Consultant, Advisory Services - Clinical Transformation

Davita Inc.; Charlotte (NC); Remote; USD 64,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare consulting company is seeking a driven Consultant to join their Advisory Services team. This role involves analyzing data, leading interviews, making recommendations, and supporting implementation projects. The ideal candidate will have 2+ years of experience in healthcare or finance, strong analytical skills, and a passion for improving healthcare performance.

Benefits

Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance

401k retirement program

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development opportunities

Perks and discounts

Access to on-site and online exercise classes

Qualifications

• 2 or more years of applicable experience required.
• Experience in healthcare, business, or finance preferred.
• Demonstrated interest in healthcare performance management.

Responsibilities

• Maintain utilization targets for client billable projects.
• Participate in client interviews and determine client needs.
• Develop presentations and deliverables for client audiences.

Skills

Awareness of market trends

Negotiation skills

Client and healthcare industry knowledge

Statistical tools (R, Python, SAS, etc.)

Advanced Excel skills

Tableau

Business Intelligence

Education

High School

Bachelor's degree

Lean Process Improvement

Six Sigma Green/Black belt

Job description

Consultant, Advisory Services - Clinical Transformation

What you will be doing:

The Consultant works collaboratively within a team of highly qualified Advisory consultants to deliver performance improvement to healthcare systems. This position will be primarily responsible for performing billable work for clients. The role of the Consultant is to actively participate with an engagement team to determine our client's needs; take the lead in analyzing data and interpreting data; forming initial recommendations based on data interpretations, observations, and interviews; drafting deliverables for various audiences; and assisting in the implementation of recommended improvements.

The Consultant participates in all aspects of the engagement including identifying issues, forming hypotheses, planning, and participating in interviews, leading analyses, and data interpretation, synthesizing, and forming conclusions into recommendations, drafting deliverables, and helping to implement change. TConsuhis position will work in a team environment and provide input and support to team deliverables and presentations during each phase of a project. They may be asked to oversee the work of an Analyst during the delivery of the engagement.

Consultants are required to also participate in Premier internal activities including practice development, required, and approved educational opportunities throughout the year, and learning the various technologies Premier offers to its clients. Additionally, the Consultant should:

• Maintain utilization targets for client billable projects

• Create value through meaningful client interactions, data analytics and insights, and team participation on client projects

• Create value for the Advisory practice through meaningful participation on practice related activities aimed at growing and enriching the Practice as a whole or individual Service Lines within the Practice

Key Responsibilities

60%

• Obtain data, execute/direct/oversee analyses, initiate interpretations, and conclusions, and prepare verbal and graphic presentations, using methods that are professionally sound and efficient relative to project objectives and conform to standards.

• Assist in determining client needs by effectively participating in client interviews and utilizing various tools and analytical methods. Summarizes analytical findings in a coherent manner and draws insight from observations, interviews, and data analyses. Develops accurate conclusions from findings. Drafts recommendations for team leadership review.

• Effectively executes on project plans in accordance with engagement statements of work and to client satisfaction.

• Develop presentations and deliverables for client audiences that communicate strategy and outcomes.

• Generate billings revenue by conducting assigned analyses, write and prepare reports, and assist clients in implementing desired changes.

• Actively listens for market opportunities on current engagements and collaborative networks and communicates potential leads to managers.

20%

• Participate in practice development activities for the Advisory Services Practice overall or for the Service Lines within the Practice.

15%

• Learn Premier based technologies and services.

5%

• Complete all required training requirements on an annual basis

Required Qualifications

Work Experience:

Years of Applicable Experience - 2 or more years

Education:

High School (Required)

Preferred Qualifications

Skills:

• Awareness of: Market trends and key competitor's activities; negotiation skills; effective approaches to closing the sale; networking; client and healthcare industry

• Understand risk management practices; identifies, communicates, and responds to risks and issues to manager

• Assist in determining client needs by gathering and researching data, utilizing common tools and analytical methods

• Statistical tools (R. Python, SAS, Matlab, etc.), Advanced Excel skills, Tableau, Business Intelligence

Experience:

• Experience in healthcare, business, or finance

• Demonstrated interest in healthcare performance management

• Demonstrated capability to lead and show value from their efforts

Education:

Bachelors; Lean Process Improvement; Six Sigma Green/Black belt

Additional Job Requirements:

• Remain in a stationary position for prolonged periods of time

• Be adaptive and change priorities quickly; meet deadlines

• Attention to detail

• Operate computer programs and software

• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences in person and in electronic formats.

• Day-to-day contact with others (co-workers and/or the public)

• Making independent decisions

• Ability to work in a collaborative business environment in close quarters with peers and varying interruptions

Working Conditions: RemoteTravel Requirements: Travel 81-100% within the USPhysical Demands: Sedentary: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves remaining stationary most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if movement is required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.Premier's compensation philosophy is to ensure that compensation is reasonable, equitable, and competitive in order to attract and retain talented and highly skilled employees. Premier's internal salary range for this role is $64,000 - $118,000. Final salary is dependent upon several market factors including, but not limited to, departmental budgets, internal equity, education, unique skills/experience, and geographic location. Premier utilizes a wide-range salary structure to allow base salary flexibility within our ranges.

Employees also receive access to the following benefits:

*Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance

*401k retirement program

*Paid time off

*Participation in Premier's employee incentive plans

*Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities

Premier at a glance:

• Ranked #1 on Charlotte's Healthiest Employers list for 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023 and 21st Healthiest Employer in America (2023)

• Named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute for the 16th year in a row

• Modern Healthcare Best in Business Awards: Consultant - Healthcare Management (2024)

• The only company to be recognized by KLAS twice for Overall Healthcare Management Consulting

For a listing of all of our awards, please visit the Awards and Recognition section on our company website.

Employees receive:

• Perks and discounts

• Access to on-site and online exercise classes

Premier is looking for smart, agile individuals like you to help us transform the healthcare industry. Here you will find critical thinkers who have the freedom to make an impact. Colleagues who share your thirst to learn more and do things better. Teammates committed to improving the health of a nation. See why incredible challenges require incredible people.

Premier is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful discrimination because of their age, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, pregnancy status, genetic information, status as a victim of domestic violence, covered military or protected veteran status (e.g., status as a Vietnam Era veteran, disabled veteran, special disabled veteran, Armed Forces Serviced Medal veteran, recently separated veteran, or other protected veteran) disability, or any other applicable federal, state or local protected class, trait or status or that of persons with whom an applicant associates. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, Premier complies with government regulations, including affirmative action responsibilities, where they apply. EEO / AA / Disabled / Protected Veteran Employer.

Premier also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability or those who have a sincerely held religious belief. If you need assistance in the application process, please reply [e-mail] contact Premier Recruiting at 704.816.5200.

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