Sr Clinical Consultant – Procedure Card Optimization

Cardinal Health; New Jersey; On-site; USD 118,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

PTO

HSA

401k

MyFlexPay

FSAs

Disability

Parental leave

Job summary

Cardinal Health WaveMark Solutions seeks a Sr Clinical Consultant – Procedure Card Optimization to manage and grow relationships with OR and supply chain leaders across a large New Jersey health system. On-site role using WaveMark analytics to drive clinical, financial, and operational improvements in the OR by improving procedure cards and EMR workflows.

The successful candidate will blend data-driven analytics with change management, validate recommendations with clinicians, and build adoption

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years healthcare or analytics experience.
• 3+ years supporting client engagements or large healthcare projects preferred.
• Operating room experience and understanding of clinical product standards required/preferred.
• Experience with Epic EHR and preference card workflows preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support and develop strong relationships with clinical and supply chain stakeholders; actively listen, understand, and articulate client needs.
• Serve as an on-site OR operational partner - working with nurses, surgeons, service line leaders, and supply chain teams to ensure recommendations are clinically sound.
• Lead clinician-facing discussions to validate analytics, confirm clinical appropriateness, and refine proposed changes.
• Drive adoption of procedure card changes through facilitation, education, and engagement with clinical end-users.
• Run WaveMark analytics to identify optimization opportunities related to utilization, outliers, variability, product standardization, and preference card accuracy.
• Translate data outputs into meaningful clinical and operational narratives that highlight impact on patient care, workflow, and cost.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Clinical operations

Data analytics

On-site engagement

Epic EHR experience

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in healthcare or analytics

Tools

Epic EHR

Looker

MS Office

Job description

Cardinal Health™ WaveMark™ Solutions is a scalable, enterprise-level Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that integrates with clinical and financial systems for healthcare customers. Through a strong portfolio of tools, WaveMark™ provides healthcare organizations with supply chain visibility and control using proprietary software technology and advanced data-capture solutions to manage supplies ranging from low-cost commodities to high-cost devices, implants, and tissue. These capabilities streamline workflows, deliver actionable insights, and support the delivery of cost-effective, high-quality care.

Job Summary

The Sr Clinical Consultant – Procedure Card Optimization manages, grows, and develops relationships with supply chain, clinical, and operational leaders across a large New Jersey health system consisting of 10 hospitals. This dedicated on-site consultant uses WaveMark’s data, analytics, and optimization tools to drive clinical, financial, and operational improvements within the Operating Room (OR) by enhancing the accuracy and efficiency of procedure (preference) cards. This role blends data-driven analytics, clinical operations consulting, and change management. The Sr Consultant will not only identify optimization opportunities through analytics but will also work directly with clinicians and leadership to validate recommendations, build adoption, standardize products, and establish sustainable processes for implementing and maintaining procedure card improvements—including changes inside the EMR.

Location: This position requires you to be on-site at various customer locations within Central and Northern New Jersey.

Responsibility

• Support and develop strong relationships with clinical and supply chain stakeholders; actively listen, understand, and articulate client needs.
• Serve as an on-site OR operational partner - working closely with nurses, surgeons, service line leaders, and supply chain teams to ensure recommendations are clinically sound and workable.
• Lead clinician-facing discussions to validate analytics, confirm clinical appropriateness, and refine proposed changes.
• Drive adoption of procedure card changes through facilitation, education, and engagement with clinical end-users.
• Run WaveMark analytics to identify optimization opportunities related to utilization, outliers, variability, product standardization, and preference card accuracy.
• Translate data outputs into meaningful clinical and operational narratives that highlight impact on patient care, workflow, and cost
• Develop and present findings to key system leaders
• Establish and refine new processes for obtaining clinical approvals, updating procedure cards, and operationalizing changes within the EMR
• Identify barriers to change and lead efforts to mitigate risks
• Partner with internal WaveMark teams—Product Management, Account Management, Sales, and Operations
• Predict emerging analytics and operational needs and engage with client to obtain feedback
• Work closely with Product Management and other entities within the WaveMark family to support product enhancements
• Support internal and external data & analytics education initiatives

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of healthcare or analytics experience preferred.
• 3+ years supporting client engagements or large healthcare projects preferred.
• Operating room experience, understanding of clinical product standards and OR inventory requirements preferred.
• Experience with Epic EHR and preference card workflows preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft Office and Business Intelligence dashboards (Google Looker preferred).
• Ability to derive insights and articulate business and clinical implications from analytics preferred.
• Strong planning, coordination, communication and stakeholder management skills preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver work independently preferred.
• Ability to interface with customers and other stakeholders in supporting role preferred.
• Daily travel required - expected to be on-site at hospitals and work flexible hours as needed.
• Some overnight travel required – approximately 25%.
• Customer/Vendor credentialing may be required (this may include vaccinations). More details will be provided if you are selected for an interview.

Anticipated salary range

Anticipated salary range: $117,700 - $168,100

Bonus eligible: Yes

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Paid time off plan
• Health savings account (HSA)
• 401k savings plan
• Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Work-Life resources
• Paid parental leave
• Healthy lifestyle programs

Application window anticipated to close 09/20/26.

The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity.

Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.