Improvement and Innovation Program Manager, Adult Inpatient

Overview

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system,
UChicago Medicine, as the Program Manager of Patient Experience Improvement & Innovation for the Patient Experience Department
. Here, you will serve as an internal expert of our patient experience initiatives for the Adult Inpatient Departments, including unplanned admissions. You’ll partner closely with our inpatient and operations leadership to drive positive outcomes serving the health system’s local communities. Patient Experience continues to remain a large focus of our business, and we seek a passionate individual who will be able to build, coach, and drive positive experiences for our communities.

This position requires on-site work for the majority of each week, with the opportunity for partial remote work. You will need to be based in the greater Chicagoland area

• Serve as a champion for providing an outstanding patient experience across the UChicago Medicine Adult Inpatient Departments. Partner with leaders and key stakeholders to assess and remediate opportunities for experience improvement, from data analytics and insights to project and change management leadership.
• Analyze data for critical insights and study industry best practices to inform opportunities to advance patient experience processes, practices, and supporting system (technology) design. Accountable for driving outcomes, in collaboration with key stakeholders, at the unit level and across departments.
• Coach leaders and staff to implement and sustain impactful change. Integrate positive reinforcement, including an appreciative inquiry approach, staff recognition, and story-telling into improvement strategies.
• Facilitate workshops and learning events to engage leaders and staff in the UChicago Medicine Patient Experience approach and methods to drive a culture of caring.
• Lead the identification, due diligence, and implementation of improvement projects across complex stakeholder groups, including internal leaders and staff, physicians and providers, and patients and families.
• Serve as subject matter expert on committees to integrate patient engagement objectives and best practices.
• Leverage industry expert learning opportunities to further develop patient experience knowledge, support growth and credibility of the Patient Experience team, and promote successful change and innovation adopted at UChicago Medicine within relevant professional communities.
• Performs other duties assigned

• Bachelor’s degree in the health, hospitality, or business field;
  Master’s degree preferred
• At least 3 years of project management and/or change management experience, ideally within a healthcare/hospital setting
• Direct experience working with CAHPS survey performance improvement
• In-depth knowledge and experience of a health system, with prior experience as a clinical professional preferred
• Adept at critical thinking with demonstrated organizational and time management skills
• Ability to build trusting relationships with leadership and lead through influence
• Exceptional skills in facilitation, presentation, communication and relationship management
• Ability to motivate and engage team members and peers
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification or CPXP certification preferred

• Job Type/FTE:
  Full-time (1.0) FTE
• Shift: Day Shift
• Work Location:
  
  Hyde Park
• Unit/Department:
  Patient Experience - Inpatient
• CBA Code:
  Non-Union

For nearly a century Ingalls Memorial has pioneered sophisticated clinical care and developed the area s most convenient network of comprehensive outpatient centers, all dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of the community. Now, partnered with UChicago Medicine, we have expanded our network of expert physicians, convenient facilities and scope of service to speed your healing process and help navigate your path to wellness.

A skilled Medical Staff and talented employees dedicated to prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of illness and injury provide a firm foundation for our reputation for quality. To accomplish this, we need employees with passion, talent and commitment… with patients and with each other.…