OEPI Manager: Healthcare Ops & Continuous Improvement

Self Regional Healthcare; Panola Village (SC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood, SC is seeking an OEPI Manager to lead cross-functional Lean Six Sigma initiatives and mentor the OEPI team. You will partner with leaders, physicians, and frontline staff to optimize workflows, leverage operations research and advanced analytics, and redesign processes for better labor efficiency and patient flow.

The role also supports strategic planning and long-range system development, using systems thinking to align hospitals, the nursing home, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Health Systems Engineering, Operations Research, or related field.
• Master’s degree preferred in Industrial Engineering, Healthcare Administration, Business, or related discipline.
• Lean Six Sigma certification required (Green Belt minimum; Black Belt strongly preferred).
• Epic certification or Epic proficiency preferred; experience with Epic reporting and analytics strongly encouraged.
• Minimum of five years of experience in healthcare operations, performance improvement, process engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of three years of leadership experience; leading cross-functional project groups or teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional Lean Six Sigma initiatives across the organization.
• Mentor the OEPI team and partner with leaders, physicians, and frontline staff to optimize workflows.
• Apply operations research, human factors engineering, facility layout planning and analytics to redesign processes.
• Support strategic planning, long-range system development and alignment across hospitals and services.
• Contribute to financial planning with pro formas, ROI models, PEC submissions and business cases.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

Leadership

Operations research

Statistical analysis

Forecasting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Health Systems Engineering, Operations Research, or related field

Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Healthcare Administration, Business, or related discipline

Tools

Epic workflows

Epic reporting

Power BI

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood, SC is seeking an OEPI Manager to lead cross-functional Lean Six Sigma initiatives and mentor the OEPI team. You will partner with leaders, physicians, and frontline staff to optimize workflows, leverage operations research and advanced analytics, and redesign processes for better labor efficiency and patient flow.

The role also supports strategic planning and long-range system development, using systems thinking to align hospitals, the nursing home, and