Operational Excellence Specialist

6 days ago

Chicago, Illinois, United States UChicago Medicine Full time
Operational Excellence Partner

UChicago Medicine is seeking an experienced Operational Excellence Partner to join our team. As a key member of our Operational Excellence team, you will play a critical role in driving cultural change and improving operational performance across the University of Chicago Health System.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Utilize business acumen and process improvement skills to guide leadership and staff in achieving stated business objectives and organizational transformation.
  • Coach leaders in systems thinking, management system design, deployment and change management, process analysis/improvement, and workflow design and optimization.
  • Provide project management skills working with teams to develop and execute improvement roadmaps, drive metrics, and sustain process improvement.
  • Lead, support, and prepare teams to conduct process improvement activities using appropriate tools and methods such as 5S, Standard Work, Managing for Daily Improvement, Value Stream Analysis, Process Flow Mapping, Problem Solving, as well as other Lean and quality improvement tools.
  • Demonstrate ability to collect, analyze, and communicate business data with leadership and front-line teams and drive transformation.
Requirements:
  • Ability to partner and communicate effectively with senior leaders to formulate, develop, and support execution of business transformation plans.
  • 3-5 years of previous process/performance improvement experience, with focus on operational change, implementation of lean and quality improvement principles, and facilitation of Kaizen/Rapid Improvement Events.
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent training acquired via work experience or education.
  • Requires a high level of adaptability and interpersonal skills.
  • Oral and written communication skills, presentation skills, strength in group and process facilitation.
  • Excel, PowerPoint, Smartsheet, and Visio experience.
Why Join Us:

We've been at the forefront of medicine since 1899. We provide superior healthcare with compassion, always mindful that each patient is a person, an individual. To accomplish this, we need employees with passion, talent, and commitment... with patients and with each other. We're in this together: working to advance medical innovation, serve the health needs of the community, and move our collective knowledge forward.

UChicago Medicine is growing; discover how you can be a part of this pursuit of excellence.

UChicago Medicine is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

Must comply with UChicago Medicine's COVID-19 Vaccination requirement as a condition of employment. If you have already received the vaccination, you must provide proof as part of the pre-employment process. This is in addition to your compliance with the Flu Vaccination requirement as well. Medical and religious exemptions will be considered consistent with applicable law. Lastly, a pre-employment physical, drug screening, and background check are also required for all employees prior to hire.

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