Continuous Improvement Manager

It's more than a career, it's a calling.

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Job Highlights:

• The position is fully onsite.
• Work schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
• There is no on-call requirement.
• The job location is St. Mary's Hospital - St Louis, MO

• Curiosity
• Problem-solving mentality
• Comfortable speaking and working with leaders
• Self-starter
• Comfort with ambiguity
• Willingness to travel (10%)
• Data savvy;
• Proficiency with technology (Excel, Power BI, QlikView, or other analytic tools)
• Process improvement experience

Job Summary:

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Serves as a coach to healthcare executive teams with oversight toregional orsenior leadership on the implementation and deployment of SSM Health’soperatingmodel. 
• Identifies, performs or manages tasks related to defining and measuring problems while coaching leaders to solve unique and complex challenges that have a significant impact on theministry or business unit. 
• Acts as an internal consultant in support of unit and ministry-based strategy deployment activities; supporting the development of short and long term strategies incorporating SSM Health’soperatingmodel practices to facilitate progress and achieve strategic objectives. 
• Conducts advanced improvement activities through the engagement of leaders and teams while buildinga culture of continuous learning and enablement through the deployment of SSM Health’soperatingmodel. 
• Coordinates and leads key improvement initiatives while acting as a coach to internal teams; coordinating workshops, team training, and openly sharing technical expertise related to SSM Health’soperatingmodel to ensure continued adoption of the systems and elements.     
• Coaches and develops a problem-solving culture at all levels of the organization. 
• Facilitates in-person or virtual “train the trainer” sessions in a professional, articulate manner that clearly demonstrates SSM Healthmission and values. 
• Performs other duties as assigned. 

EDUCATION 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience 

EXPERIENCE 

• Three years’process improvementexperience working with executive teams

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS 

• None

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