Director Performance Improvement ER

HCA Healthcare; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) match

Paid time off

Job summary

HCA Healthcare is seeking a Director of ED Process Improvement to lead performance improvement initiatives in Emergency Department operations across facilities in the East Florida Division. You will manage projects, analyze data, design improvements, and partner with facility and division leaders to deliver action plans and measurable results.

The role requires 7+ years of professional experience in healthcare operations, a Bachelor's degree, and readiness to travel within the division; Master’s

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required.
• 7+ years of professional experience; 4-6 years in relevant work experience in healthcare operations.
• Must be proficient in written and verbal skills.
• Travel required to facilities within the EastFlorida Division.

Responsibilities

• Assist facility leaders to implement best practices within the ED department and identify clinical improvement and cost-savings initiatives.
• Assess cost-reduction opportunities including appropriate administration and management of ED department.
• Assess skill mix opportunities, agency nurse usage, and staffing for ED.
• Identifies facility wide staffing and process opportunities that impact ED throughput.
• Supply, medication, and resource utilization.
• Appropriate assignment of patients being admitted to the facility and use of clinical pathways, pre-printed order sets, and triage care etc.
• Contracts impacted by the emergency department.
• On call physician panel reviews and proper utilization.
• Supply chain optimization and contract buying for specialty units.
• Analyzes all aspects of Emergency Services performance for potential improvement opportunities.
• Designs and recommends processes, systems, procedures, and operational changes to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
• Assists in the establishment of operational work measurements and staffing standards.
• Performs monitoring of throughput metrics and analysis of variances.
• Perform data mining and review of financial and clinical data to assess the ED for operational and financial opportunities.
• Use extracted data to quantify the financial impact of ED related cost saving ideas.
• Assist in designing meaningful and realistic action plans for the implementation of process improvement ideas.
• Actively communicate with facility, division, and corporate stakeholders to manage the project expectations and activities.
• Develop, execute, and maintain project work plans for each current project and work directly with the department local leadership and the core team directors.
• Serves as a facilitator, technical advisor, and analyst to hospital management and teams on the use of process improvement tools and techniques, analytical techniques, and statistical applications.
• Actively participates in projects and conversations with Emergency Services-focused peers in other divisions via corporate support structure and contributes to enterprise knowledge bank.
• Support bed management or other improvement efforts adjacent to operations of Emergency Services.

Skills

Healthcare operations

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

This position is incentive eligible. Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a Director Performance Improvement ER with HCA Healthcare you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Job Summary And Qualifications

The Director of ED Process Improvement is responsible for the successful implementation of assigned Performance Improvement projects as defined and prioritized by Division and PI leadership. This position plays a key role in division and facility Emergency Department process improvement projects by performing operational assessments and analyses, researching, and identifying/implementing best practices, facilitating groups and teams, managing projects, presenting results and recommendations, and developing measurement tools, to improve HCA operating processes toward greater efficiency and effectiveness. This individual will work directly with division and facility representatives to collaborate and deliver timely and value added assessments, action plans, and results that improve ED operations. This position is critical in achieving targeted objectives in selected ED departments through process, cost and productivity improvements. This position serves as resource/member of the PI division team in the completion of a minimum of 2 traditional facility Performance Improvement engagements on an annual basis.

Responsibilities

• Assist facility leaders to implement best practices within the ED department and identify clinical improvement and cost-savings initiatives.
• Assess cost-reduction opportunities including:
• Appropriate administration and management of ED department
• Assess skill mix opportunities, agency nurse usage, and staffing for ED
• Identifies facility wide staffing and process opportunities that impact ED throughput
• Supply, medication, and resource utilization
• Appropriate assignment of patients being admitted to the facility and use of clinical pathways, pre-printed order sets, and triage care etc.
• Contracts impacted by the emergency department.
• On call physician panel reviews and proper utilization.
• Supply chain optimization and contract buying for specialty units
• Analyzes all aspects of Emergency Services performance for potential improvement opportunities.
• Designs and recommends processes, systems, procedures, and operational changes to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
• Assists in the establishment of operational work measurements and staffing standards.
• Performs monitoring of throughput metrics and analysis of variances.
• Perform data mining and review of financial and clinical data to assess the ED for operational and financial opportunities.
• Use extracted data to quantify the financial impact of ED related cost saving ideas.
• Assist in designing meaningful and realistic action plans for the implementation of process improvement ideas.
• Actively communicate with facility, division, and corporate stakeholders to manage the project expectations and activities.
• Develop, execute, and maintain project work plans for each current project and work directly with the department local leadership and the core team directors.
• Serves as a facilitator, technical advisor, and analyst to hospital management and teams on the use of process improvement tools and techniques, analytical techniques, and statistical applications.
• Actively participates in projects and conversations with Emergency Services-focused peers in other divisions via corporate support structure and contributes to enterprise knowledge bank.
• Support bed management or other improvement efforts adjacent to operations of Emergency Services.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Master’s degree preferred. Relative work experience and/or certifications may substitute.

Qualifications

• 7+ years professional experience; 4-6 years relevant work experience
• Must be proficient in written and verbal skills
• Experience within healthcare operations preferred
• Travel required to facilities within the EastFlorida Division.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Healthcare (Corporate)

HCA Healthcare (Corporate), based in Nashville, Tennessee, supports a variety of corporate roles from business operations to administrative positions. Like our colleagues in any HCA Healthcare hospital, our corporate campus employees enjoy unparalleled resources and opportunities to reach their potential as healthcare leaders and innovators. From market rate compensation to continuing education and career advancement opportunities, every person has a solid foundation for success. Nashville is also home to our Executive Development Program, where exceptional employees are groomed to take on CNO- and COO-level roles in our hospitals. This selective program focuses on ethics, leadership and the financial and clinical knowledge required of professionals at this level of the industry.

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