Looking for something new? Consider a new start at Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Harrisonburg, Va, as the Senior Management Engineer.

RMH is an independent, not-for-profit community hospital that serves a seven-county area with a population of nearly 200,000. With 266 beds, RMH has 2,100 employees and a credentialed medical staff of more than 260 physicians. Later this year, the hospital will launch a new cardiac surgery program, and in 2010, RMH will move to a new state-of-the-art hospital and health campus on a 254-acre tract of land nearby.

RMH is located in the picturesque Shenandoah Valley, an excellent place to live and raise a family. The hospital is just minutes from many attractions, including the Shenandoah National Forest and Appalachian Trail, the world-class Blackfriars Shakespeare Playhouse, ski resorts, rivers, civil war battlefields and countless other historic attractions. While the area offers a friendly, small town atmosphere, it is convenient to several large metropolitan areas, including Washington, DC, Roanoke, Richmond and Virginia Beach.

The Senior Management Engineer will be responsible for leading new facility cross-functional process design teams for the entire organization. While traditional management engineering projects will likely be the long-term position responsibilities, the first three years of this incumbent's tenure with RMH will be spent specifically focusing on new hospital process design and transition planning activities. The Senior Management Engineer will report to the director of Decision Support Services, but will have significant exposure to the Senior Management team and the New Facility Design steering team.

Qualifications:
Minimum of a BS Degree in a quantitative or health-related field and five years of experience in healthcare operations or quantitative/analytical support. The successful candidate will possess excellent process design, group facilitation and communication skills; be extremely positive and energetic; and show a passion for leading others down the path of healthcare re-design.

Interested candidates should email a cover letter and resume to Kendra Nickel, Employment Specialist, with RMH Human Resources Development, at knickel@rhcc.com. To inquire, please call 800-543-2201, x4106 or visit RMHOnline.com.

HCA's North Florida Division is currently accepting applications for a Management Engineer

North Florida division is located in Tallahassee, Florida and includes 16 hospitals.

We are looking for a management engineer to focus and help drive process improvement in our Emergency Departments and in Surgical Services operations.

This is an excellent opportunity to learn multi-facility management as well as implementing system-wide process improvement plans.

The key duties of the Management Engineering include:

• Plans, coordinates and conducts studies to produce operational best-demonstrated practices; analyzes and evaluates departmental organization, processes, methods, and equipment; recommends changes or improvements based on study results. Develops methods for measuring outcomes against standards; assists in the identification of criteria and effective qualitative/quantitative measurement tools.
• Supports company-wide Process Improvement Initiatives by facilitating and/or leading the efforts in the North Florida Division.
• Monitors appropriate indicators for maximum productivity, efficiency, and resource utilization.
• Coordinates and conducts training for Division/Facility staff on new processes and systems.
• Makes presentations to a wide audience at the hospital and division levels. Must have extensive PC skills including spreadsheets, databases, Word Processing and presentation applications.
• The position requires familiarity with hospital operations and health care industry practices and trends. Consults with hospital directors/managers for best-demonstrated practices and facilitates implementation efforts division-wide. Identifies problems and issues and communicates them to the appropriate facility and Division individual(s) and recommends solutions.
• Must have strong written and presentation skills, as well as experience in process re-engineering and the application of quantitative analysis techniques as applied in a healthcare setting

Must have 1-3 years experience in a healthcare setting.

Bachelors required, Industrial Engineering or MBA preferred

Greg Blanks
Director Management Engineering
HCA North Florida Division/SC Market/Jax Market
850-523-2126
cell 678-787-7120

Description:
This individual is responsible for the facilitation of multiple Continuous Improvement efforts and applies a variety of improvement methodologies (including lean, six sigma, theory of constraints, TQM, and human factors design) and group management techniques to support individuals and teams through process improvement initiatives. Works collaboratively with leadership to increase efficiencies, decrease costs, reduce variability, reduce errors/defects, and involve all appropriate personnel. This individual is responsible for needed continuous improvement training and education and works closely with other CI personnel to meet education needs at all levels throughout the institution. Flexibility, innovation, and creativity are necessary characteristics of the successful candidate. Individual is expected to continuously learn and apply new continuous improvement methodologies, and to spread successful innovation through the institution.

Department:
Process Improvement/Quality Management Services

Qualifications:

• Masters degree in one of the following fields: nursing, business administration (w/ quality/operations emphasis), healthcare administration (w/ quality/operations emphasis), engineering, organizational development, human factors or similar field.
• 5 years of relevant experience, with specific emphasis in: continuous improvement, customer service, systems analysis, working with outside consultants, group leadership and facilitation, interpersonal communication, team building.

