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Process Improvement Consultant
Roanoke, VA

JOB SUMMARY
Be at your best with an organization that equips you to do so.  Whose people unite in making lives better. At **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***, we help communities stay healthy and our region grow stronger through compassionate care, medical education and research, and neighborhood outreach. As part of our team you can expect professional stability, strong technological resources, and the advancement potential of a regional leader.

Support Carilion's hallmarks of service excellence and quality for all job responsibilities. Leads significant organizational change initiatives to improve clinical quality, efficiency, effectiveness, timeliness, patient satisfaction and financial performance. Plan and leads the most complex improvement, structural reorganization, and implementation processes. Provides advice and training on the development, administration and technical aspects of the organization's improvement efforts at all levels. Assistsclinical and non-clinical personnel in assessing work and identifying areas/processes for improvement and executing improvement plans.

Process Improvement is an enterprise support department. Position is based in Roanoke, but project work may involve any Carilion facility. Work involves the application of advanced knowledge and excellent communication skills in order to implement solutions to complex problems across multiple disciplines and sites. Judgment and ingenuity are required for successful outcomes. Errors may have significant impact on fiscal results, legal compliance, patient care, safety and/or confidentiality. Work involves all levels of management and employees as well as outside vendors.

Based in Roanoke, VA, we are an award-winning, community-based network of hospitals, primary and specialty physician practices, and affiliations with prestigious academic medical institutions. Explore how joining a regional leader can enhance your ability to learn, grow, and succeed.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Bachelor's degree required. Master's preferred.  Strong preference for industrial/systems engineering, health science/management, business, organizational change, or similar education with a strong component around process analysis and improvement.

Experience: Experience should include leading quality/process improvement projects, preferably in a complex organizational environment.  Two years experience preferred.  Experience needs to reflect applied knowledge of improvement skills such as health care industrial engineering, systems theory, project management, systems dynamics, process design, human factors, ergonomics, and social dimensions for change.  Experience in healthcare setting preferred.

Licensure/Certifications/Registration: Certification in Six Sigma, change management, lean production, project management (PMP), quality function deployment, related field, or progressive plan to acquire approved certification in two years. Must be licensed to legally operate a motor vehicle in Virginia or otherwise have the ability to move independently among Carilion sites.
Other Minimum Qualifications: Excellent written and oral communication skills. Demonstrated ability to communicate process change, flexible solutions to problems and organizational learning. Excellent interpersonal skills, organizational ability, and initiative.  Ability to lead and produce positive outcomes in a changing, unstructured work environment.  Proven ability to understand and apply various analytical tools. Must be familiar with Microsoft Office software and able to learn other software as needed.  Must be able to work with minimal amount of supervision.  Ability to travel to necessary off-site work location required.

OUR VALUES
Below are our core values that we strive to embody and expect of all our team members:

Collaboration: Working together with purpose to achieve shared goals.

Commitment:  Unwavering in our quest for exceptional quality and service.

Compassion:  Putting heart into everything we do.

Courage:  Doing what's right for our patients without question.

Curiosity:  Fostering creativity and innovation in our pursuit of excellence.

Requisition Number: 78120 
Employment Status: Full time 
Location: Carilion Roanoke Memorial Rehab Building 
Shift: Any Day, Any Shift 
Shift Details: Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm
Recruiter: DANA E JOHNSON 
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An organization where innovation happens, collaboration is expected and ideas are valued. A not-for-profit, mission-driven health system built on progress and partnerships. A courageous team that is always learning, never discouraged and forever curious.

Headquartered in Roanoke, Va., you will find a robust system of award winning hospitals, Level 1 and 3 trauma centers, Level 3 NICU, Institute of Orthopedics and Neurosciences, multi-specialty physician practices, and The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute.

Carilion is where you can make your own path, make new discoveries and, most importantly, make a difference. Here, in a place where the air is clean, people are kind and life is good. MAKE YOUR TOMORROW WITH US.

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