Program Manager - Quality Management

Peregrine Team is hiring for a Program Manager - Quality Management in Newport Beach, CA. This position is a full-time, contract to hire role with full benefits and competitive pay.  

$55.43 - $91.43/hour

Job Duties: 

• 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 the hospital’s strategic goals for example, addressing 30-day readmissions and mortality reduction.
• The Quality Improvement Manager may apply Lean, Six Sigma, and other quality improvement methodologies to deliver results.
• 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

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Business/Healthcare Administration, Life Sciences or equivalent Medical Foundation, Physician Practice or Health Plan related 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, 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)

Preferred:

• Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Business/Healthcare Administration, or Public Health
• Consulting experience
• Experience managing healthcare-related projects and familiarity with healthcare provider industry

Quality Management:

• Seven-years experience in performance/process improvement projects preferred. Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration or Public Health preferred.

Certifications Preferred:

• Certifications in Lean and/or Six Sigma Methodology
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Email your resume to apply@PeregrineTeam.com ASAP or apply here for consideration. 

Salary : $55 - $91