• Bachelors degree in same fields with 8 years of relevant experience.

• Strongly prefer candidates with a healthcare background.
• Personal computer knowledge and proficiency.
• Knowledge and understanding of and demonstrated experience applying continuous quality/service level improvement concepts.
• In-depth understanding of human relations, group dynamics, change theory, and improvement methodologies.
• Knowledge of management principles and techniques, problem-solving methodologies and analytic techniques.
• Knowledge of basic statistics, data analysis and graphic displays of information.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills as well as working knowledge of software such as: spreadsheets, graphics and word processing.
• Ability to independently manage a varied workload of projects with multiple priorities; must be capable of consulting and working collaboratively with a variety of individuals.
• Other abilities include flexibility, change agent, ability to provide encouragement, and stimulate innovative thinking under adverse conditions and short deadlines.

If interested, please visit: http://www.mayoclinic.org/jobs-rst/

Muhanad Hirzallah
Quality Management Services
Mayo Clinic

We are currently seeking team members for Tenet Healthcare's newly created Performance Management and Innovation (PMI) Department. PMI is a melding of C2Q, PI, and Sourcing initiatives. The PMI teams will take core C2Q principles and apply them to developing and achieving best practices in redesigning the work process to not only maintain and improve overall quality, service, and throughput but to also achieve cost efficiencies and improve labor productivity in high volume, high cost areas in Tenet hospitals (ED, OR, Nursing, Cath lab, interventional radiology, LOS reduction through case management). The new teams will be responsible for leaving behind a suggested plan of action to be implemented and monitored by the hospital Administrative teams and the regional operational leadership. The teams will function very much like internal consultants and the vast majority of the work will be done in a project setting on location at the facilities.

We have an immediate need within Tenet's newly formed Performance Management and Innovation (PMI) Department for an experienced Productivity Management Consultant to work on operations consulting projects for our hospitals. The Productivity Management Consultant will help to support Tenet hospitals by assisting with establishing productivity management targets for various departments within Tenet hospitals. The Productivity Management Consultant will also help to support other PMI consultants who are content experts (ED, OR, Nursing, Cath lab, interventional radiology, imaging, etc.) in the area of improving throughput to achieve improvement in quality, service, and cost effectiveness. PMI and its team members will deliver a rapid assessment and detailed roadmap for improvements relative to quality, service and cost management. These improvements will assist the hospital with establishing and sustaining budgeted productivity targets.

Please refer to the following link, keyword CONSULTANT, for further details. http://tenethealth.com/TenetHealth/CareerCenter/JobProfile(Corporate)

Christiana Care - a large 2 hospital health system located in Newark, DE is currently accepting resumes for the following position:

Operational Excellence Consultant:
Plays a lead role in operations improvement support to Christiana Care Health System departments by functioning as an analyst, facilitator, consultant and/or project manager as required.

Masters degree in Industrial Engineering, Healthcare or Business or other closely related curriculum. Some individual positions may require RN or other clinical education or license.

Minimum five years experience in healthcare management, healthcare consulting or process improvement.

If interested please submit resumes to:
Jodi Harper
Christiana Care Health System
Recruiter, Human Resources
jharper@christianacare.org
Fax: 302-325-7047

Planning Specialist needed for local manufacturer. Do you have a great understanding of supply chain concepts and planning tools? This could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Responsibilities include:

• Ensure forecasted supply/demand is fulfilled
• Maintain product inventory levels
• Problem solving ability to resolve any supply and demand conflicts
• Develop and collaborate production and inventory plans with team members
• Daily and weekly reporting

Requirements include:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Previous planning experience in a manufacturing environment
• Excellent understanding of supply chain concepts and planning tools
• APICS certification is highly preferred
• Previous ERP system experienceLean Manufacturing background
• Proven leadership skills
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced, team environment
• Positive, “can-do” attitude
• Excellent computer and organizational skills
• Outstanding interpersonal skills

For more information, contact:
Denise Corray
Professional Recruiter
Innovative Staff Solutions
217-235-4494
dcorray@staffsolutions.biz

University Health System of Eastern Carolina
Greenville, NC

VHA, Inc. is currently seeking individuals for a Performance Improvement Consultant at University Health System of Eastern Carolina in Greenville, NC. The Performance Improvement Consultant will serve as consultant and project manager in the areas of labor and productivity implementation assistance to facilitate cost reduction opportunities in a healthcare organization.

Responsibilities:

• Proactively identify opportunities for labor and process efficiency and cost reduction.
• Work with department managers to determine steps for reaching labor cost reduction goals.
• Assist managers with implementation of identified opportunities.
• Clinical and operational process improvement. .Project management.
• Identify and prioritize opportunities to reduce costs; increase efficiencies; and improve clinical, operational, and financial outcomes.

