Clinical Optimization - Innovation Consultant

Kaiser Permanente • Hyattsville, MD

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About The Position

The position involves consulting with operational leaders to identify workflow efficiencies, standardization, internalization opportunities, and productivity standards. The role requires collaboration with various departments to enhance access to care and increase revenue capture. Additionally, the position focuses on identifying innovation opportunities in workflows and care delivery models, leading the dissemination of new knowledge related to care delivery innovation to both internal and external audiences.

Requirements

• Minimum seven (7) years of nursing experience required.
• Minimum three (3) years of consulting or supervisory/management experience required.
• Masters degree in business administration, nursing, or health care administration required.
• Registered Nurse License (Virginia) OR Compact License: Registered Nurse OR Registered Nurse License (Maryland) OR Registered Nurse License (District of Columbia).
• Experience in and understanding of health care delivery in an ambulatory setting required.
• Experience setting productivity standards and designing care delivery models required.
• Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills required.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Word & PowerPoint and intermediate knowledge of MS Excel required.
• Excellent writing skills required.
• Demonstrated mastery of quantitative methods required.
• Must be able to work effectively with a variety of departments and leadership levels.
• Must demonstrate exceptional customer service attitudes, including a can-do approach.
• Must be able to independently problem-solve and develop creative solutions.
• Must be a champion for innovation and change.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in managed care setting preferred.
• Health care consulting experience preferred.
• Experience in policy and/or nursing competency development strongly preferred.
• Publication in a major trade journal.
• Grant writing experience.
• Experience in health care research/health policy.
• Innovating or testing care delivery modeling experience.
• Understanding of nursing regulatory and scope of practice requirements strongly preferred.
• Doctoral degree in health care or related field preferred.
• Prefer experience in maternal-child health.
• Prefer DNP or APRN.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with regional clinical operations leaders to identify workflow efficiencies and standardization.
• Leads the planning and implementation of appropriate strategies to address internalization efforts.
• Leads development of productivity standards, in collaboration with other key stakeholders.
• Identifies and implements strategies for improving revenue capture through proper clinical care delivery (e.g., improved nursing documentation).
• Identifies and implements strategies for improving access to care (e.g., nurse schedule improvements, seamless hand-offs, up-skilling of staff).
• Represents clinical practice viewpoints on regional committees (e.g., Medication Safety, Code Blue, RQIC).
• Identifies innovation opportunities for care delivery, including development of new care delivery models.
• Includes writing grant proposals for testing of proposed models.
• Research and publication related to innovations in care delivery.
• Other related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Ambulatory Health Care Services
• Education Level: Master's degree