Continuous Improvement Consultant

Job Description:

At Intermountain Health, we are committed to helping people live the healthiest lives possible by providing extraordinary care and superior service at an affordable cost. The Continuous Improvement team plays a pivotal role in Intermountain Health’s mission by implementing and sustaining the Intermountain Operating Model. The Continuous Improvement Staff Consultant will collaborate with teams to visualize performance, improve processes, solve problems, and share best practices. This role manages many tasks in a complex environment including coaching leaders, training caregivers, and facilitating projects to deliver results. The Continuous Improvement staff level consultant is for an experienced individual with demonstrated application of a wide variety of continuous improvement tools to drive improvements and solve problems. This position is a trusted member of many complex projects and interacts closely with many leaders in the organization. The staff consultant has experience using many different improvement tools to reduce waste, improve workflows, and increase productivity. The staff consultant will work closely with senior consultants and organizational leaders to prioritize improvement projects and complete tasks.

Incumbent will work Monday-Friday during regular business hours. Candidates must live or be willing to relocate where Intermountain Health has operations in Utah, Colorado, or Las Vegas.
This role may be hired on as a CI Associate, CI Consultant, or CI Senior Consultant, depending on qualifications and experience.

• Demonstrated ability to lead large, multi-site projects with many key stakeholders

• Demonstrated use of common Lean Six Sigma tools such as A3s, fishbone diagrams, process maps, statistical process control, 5S, K-cards, etc.

• Demonstrated experience coaching leaders to identify improvement opportunities and lead teams through effective problem solving

• Experience using cause analysis tools and applying them to problem solving projects

• Strong verbal and written communication skills for presenting findings and recommendations to a wide variety of healthcare leaders

• Experience collaborating with a variety of professionals including physicians, nurses, and healthcare executives 

• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks with minimal supervision

• Projects that lead to lasting, long-term results

• Ability to travel regularly to multiple sites in system

CI Senior Consultant Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree obtained through an accredited institution.

• Demonstrated experience in a process improvement role.

• Working knowledge of business operations including basic leadership, analytical and financial principles, concepts, and methods

• Excellent computer skills including email, word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations.

• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to lead projects through an ambiguous, conceptual state to an organized deliverable

• Demonstrated ability to lead large, system-wide projects with executive stakeholders

• Demonstrated use of common Lean Six Sigma tools such as A3s, fishbone diagrams, process maps, statistical process control, 5S, K-cards, etc.

• Demonstrated experience coaching leaders to become expert problem solvers

• Experience using cause analysis tools and applying them to problem solving projects

• Strong verbal and written communication skills for presenting findings and recommendations to healthcare executives

• Experience collaborating with a variety of professionals including physician leaders, nurse leaders, and healthcare executives

• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks with minimal supervision

• Ability to travel regularly to multiple sites in system

• Experience mentoring junior staff

Preferred Qualifications

• Improvement certification such as six sigma, lean or other methodology
• Experience improving healthcare processes 
• Experience running group improvement events such as rapid improvement events or Kaizen events
• Experience facilitating improvement projects and coaching leaders on making improvements 

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
• Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately. 

Location:

Key Bank Tower, Nevada Central Office, Peaks Regional Office

Work City:

Salt Lake City

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. 

$37.31 - $58.75

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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