Senior Consultant, Performance Improvement - Advisory Services (Epic Healthy Planet)
About the role
THE ROLE
Performance Improvement (PI) Practice within Nordic's Strategic Advisory Services (SAS) is responsible for helping healthcare organizations address some of their most challenging strategic, clinical, and operational problems for clients across the healthcare ecosystem. Members within our PI project teams wear multiple hats to deliver quality work, including building insightful data analyses, gathering requirements, mapping workflows, designing use cases, and researching the latest changes impacting the healthcare industry. As such, our Senior Consultants are expected to:
- Think creatively and support the delivery of a wide range of strategic initiatives
- Have strong communication and collaboration skills as they work closely with client end-users, technical developers, clinical providers, and senior leadership
- Demonstrate qualitative and quantitative management consulting skills
- Lead workstreams and facilitate client-facing meetings
With guidance and mentorship from project and practice leadership, the Senior Consultant role provides individuals with extensive opportunities to gain experience across clinical, financial, patient experience, and technical solutions sought after within the healthcare industry to improve wellness and care for all.
Key Responsibilities
A Consultant within PI will be responsible for, but not be limited to:
- Partner with PI team members to
implement advisory solutions
and demonstrate the value of the solution throughout the client engagement.
- Collaborate with project leadership to develop and maintain
project management artifacts
including but not limited to workplans, status reports, decision and risk logs
- Create
complex analytical models
to drive unique solutions to complex healthcare problems
- Develop detailed
financial analysis, statistical reports, visualizations, and presentations
for both internal team and client review
- Facilitate
client interviews and meetings
- Conduct detailed analyses to
identify specific opportunities for improvement
, as well as implementation recommendations
- Consistently deliver work products that are
high-quality and client-ready
- Contribute to
practice knowledge capital and tool development
- Develop and update related
work plans, issue logs, status reports, and related initiative trackers
.
- Review and
validate conducted analyses and client deliverables
before submission
- Complete
quality reviews on team member work products
and implement
application workflows that support care management, quality reporting, patient engagement, and cross-continuum coordination
- Work directly with end users and leaders to
monitor workflows
support adoption
recommend optimization opportunities
tied to population health and value-based care outcomes
- Lead client-facing meetings regarding
ongoing work-product coordination
project status, and strategic opportunities
to improve performance across quality and value-based programs
- Collaborate with internal leadership and EHR architects on
solution design and delivery
Mentor
junior resources
- Demonstrate and embody
Education & Industry
- Bachelor's degree preferred, with a
preference in data sciences, finance, business, healthcare administration or related field
5+ years of experience
in the healthcare industry (e.g., healthcare organization, consulting) preferably within hospital administration (e.g., finance, supply chain, HR, decision support, informatics) or revenue cycle (e.g., registration/patient access, HIM, coding, revenue integrity or billing/follow-up/denials management), or Value-Based Care
Professional Attributes
- Strong
communication skills
Collaborative work style
Creativity and critical thinking
in solving complex problems
- Strong
presentation development skills
(e.g., translating data to information, identifying themes, storyboarding)
- Ability to
work independently
team environment
- Ability to
balance multiple assignments
Attention to detail
and able to quickly pivot assignments based on changing priorities
Core Software Skills
- Current Epic Certification in Ambulatory, Healthy Planet, Compass Rose, and/or Value-Based Analytics
- Strong expertise using
Microsoft Office products
- Demonstrated knowledge using some of the following tools: •
GenAI Assistants
Analytical
Programming languages
Additional Details
- Relocation to Madison, WI, is not required
- Travel is not required at this time
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Nordic is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital or veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable federal, state, or local laws. We encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply, including women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans.
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