qualifications/Requirements:
Minimum of 2 years of experience in Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Healthcare Management, or other healthcare-related field with significant improvement science and transformation training and experience, required. Experience with modern EMR software, optimization, reporting, and workflow design. Experience with python or other programming language.
Ability to network, persuade/influence, engage partners, and build strong teams, with a positive internal customer focus.
Bachelor’s degree, required. Master’s degree, preferred Licenses /
Lean/Six Sigma Certification or equivalent experience, preferred.