Requirements:

• Over five years healthcare experience.
• Strong operational improvement background.
• RN or other clinical background desired.
• Strong computer skills in excel, word, and PowerPoint.
• Previous consulting experience highly desirable.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Either relocation to Greenville, NC or weekly travel is required.

If interested please submit resumes to:
Chris Waddell
VHA Inc.
Employment Services Representative
972-830-0358
cwaddell@vha.com

Byrnes & Rupkey, Inc., , a nationwide recruting firm, currently has several Qualtiy Engineering openings available in the Eastern, Southern and Central USA. The positions require a Bachelor or Masters degree; 2 or more years of experience; and any of these:

• CQE
• APQP
• PPAP
• SPC
• GMP GD&T
• ISO

Salaries range according to experience from $45K to 150K . If you are interested in please email your resume as a Word document attachment to:

Linda Modderman
Linda@byrnesandrupkey.com
1-800-783-2756

http://www.byrnesandrupkey.com/.

Department
Quality Management Department

Location
Founded in 1924, SSM-St. Mary’s Health Center (SMHC), is a private, not-for-profit, community acute care hospital located in St. Louis, Mo. Owned and operated by SSM Health Care (SSMHC), also located in St. Louis, SMHC is the largest facility in the SSM System with 582 licensed beds. With more than $262.5 million in net patient revenues in 2006, SMHC is also one of the largest hospitals in the greater St. Louis Metropolitan area. SMHC has 1,800 employees and approximately 1,000 on-staff physicians.

General Summary
The CQI Facilitator is responsible for leading and mentoring CQI teams across the entity. Facilitator will act as a strategic resource by planning and implementing change as directed by the Quality Director and Administrative Council. In addition to driving projects to timely completion, the facilitator is responsible for providing mentoring and training to CQI Project Team Leaders, team members and department managers.

Reporting Relationships

• Reports to: Quality Director
• Supervises: None
• Interrelationships: Interacts and works with administration, medical staff and employees at all levels.

Primary Responsibilities and Duties

• Imparts the philosophy, values, mission and vision of SSM Health Care and facilitates the integration of values in CQI activities.
• Understands, embraces and practices the principles of continuous quality improvement.
• Leads, facilitates and manages improvement teams that produce improved clinical and business results across the entity. Serves as a champion for change by driving the adoption of successful process improvement practices and by identifying barriers to project success.
• Facilitates project teams focused on improving patient care, safety, satisfaction, process efficiency and productivity. Teaches and coaches CQI Project Team leaders and process owners in the use of process improvement methods and tools including Lean/Six Sigma, PDSA, 100 Day workouts, rapid cycle testing, project management, and change management.
• Provides CQI training for Project Team Leaders, team members, department managers (process owners), executive champions, medical staff members and others as needed, to help them understand data, facilitate ideas for improvement and fast track solutions.
• Responsible for detailed technical work related to data collection, aggregation, analysis and display to help teams interpret results, propose possible solutions and track the progress of action plans and results.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Understanding of the Mission and Values of SSM Health Care and the Franciscan Sisters of Mary.
• Possesses a very high degree of analytical and problem-solving skills, and the ability to apply the evaluation of information and application of solutions with a desire to integrate CQI principles and tools into work processes.
• Exhibits well-developed interpersonal and communication skills and interacts effectively in sensitive or complex situations within a variety of publics. Able to lead groups and individuals through effective changes in attitudes and processes.
• Strong project management skills with demonstrated success in completing projects.
• Exhibits leadership and facilitation skills, and engenders the support and confidence of clinicians, administration, and other employees throughout SSM Health Care.
• Demonstrates effective teaching and coaching skills.
• Strong computer skills with a variety of software programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Minitab or comparable statistical software, databases, and Powerpoint.
• Able to effectively manage a variety of activities simultaneously.
• Internal drive and passion to assist employees in providing “exceptional care.”

The above knowledge, skills, and abilities are normally acquired through a bachelor’s degree in an engineering, business or health care related field with subsequent experience and knowledge of healthcare industry; master’s degree preferred. Minimum of two - three years’ experience and documented success in applying and delivering performance improvement methods, tools and techniques to streamline operations and achieve financial cost savings. Experience with training, program assessment and implementation is highly desirable.

Process improvement knowledge, experience and training such as CQI certification, Blackbelt, or comparable required.

Working Conditions

• Normal office environment with some travel within local area. Work is primarily sedentary; potential for stress due to completing work requirements as scheduled in limited time frame.
• Non-smoking environment.