Senior Consultant, Health Care

COPE Health Solutions; California (MO); Remote; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in health care consulting is seeking a Senior Health Care Consultant to lead and manage complex projects aimed at improving health outcomes. This role involves working closely with clients and stakeholders, requiring a strong background in consulting, project management, and health care market knowledge. The successful candidate will have opportunities for growth and involvement in various strategic initiatives, reflecting the firm's commitment to innovation in health care delivery.

Benefits

Comprehensive insurance plans

Yearly stipend for wellness-related activities

Paid parental leave program

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of health care consulting experience preferred.
• Strong project management skills required.
• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends as necessary.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex internal and external projects.
• Develop deliverables to meet industry standards.
• Manage relationships with key executives and staff.

Skills

Project Management

Interpersonal Communication

Data Analytics

Customer Drive

Education

Master’s degree in applicable field (e.g., MBA, MPH, MHA, MPA)

Job description

The Senior Health Care Consultant will work closely with firm managementto lead complex internal and external projects.This will involve hands-on work with client staff, providers, executives, vendors and other stakeholders to successfully implement innovative care models and improve health outcomes.

Project scopes may focus on clinical redesign, financial modeling, network development, strategic planning, data analytics and/or organizational transformation. This position requires an in-depth working knowledge of the health care environment and market issues at the federal, state and local level.

FLSA Status	Exempt	Salary Range	$100,000- $125,000
Reports To	VBC Director or Manager	Direct Reports	None
Location	California (Remote with travel); preference given to candidate in CA.	Travel	Up to 60%
Work Type	Regular	Schedule	Full Time

Position Description:

• Work closely with additional members of the Consulting team, executives and staff to accomplish the goals, objectives and strategic plan for the company, continually seeking opportunities to add value and differentiate our services
• Responsible for management of assigned workstream(s) for client and internal company projects. This includes mapping out resource needs, critical path, identifying risks and issues at project and critical success factors
• Provide direction, expectations and requirements to team engaged in assigned workstream(s)
• Manage the development of deliverables across projects or workstreams to ensure final products meet or exceed industry standards and organizational expectations
• Build and manage relationships with key executives and staff at the client site to ensure the success of the engagement
• Meet or exceed all contractual obligations, while maintaining high levels of client satisfaction
• Leverage and convene work groups/meetings between clients, COPE Health Solutions’ staff and subject matter experts when necessary and appropriate
• Accountable for proactive risk management across multiple projects through diligent management of scope of work, budget, project resources, and regular status updates with key stakeholders. Execute mitigation strategies as needed
• Contribute thought leadership to engagements and organizational knowledge to continually improve work products and enhance value
• Maintain deep understanding of our firm's service lines/offerings and seek out opportunities to understand and participate in firm's business development pipeline and sales cycle.
• Build tools for service line or technical area of expertise
• Support or manage internal organizational initiatives to improve or develop targeted processes, systems or resources as part of continuous quality improvement in response to strategic objectives, client and internal team member feedback
• Support business development initiatives at the Senior Consultant level, including: co-authoring articles, drafting proposals, writing case studies, speaking at least once annually at a local event/webinar, and various networking activities
• Achieve assigned revenue target for Senior Consultant level, through a combination of new and expanded business
• Ensure compliance with all local, state and federal regulations and ethical standards

Qualifications:

• 2-5 years of health care consulting experience preferred
• Master’s degree in an applicable field strongly preferred (e.g.,MBA, MPH, MHA, MPA)
• Prior experience in at least two of the following areas strongly preferred:
  • Network Development
  • Care Management
  • Clinical Redesign
  • Behavioral Health

• Strong project management skills required
• Strong customer drive and dedication to quality and success
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
• Open to traveling up to 50% (e.g., Monday – Thursday)
• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends as necessary
• Ability to work effectively on multiple projects with a team in a fast-paced environment

Benefits:

As a firm passionate about health care, we’re deeply committed to the health and wellness of our own team members. We offer comprehensive, affordable insurance plans for our team and their families, and a host of other unique benefits, such as a yearly stipend for wellness-related activities, and a paid parental leave program. You can learn more about our benefits offerings here: https://copehealthsolutions.com/careers/why-cope-health-solutions/.

What We Do:

COPE Health Solutions (CHS) is a national tech enabled services firm powering success in risk arrangements and development of the future workforce for payers and providers. Our team brings deep expertise, experience, proven tools, and processes to improve financial performance and quality outcomes for all types of payers and providers, de-risking the roadmap to advanced value-based payment.

Our firm has expertise in all aspects of population health, strategy, delivery system development, payment systems reform, workforce development and population health management support services, including peerless analytics and performance improvement. We are driven by our passion to help transform health care delivery, align financial incentives to support population health management and build the workforce needed as health care moves to value-based care.

COPE Health Solutions’ Analytics for Risk Contracting (ARC) Suite provides a powerful array of analytic and reporting tools designed to achieve optimal value and performance for organizations currently in or planning to move to risk-based arrangements. Leveraging our extensive, hands-on expertise in helping IPAs, ACOs and health systems achieve successful outcomes in risk contracts, our team of managed care experts draw insights from the analytic outputs that are tailored to each organization’s unique circumstances to interpret the data and recommend initiatives to help improve total cost and quality.

Our multidisciplinary team of health care experts provides our clients with the experience, capabilities, and tools needed to plan for, design, implement and support both the development and execution of strategy and developing solutions to some of the industry’s most complex problems. We partner with our clients through aligned mission and financial incentives to pursue performance excellence in a challenging and rapidly evolving health care environment.

To Apply:

To apply for this position, or to view all available positions, visit us at https://copehealthsolutions.com/careers/open-positions/.