Process Engineer II - Office of Operational Excellence

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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 Greenbelt required post-hire within 6 months. Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt or Project Management Certification required post-hire within 24 months.
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* Preferred Qualifications:

** Lean or Six Sigma and healthcare experience preferred.## 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 assuring the value and efficiency of each meeting is established and delivered upon. It will also include monitoring the group dynamic and making quick adjustments throughout the meeting to create an atmosphere conducive to team work and safety. Prepare for these meetings and follow up afterwards as appropriate.

Incorporate accountability into the culture of team.
* Keep abreast of organizational objectives and assure project activities align with such. Understand and synthesize the direction of the organization to keep the project on pace to support the success of the organization. Leverage work breakdown structure methods to organize complex efforts into milestones, tasks,…