Process Excellence Leader - Remote

Company: Wellpath
Location: Seattle
Posted on: May 14, 2022

Job Description:

Here at Wellpath, everything that we do is about taking care of people - our patients, our staff and our partners. We are committed to making a difference by providing hope and healing to vulnerable patients in challenging clinical environments. Our talented, compassionate team thrives in an autonomous environment, is empowered and supported by education, training and the resources to practice healthcare the way it is meant to be and strives to "Always Do The Right Thing!"
Overview
The Process Excellence Leader is responsible for evaluating operational, clinical, and corporate processes, identifying constraints and non-value added work, and empowering process owners to develop new, innovative processes. This role applies process evaluation frameworks (such as Lean) while understanding the processes themselves in order to recommend changes to process owners. This role is accountable for evaluating all downstream impacts of processes and measuring the success of process changes as a driver to large scale company lean initiatives and transformations.
Qualifications
Education
Bachelor's Degree Required

Experience
Minimum 7 years of leadership in large-scale process transformations within a corporate environment.
Demonstrated ability to influence and implement innovative processes with clear value output.
Demonstrated proficiency at achieving results through the application of Lean/Six Sigma.
Prior experience with training, mentoring, and motivating employees at all levels of the organization.

Licenses/Certifications
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Preferred
Responsibilities
Key Job Responsibilities
Serve as internal process improvement consultant for the enterprise.
Communicate continuous improvement progress with customers, suppliers, and the enterprise.
Nominate/appoint project team leads and change agents for initiatives.
Champion continuous improvement reward and recognition activities, as appropriate.
Suggest and aid in the implementation of quality control measures to help achieve short- and long-term success.
Evaluates current state operations and identifies opportunities for process improvement to occur.
Analyzes existing operational, clinical, and support processes using industry standard frameworks and methodologies for quality and completeness.
Provides insightful and actionable feedback on existing processes and works with business process owners to make changes and develop new processes.
Assists business owners in developing quality metrics they can use to continue to evaluate the new and existing processes.
Works with cross-functional teams to evaluate broad, corporate impacts to process changes. Helps change agents in defining impacted audiences and developing change management plans.
Leads process discovery and development activities for technology implementations and other transformative projects.

Wellpath is an EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability Employer

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