Process Excellence Consultant

Trinity Health•Maywood, IL

3d•$90,896 - $140,920•Onsite

About The Position

Bring your passion for process improvement to Loyola Medicine and partner with teams to improve quality, efficiency, and patient experience. In this role, the Operational Excellence Consultant will provide strategic and hands-on leadership to drive performance improvement initiatives across Loyola Medicine, a part of the Trinity Health system. This role supports stabilization, standardization, simplification, and sustainability of key operational and clinical processes. The OpEx Consultant II actively leads and mentors all levels within Loyola Medicine in developing problem solvers to improve patient care experience, regulatory goals, and all operational metrics such as patient safety, quality, cycle time, rework, financial stewardship, and employee satisfaction. Provides seasoned and expert guidance to the leaders of Loyola Medicine in the overall strategy, understanding, and deployment of Process Excellence. Fosters and support ongoing learning and collaboration to develop the internal muscle within organization to redesign care processes so they are cohesively connected. Develops, trains and mentors on process improvement methodologies with a heavy focus on Lean, Change Acceleration, Rapid Improvement Events and Six Sigma.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in health administration or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience leading Lean transformation initiatives with demonstrated sustained results in process improvement and cultural change.
Strong knowledge of operations, financial analysis, and organizational development.
Lean Green Belt certified with advanced Lean training.
Six Sigma Green Belt certified (will have 1 year from hire date to obtain).
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor an employment visa for this position.

Nice To Haves

Experience in clinical improvement initiatives is highly desirable.
Master's Degree

Responsibilities

Provide strategic and hands-on leadership to drive performance improvement initiatives.
Support stabilization, standardization, simplification, and sustainability of key operational and clinical processes.
Lead and mentor all levels within Loyola Medicine in developing problem solvers to improve patient care experience, regulatory goals, and all operational metrics.
Provide seasoned and expert guidance to leaders in the overall strategy, understanding, and deployment of Process Excellence.
Foster and support ongoing learning and collaboration to develop internal capabilities for redesigning care processes.
Develop, train, and mentor on process improvement methodologies with a focus on Lean, Change Acceleration, Rapid Improvement Events, and Six Sigma.