What are the responsibilities and job description for the Program Manager - Quality Improvement position at Apidel Technologies?
Job Details
Summary:
- Responsible for establishing and continuing effective quality improvement efforts to achieve organizational performance goals and national top decile performance in clinical excellence.
- Quality improvements may be small or large scale and are in alignment with client's strategic goals, such as addressing 30-day readmissions and mortality reduction.
- The Quality Improvement Manager may apply Lean, Six Sigma, and other quality improvement methodologies to deliver results.
Job Responsibilities:
- Coaches and trains teams in the utilization of improvement tools and implementation of improvements.
- Manages plans and develops guidelines, process measures, targets, and standards for monitoring and measuring results to deliver on goals.
- Interacts daily with leaders, to identify, define, and manage opportunities to improve quality while helping create a strategic approach to produce and establish extraordinary improvement.
- The Program Manager Quality Improvement collaborates to lead and organize efforts for continuous clinical improvement.
Required Skills & Experience:
- Advanced training or experience in performing statistical, financial, and strategic analysis.
- Five years experience in performance/process improvement projects including but not limited to Lean, and Six Sigma methodologies.
- Demonstrated performance improvement and process improvement skills and knowledge of methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, DMAIC, and PDCA.
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Project and the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)
- Comprehensive digital marketing skills.
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Experience managing healthcare-related projects and familiarity with the healthcare provider industry.
- Seven years experience in performance/process improvement projects preferred.
Required Education:
- Bachelor s degree in Industrial Engineering, Business/Healthcare Administration, Life Sciences or equivalent Medical Foundation, Physician Practice, or health-related experience.
Preferred Education:
- Master s degree in Industrial Engineering, Business/Healthcare Administration, or Public Health Consulting experience.
- Master s degree in Healthcare Administration or Public Health.
Preferred Certifications & Licensure:
- Certifications in Lean and/or Six Sigma Methodology.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
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