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Job Requisition ID:
R00055152
Job Category:
Professional and Technical
Organization:
Office of Operational Excellence
Location/s:
Main Campus Jackson
Job Title:
Process Engineer II - Office of Operational Excellence
Job Summary:
Drive change as it relates to Operational Excellence, Quality, Safety, Efficiency, and Patient Satisfaction. They will use their applied knowledge of lean, six sigma, and change management to lead their assigned quality improvement team toward the established goal with regards to a given scope. Change agent, methodology expert, and catalyst to move UMMC forward toward a high reliability organization.
Education & Experience
Education and Experience Required:
Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of managing improvement projects
Certifications, Licenses or Registration Required:
Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt. Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt or Project Management Certification required post-hire within 24 months.
Preferred Qualifications:
Healthcare experience.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Formal training in one or more of the following: lean, six sigma, change management, project management. Skilled in the use of personal computers and related software. Excellent verbal and written communication. Facilitation skills. High level of emotional intelligence. Ability to present information and respond to inquiries. Ability to work independently and self-directed. Team building skills. Demonstrate sound problem solving skills. Ability to research industry standards and best practices and integrate those into the team process.
Responsibilities
Actively perform self-evaluation to become a change agent. Develop a mind set and thought capacity to support the vision of the CMO office as it relates to the high reliability journey of UMMC. Build an understanding of the organizational structure and their role within it to exert influence wherever possible for the purpose of standardization and waste removal in healthcare processes. Constantly evolve professionally by creating a new future state for themselves. Systematically compares and objectively analyzes alternatives, and weighs costs, benefits, and risks of decisions.
Rounds on project stakeholders to seek perspective, identify strengths and risks. Look for variation and waste daily. Practice advanced problem solving techniques in regards to all aspects of daily work. Actively apply PI tools as appropriate. Create standard work where there is none.
Lead assigned quality improvement team through meetings by acting as the facilitator of each meeting. This responsibility will include…