Performance Improvement Specialist

Montefiore New Rochelle; City of Yonkers (NY); On-site; USD 92,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Montefiore New Rochelle is seeking a Performance Improvement Specialist to support the Center for Performance Improvement across the Montefiore health system. You will train, coach, and mentor teams to undertake process and performance improvement initiatives from chartering through design, execution, and measurement.

Requirements include a Bachelor's degree, three years of healthcare experience, and certification in quality improvement methodologies such as IHI, Lean, or Six Sigma.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; three years' work experience; healthcare experience required.
• Masters degree preferred; clinical background helpful but not required.
• Certification in IHI Model for Improvement, Lean Healthcare/TPS and/or Six Sigma required.

Responsibilities

• Train, coach, and mentor Montefiore Health System teams on improvement initiatives from chartering to measurement.
• Facilitate design, execution, and measurement of care-delivery improvements using IHI, Lean, and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Collaborate with system quality leadership, clinicians, and administrative colleagues as a performance improvement representative.
• Demonstrate strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills and manage timely deliverables.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

IHI Model for Improvement

Lean Healthcare/TPS

Six Sigma

Job description

## Performance Improvement SpecialistApply: 6 Executive Plaza: Full time: Posted Today: JR234225**City/State:**Yonkers, New York**Grant Funded:**No**Department:**NPG - Performance Improvement**Work Shift:**Day**Work Days:**MON-FRI**Scheduled Hours:**8:30 AM-5 PM**Scheduled Daily Hours:**8.5 HOURS**Pay Range:**$92,000.00-$115,000.00**Position Summary**The Performance Improvement Specialist is responsible for supporting The Montefiore Center for Performance Improvement which serves as a centralized resource to facilitate adoption of a standardized approach to performance improvement and quality improvement across the Montefiore health system. This position supports the efforts and goals of the Center for Performance Improvement which are to educate, standardize and connect people working on shared quality initiatives. This includes teaching, facilitating and coaching quality/performance improvement initiatives. Leading healthcare teams through process improvement activities including project design, project execution/implementation, and sustainability strategies. The individual must be knowledgeable regarding performance methodologies and improvement in science. In addition, the individual must be able to interact, work, and collaborate with clinical /administrative leadership and associates across the organization. Strong logical, analytic, and deductive reasoning skills are required. In this role you will: * Train, coach, and mentor Montefiore Health System teams to undertake process and performance improvement initiatives from project chartering & design, execution/implementation, and measurement.* Facilitate the use of IHI, six sigma/process improvement methodologies for the design or redesign of care delivery processes.* Effectively work and collaborate with system quality leadership, clinicians, and administrative colleagues alike as a representative of the Center for Performance Improvement.* Demonstrate strong communication, analytical and problem-solving skills, along with managing timely deliverables. **Requirements:*** Bachelors required, Masters preferred* Certification in one or more of the following: IHI's (Institute for Healthcare Improvement) Model for Improvement, Lean Healthcare/TPS (Toyota Production Systems), and/or Six Sigma Required.* Three years’ work experience* Healthcare experience a must! Masters preferred, clinical background is helpful but not required.Montefiore Medical Center is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore Medical Center will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.