Managing Consultant, Accountable Healthcare Operations
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Description: Navigant Consulting, Inc. is at the momment seeking for Managing Consultant, Accountable Healthcare Operations right now, this vacancy will be designated in Illinois. For complete informations about this vacancy opportunity kindly see the descriptions. NAVIGANT is a specialized, global expert services firm dedicated to assisting clients in creating and protecting ! value in the face of critical business risks and opportunities. Navigant professionals combine technical expertise in Disputes and Investigations, Economics, Financial Advisory and Management Consulting, with business pragmatism in the highly regulated Construction, Energy, Financial Services and Healthcare industries to support clients in addressing their most critical business needs.
Navigant professionals leverage a unique combination of technical expertise and industry insights to provide clients with solutions tailored to their specific business challenges and the opportunities presented by the ongoing market fluctuations and regulatory changes. The Company has approximately 2,000 consulting professionals and 2,500 employees, with a client base reaching more than 50 cities around the world. The company is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: NCI) and in 2012 generated $844 million in total revenues. Corporate headquarters are in Chicago, Illinois (U.S.) and! headquarters for international operations are in London.
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The Navigant Consulting Performance Improvement Healthcare candidate will have experience in the healthcare industry, preferably in the area of performance improvement within Hospitals, Health Plans or Physician Groups. Specifically, the successful candidate will have expertise in manipulating data using Excel, Access and other spreadsheets, coordinating team work products, and the ability to lead teams.
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Position Summary
NCI is seeking a RN with Care Management, Capacity Management and Patient Throughput expertise. The individual must have hands-on prior clinical management experience in a provider or comparable healthcare setting, and have a thorough understanding of provider/hospital/clinical operations. Leadership in a healthcare setting required.
This individual would be considered a subject matter specialist and would work nationally with healthcare providers in all aspects of clinical operations that impact patient access, care deliver! y and discharge planning.
Preferred Experience:
Ability to conduct length-of-stay and/or patient flow assessments for large community hospitals, academic medical organizations and/or large physician practices
Able to assess nursing department operations and their role in the management of patients from a care coordination and flow perspective
Able to assess and recommend best practices related to bed/patient placement, case management, social work, physicians, nursing and multi-disciplinary roles and responsibilities relative to care coordination and discharge planning
Ability to assess or participate in the assessment of medical staff structure, roles and responsibilities relative to care coordination, patient throughput and discharge processes.
Ability to partner with medical staff leaders, such as a physician advisor to the case management function or the Chief Medical Officer assigned to this role
Successful, data driven track rec! ord in redesign and/or implementation efforts in the areas of case mana! gement/nursing, utilization review, patient placement, discharge planning and/or clinical documentation, patient flow systems
Ability to effect change through team structures and achieve measurable outcomes relative to length of stay, expense reduction, additional capacity or other key throughput
Ability to work with, and use data to effective change
Qualifications:
Current R.N. license
Graduate degree from an accredited college or university, preferably in Business, Healthcare Administration, Nursing or Industrial Engineering
A minimum of two years of consulting experience in the provider setting and/or subject matter described above
Three to five years (minimum) of experience in clinical operations, care management/care coordination, bed management and/or throughput experience in a provider setting
A minimum of two years of management experience
Proficient in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills and ability to independently pr! oduce documents or aptitude to develop this level of skill within a defined period of time
Flexible, positive, clear interpersonal and communication skills with ability to facilitate the exchange of information within all levels of NCI as well as a provider based, client organization, including, but not limited to, surgeons, anesthesiologists, hospital executives, and other professional and ancillary staff
Analytical skills related to independently interpreting, preparing and analyzing budget and workload data, LOS information, comparisons with relevant federal and/or other performance based data
Ability to develop and monitor performance metrics at all levels of the Care Management and Throughput flow processes
Knowledge of and familiarity with IT solutions and data bases which are integral to enabling efficient and appropriate to the Capacity Management, Care Management and Patient Throughput
Knowledge of and ability to ensure and promote, consistent, ! quality oriented, national leading practices, in all Clinical Operation! s and Throughput Services recommendations
Capacity to adapt and lead others to understand and accept values, strategies, goals and plans in response to changing business conditions
Ability and willingness to travel full time.
The company offers competitive compensation packages including an incentive compensation plan, comprehensive medical/dental/life insurance, 401(k) and employee stock purchase plans.
Navigant does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Navigant and Navigant will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.
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