Performance Improvement Coach: Lean, CQI & Change Leader

UCLA Health and David Geffen School of Medicine; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Paid time off

Health savings plans

Certification support

Disability insurance

Job summary

UVA Health seeks a Performance Improvement Program Lead to guide Lean, Six Sigma and CQI initiatives across the health system. You will coach leaders, manage projects, and help distill data into actionable improvements that boost patient safety, quality and efficiency.

The role collaborates with executives, clinicians and staff to sustain the Lean Management System, deliver measurable outcomes, and advance value for patients and the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Minimum two years’ experience facilitating performance improvement projects by applying CQI tools, and mentoring leaders and frontline staff in a complex organization.

Responsibilities

• Provides effective leadership and coaching to ensure completion of Health System performance improvement projects by selecting and utilizing appropriate CQI methodologies.
• Acts as a change agent, providing direction to leaders and team members and gaining their support.
• Delivers project management services for select efforts as necessary.
• Partners with administrative and clinical leaders to establish and maintain the Lean Management System.
• Serves as a liaison to other Quality and Performance Improvement (QPI) Department resources.
• Connects leaders and front line staff to other Health System resources for purposes of enhancing improvement efforts.
• Collects, analyzes and displays quantitative and qualitative data for purposes of identifying and understanding opportunities for improvement.
• In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned.

Skills

CQI methodologies

Leadership coaching

Project management

Change management

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Lean

Six Sigma

Change Management

Project Management

Job description

UVA Health seeks a Performance Improvement Program Lead to guide Lean, Six Sigma and CQI initiatives across the health system. You will coach leaders, manage projects, and help distill data into actionable improvements that boost patient safety, quality and efficiency.

The role collaborates with executives, clinicians and staff to sustain the Lean Management System, deliver measurable outcomes, and advance value for patients and the organization.