Hospital - Process Improvement Specialist

Leads initiatives aimed at enhancing efficiency, productivity, and quality across our organization. Manages multiple projects, identifying process improvement opportunities, and driving the implementation of sustainable solutions.

• Collaborates with executive sponsors/champions, process owners and improvement teams to identify projects that will reduce errors, defects, and “never” events to improve patient safety and quality of care  
• Leads and manages end-to-end project life-cycles, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, project scope, timelines, and budget.  
• Analyzes current processes to identify inefficiencies and areas for improvement and implements sustainable best practices to optimize workflows.  
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to develop and execute process improvement strategies.  
• Facilitate process mapping, root cause analysis, and change management efforts.  
• Develops key performance indicators (KPIs) to track the effectiveness of improvement initiatives and report on outcomes.  
• Drives a culture of continuous improvement by providing coaching, training, and resources to team members.  
• Ensures compliance with regulatory and organizational standards throughout improvement projects.  
• Leads stakeholder communication efforts  
• Maintains project documentation, including status reports and tracking of performance metrics.
• Collaborates within an integrated Quality, Patient Safety, and Accreditation team.  
• Perform all other related job duties as assigned.  

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, business, or healthcare-related field required

Experience:

3 years of related experience in formal project management and experience leading process improvement in a healthcare setting.