The Improvement Advisor provides leadership, training, coaching, and support for OCHIN s rapid, data-driven, team-oriented improvement efforts across the OCHIN system. This position is responsible for identifying, driving, and operationalizing improvements into the culture of OCHIN to achieve high-quality, measurable, and sustainable results which support OCHIN s strategic goals and objectives.
Essential Duties
Drive OCHIN s quality and process improvement activities, by facilitating, coaching, advising, and leading improvement projects through to completion
Partner with and lead project teams (internal and member facing) to conduct root-cause analyses, generate theories of change, and develop measurement plans for improvement initiatives
Build, manage, and organize project materials and plans for assigned projects; track progress of projects to ensure project milestones are met
Identify and mitigate risks, communicate project status, negotiate project changes with key stakeholders, including project sponsors, senior leadership, and members
Manage multiple improvement projects simultaneously to help OCHIN improve our products and services
Work closely with project sponsors and key stakeholders to ensure that projects are resulting improvements align with OCHIN s strategic initiatives, meeting project timelines, and outcomes are achieved
Develop and disseminate improvement tools and assessments to help build capacity for change and improvement throughout the OCHIN network
Identify opportunities and share project successes and lessons learned across the organization (e.g., OCHIN Huddle, workgroups, committee meetings, etc.)
Design and deliver high-quality improvement trainings, webinars, and events to internal and external audiences on topics including improvement science (e.g., Model for Improvement), using data to drive improvement, change management, relational leadership, design thinking, systems thinking, etc.
Prepare, manage, and reinforce major organizational changes using proven change management practices, including designing, and implementing change management and communication plans
Support and execute assigned statements of work for quality and process improvement services, including but not limited to improvement training, facilitated improvement sessions, and improvement and change management technical assistance
Continuously seek opportunities to embed user-centered design, improvement, systems thinking, and change management best practices into new and existing processes at OCHIN
Support and model Quality as a Business Strategy by providing coaching, advising, and facilitation support as needed for deliverables associated with OCHIN s strategic plan
Partner with OCHIN s Evaluation and Analysis team and Reporting teams to track and monitor outcome, process, and balancing metrics to monitor the impact of changes and identify opportunities for improvement
Other duties as assigned
Act as a quality and process improvement resource as needed within the organization and across the collaborative
Act as a change agent to foster and support a culture of improvement throughout the organization
Lead change by modeling behavior, influencing partners, and proposing improvement opportunities
Collaborate with internal and/or external partners to ensure effective adoption of improvements and to foster organizational learning
Escalate risks and issues as appropriate
Contribute to the growth and development of the Quality and Process Improvement Team
Build and maintain strong relationships and partnerships across the organization and network of members
Work and communicate across disciplines and teams
Lead and model OCHIN s values
Actively pursue continuous learning and professional growth
Requirements
Minimum of three (3) years of experience in public health, quality improvement, change management, and/or project coordination/management
Bachelor s degree in healthcare (e.g., public health, health promotion, nursing); change management, or a related field is required; Master s Degree preferred
Demonstrated experience leading improvement activities using industry-recognized improvement methodologies and tools such as the Model for Improvement, Lean, and/or Lean Six Sigma, preferably in a healthcare or IT setting is required
Candidates with clinical experience or operational experience in a clinical setting will be given preference
Demonstrated experience using project management principles and tools is required
Strong and proven ability develop strategies and plans to implement changes to processes is required
Proven success in internal and external relationship management with all levels of expertise from administrative to executive
Excellent communicator with the ability to successfully communicate with a wide range of roles and personalities, both written and spoken, including executive team members, management, staff, and physicians
Possess a learning mindset and curiosity for new knowledge, including obtaining the knowledge required to effectively collaborate with OCHIN staff and members is required
Strong training, facilitation, and presentation skills are required
Demonstrated experience leading or participating in change management initiatives using recognized change management methodologies is preferred
Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint is required
Excellent interpersonal, intercultural, and customer service skills
Experience working remotely
Desired certifications include: Healthcare Improvement Professional (HIP), IHI Improvement Advisor, Lean Green Belt, Certified Associate of Project Management, User-Centered Design Certification, Foundations of Design Thinking, and/or SDI Facilitator (or other Improvement Science Certification).