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Role Description

This is a remote position. This position needs to reside in TX area and have hospital experience. This Director role will support hospitals in the South regions (TX, AR, KY, OH, GA).

• Must have Labor Productivity Management, Finance and Healthcare experience.
• The Operations Performance team in our Performance Improvement Department is responsible for developing and implementing:
  • Staffing standard practices
  • Productivity management guidelines
  • Labor budget target settings
  • Other labor benchmarking tools and processes
• Seeking strong financial analyst skills, labor productivity within a large healthcare system.
• Responsible for providing consulting services which will contribute to the fiscal and operational well-being of CommonSpirit Health.
• Identifying needed improvements on a significant level in operating efficiencies and labor cost reductions.
• Directs management engineering and other consulting services for 40+ hospitals and affiliates of CommonSpirit Health.
• Project work, consultation, management training, and management reporting aimed at improving:
  • Efficiency
  • Cost effectiveness
  • Quality of operations for all CommonSpirit Health related entities
• Focus on labor cost management, which currently represents an annual expense in excess of $1,500,000,000 for 35,000 FTEs.
• Continual significant cost reductions through process redesign and strong management of labor costs are required for ongoing success.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 7 years of hospital management engineering and/or management consulting experience.
• At least 5 years of management experience with a track record of significant impact related to:
  • Cost reduction
  • Revenue enhancement
  • Quality improvement
  • Information systems implementation
• Line management experience.
• Teaching/mentoring experience in productivity measurement, monitoring, and improvement.
• Must have Productivity/Labor Management experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required (Business, Health Systems (Industrial) Engineering, Engineering Management, Finance preferred).
• Master's Degree preferred.
• Special skills required include:
  • Expertise in healthcare productivity management.
  • Ability to remain abreast of changes in the field through continuing education and networking.
  • Knowledge of benchmarking strategies, TQM/CQI tools and methodologies.
  • Outstanding problem-solving skills.
  • Personnel management techniques.
  • Management of multiple conflicting projects toward successful conclusion within constricted time frames.
  • Knowledgeable of budget development, management reporting, cost accounting application, and financial management.
  • Broad understanding of business planning, hospital reimbursement, contracting, materials management, compliance issues, and Internal Audit.
  • Preparation of Requests for Proposals.
  • Analyzing and selecting vendors and negotiating contracts.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills.
  • Advanced interpersonal and human relation skills.
  • Ability to negotiate change with all levels of management and overcome resistance to that change.
  • Analytical and conceptual thinker.
  • Flexible approach, discretionary effort, organizational commitment, customer service orientation, innovation, and focus on teamwork.