Clinical Effectiveness Consultant IV

Jobtailor; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Sacramento, CA seeks a senior Clinical Performance Improvement leader to drive organization-wide quality and patient safety improvements. You will provide clinical leadership, consult on performance strategies, and guide cross-functional teams to deliver measurable gains in outcomes and efficiency.

The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, stakeholder engagement, and teaching improvement concepts to physicians, nurses and quality leaders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration, Business or related field, or equivalent education/experience.
• 8 years recent relevant experience.
• Thorough knowledge of health care delivery and quality improvement.
• Knowledge of lean performance improvement methodology and management systems.
• Experience leading, facilitating and developing effective teams.
• Skills in consulting, group process facilitation, whole system design, negotiation, change management and conflict resolution.
• Ability to influence and develop effective working relationships with healthcare executives, physicians and clinical leaders.
• Excellent verbal, written and listening communication skills.
• Comfortable speaking in public to various audiences.
• Skilled in teaching improvement concepts and principles to diverse audiences.
• Ability to teach and consult with physicians, nurses and quality leaders about outcome data.
• Track record working with and motivating diverse work teams, including physicians and nurses.
• Skills and experience solving complex problems and developing actionable solutions/recommendations.
• Ability to facilitate planning sessions with senior executives, directors, management and physicians.
• Ability to gather and analyze clinical data and prepare relevant reports.
• Ability to read and interpret data and translate it into meaningful information.
• Analytical, critical thinking, negotiation and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to interpret the strength of research findings/evidence.
• Detail-oriented, self-directed and able to work with minimal supervision.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills; experience addressing large audiences.
• Desire and ability to rapidly learn and apply new learnings.
• Proficiency in all standard Microsoft Office applications

Responsibilities

• Drive clinical performance improvement across the organization.
• Provide clinical leadership, direction, consultation, guidance and support for performance improvement strategies.
• Lead and facilitate clinical quality improvement projects and patient safety improvement initiatives.
• Support organization improvements to achieve top-decile clinical outcomes and clinical quality and safety goals.
• Provide clinical expertise, performance improvement consultation, analysis and gap assessment to assigned teams.
• Facilitate performance improvement team and group development.
• Guide dissemination of practices that improve clinical outcomes.
• Deliver measurable improvements in quality, safety, service and efficiency.
• Consult and coach process owners, value stream owners, paired leaders, sponsors and improvement team members.
• Contribute to development of clinical metrics, dashboards and scorecards.
• Contribute to change management plans, including stakeholder engagement, communications, training and implementation/adoption

Skills

Clinical Performance Improvement

Lean Performance Improvement

Team Leadership

Data Analysis

Change Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Communication Skills

Public Speaking

Teaching Improvement Concepts

Problem-Solving

Influencing & Persuasion

Project Facilitation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration, Business or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office Applications

Job description

• Drive clinical performance improvement across the organization
• Provide clinical leadership, direction, consultation, guidance and support for performance improvement strategies
• Lead and facilitate clinical quality improvement projects and patient safety improvement initiatives
• Support organization improvements to achieve top-decile clinical outcomes and clinical quality and safety goals
• Provide clinical expertise, performance improvement consultation, analysis and gap assessment to assigned teams
• Facilitate performance improvement team and group development
• Guide dissemination of practices that improve clinical outcomes
• Deliver measurable improvements in quality, safety, service and efficiency
• Consult and coach process owners, value stream owners, paired leaders, sponsors and improvement team members
• Contribute to development of clinical metrics, dashboards and scorecards
• Contribute to change management plans, including stakeholder engagement, communications, training and implementation/adoption

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration, Business or related field, or equivalent education/experience
• 8 years recent relevant experience
• Thorough knowledge of health care delivery and quality improvement, including clinical care management and/or quality management
• Knowledge of lean performance improvement methodology and management systems
• Experience leading, facilitating and developing effective teams
• Skills in consulting, group process facilitation, whole system design, negotiation, change management and conflict resolution
• Ability to influence and develop effective working relationships with healthcare executives, physicians and clinical leaders
• Excellent verbal, written and listening communication skills
• Comfortable speaking in public to various audiences
• Skilled in teaching improvement concepts and principles to diverse audiences
• Ability to teach and consult with physicians, nurses and quality leaders about outcome data
• Track record working with and motivating diverse work teams, including physicians and nurses
• Skills and experience solving complex problems and developing actionable solutions/recommendations
• Ability to facilitate planning sessions with senior executives, directors, management and physicians
• Ability to gather and analyze clinical data and prepare relevant reports
• Ability to read and interpret data and translate it into meaningful information
• Analytical, critical thinking, negotiation and problem-solving skills
• Ability to interpret the strength of research findings/evidence
• Detail-oriented, self-directed and able to work with minimal supervision
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills; experience addressing large audiences
• Desire and ability to rapidly learn and apply new learnings
• Ability to gain cooperation and support through influence and persuasionCustomer service focus in all decisions and actions
• Proficiency in all standard Microsoft Office applications

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in clinical performance improvement, utilizing lean performance improvement methodology and effective team leadership to drive measurable enhancements in quality, safety, and efficiency. Proficient in consulting, data analysis, and stakeholder engagement to achieve top-decile clinical outcomes.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Clinical Performance Improvement
• Lean Performance Improvement Methodology
• Team Leadership and Development
• Data Analysis and Reporting
• Change Management

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Clinical Care Management
• Quality Management
• Consulting
• Group Process Facilitation
• Negotiation
• Problem-Solving
• Teaching Improvement Concepts
• Clinical Data Analysis
• Performance Improvement Metrics
• Outcome Data Interpretation

Soft Skills

• Excellent Communication Skills
• Influencing and Persuasion
• Customer Service Focus
• Critical Thinking
• Detail-Oriented

Industry Keywords

• Healthcare Administration
• Clinical Quality Improvement
• Patient Safety Improvement
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Healthcare Executives

Tools & Technologies

• Microsoft Office Applications