Senior Consultant, Performance Improvement

Healthtech Inc; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Nordic’s Performance Improvement (PI) Practice within SAS helps healthcare organizations address strategic, clinical, and operational challenges across the healthcare ecosystem. Senior Consultants think creatively, communicate clearly, and lead client-facing workstreams.

You will build analytical models, develop financial analyses, and deliver high-quality, client-ready work products. You will mentor junior resources, collaborate with clinicians and IT teams, and contribute to knowledge capital,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, with a preference in data sciences, finance, business, healthcare administration or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in the healthcare industry (e.g., healthcare organization, consulting) preferably within hospital administration or revenue cycle.
• Professional Attributes: strong communication, collaborative work style, creativity and critical thinking, presentation development, independence, balance, and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Partner with PI team members to implement advisory solutions and demonstrate the value of the solution throughout the client engagement.
• Collaborate with project leadership to develop and maintain project management artifacts including workplans, status reports, decision and risk logs
• Create complex analytical models to drive unique solutions to complex healthcare problems
• Develop detailed financial analysis, statistical reports, visualizations, and presentations for internal team and client review
• Facilitate client interviews and meetings
• Conduct detailed analyses to identify opportunities for improvement and provide implementation recommendations
• Deliver high-quality, client-ready work products
• Contribute to practice knowledge capital and tool development
• Develop and update work plans, issue logs, status reports, and initiative trackers
• Review and validate analyses and deliverables before submission
• Mentor junior resources
• Demonstrate Nordic’s maxims

Skills

Strong communication skills

Collaborative work style

Creativity and critical thinking

Strong presentation development skills

Ability to work independently

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in data sciences, finance, business, healthcare administration or related field

5+ years of healthcare industry experience

Tools

EMR (Epic, Cerner, Meditech)

ERP solutions (Oracle, Infor, Workday)

GenAI Assistants (CoPilot)

PowerBI

Tableau

SQL

Python

Job description

## Senior Consultant, Performance ImprovementApply: US - National: Full time: Posted Yesterday: R6083Make a difference. Be happy. Grow your career.## THE ROLEPerformance Improvement (PI) Practice within Nordic’s Strategic Advisory Services (SAS) is responsible for helping healthcare organizations address some of their most challenging strategic, clinical, and operational problems for clients across the healthcare ecosystem.Members within our PI project teams wear multiple hats to deliver quality work, including building insightful data analyses, gathering requirements, mapping workflows, designing use cases, and researching the latest changes impacting the healthcare industry. As such, our Senior Consultants are expected to:* Think creatively and support the delivery of a wide range of strategic initiatives* Have strong communication and collaboration skills as they work closely with client end-users, technical developers, clinical providers, and senior leadership* Demonstrate qualitative and quantitative management consulting skills* Lead workstreams and facilitate client-facing meetings With guidance and mentorship from project and practice leadership, the Senior Consultant role provides individuals with extensive opportunities to gain experience across clinical, financial, patient experience, and technical solutions sought after within the healthcare industry to improve wellness and care for all. ## KEY RESPONSIBILITIESA Consultant within PI will be responsible for, but not be limited to: * Partner with PI team members to **implement advisory solutions** and demonstrate the value of the solution throughout the client engagement.* Collaborate with project leadership to develop and maintain **project management artifacts** including but not limited to workplans, status reports, decision and risk logs* Create **complex analytical models** to drive unique solutions to complex healthcare problems* Develop detailed **financial analysis, statistical reports, visualizations, and presentations** for both internal team and client review* Facilitate **client interviews and meetings*** Conduct detailed analyses to **identify specific opportunities for improvement**, as well as implementation recommendations* Consistently deliver work products that are **high-quality and client-ready*** Contribute to **practice knowledge capital and tool development*** Develop and update related **work plans, issue logs, status reports, and related initiative trackers**.* Review and **validate conducted analyses and client deliverables** before submission* Complete **quality reviews on team member work products** before delivery to client personnel, validating team member findings and observations, and corroborate team member process improvement and analytic activities* **Mentor** junior resources* Demonstrate and embody **Nordic’s maxims**### ## MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS**Education & Industry*** Bachelor’s degree required, with a **preference in data sciences, finance, business, healthcare administration or related field*** **5+ years of experience** in the healthcare industry (e.g., healthcare organization, consulting) preferably within hospital administration (e.g., finance, supply chain, HR, decision support, informatics) or revenue cycle (e.g., registration/patient access, HIM, coding, revenue integrity or billing/follow-up/denials management), or Value-Based Care**Professional Attributes*** Strong **communication skills** (i.e., excellent listener, comfortable speaking to groups, able to drive client meetings)* **Collaborative work style** (e.g., able to work with business, technical and clinical resources)* **Creativity and critical thinking** in solving complex problems* Strong **presentation development skills** (e.g., translating data to information, identifying themes, storyboarding)* Ability to **work independently** as well as within a **team environment*** Ability to **balance multiple assignments** at the same time* **Attention to detail** and able to quickly pivot assignments based on changing priorities**Core Software Skills*** Strong expertise using **Microsoft Office products*** Prefer experience working with **EMR** (e.g., Epic, Cerner, Meditech) or **ERP solutions** (e.g., Oracle, Infor, Workday)* Demonstrated knowledge using some of the following tools:* **GenAI Assistants** (CoPilot)* **Analytical** (PowerBI, Tableau)* **Programming languages** (SQL, Python)* undefined ### ADDITIONAL DETAILS* Relocation to Madison, WI, is not required* Travel is not required at this time #LI-KN1**Nordic is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital or veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable federal, state, or local laws. We encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply, including women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans.**