Warrior Care Network® is a partnership between Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) and four national academic medical centers (AMC) of excellence. In cooperation with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), this program will connect thousands of warriors with world-class care to battle the invisible wounds of war by filling gaps in government care and reaching those who might otherwise go untreated. This position will work closely with WCN affiliate hospital leadership and WWP leadership in order to provide general program management, support network governance and manage analytics services to help drive integration and alignment within the network. The WWP Senior Warrior Care Network® Specialist will serve as the senior subject matter expert for all programmatic and governance aspects of the WCN.
- Assists the Vice President, Director, and Manager in continuous program management to include: focus on hospital integration and risk management, schedule management for contractual deliverables, governance oversight including committee management, communications and stakeholder management, as well as performance management with respect to the Academic Medical Centers (AMC) contractual compliance and data analytics through a third party provider.
- Builds relationships with the AMCs in order to maintain the strategic vision of the WCN and assist the AMCs with broad program management to include analysis of key performance metrics on a continuous basis
- Serves as WWP primary point of contact with respect to WCN governance processes and compliance with internal project management processes/protocols for the WCN committees including the Executive Steering Committee
- Serves as the lead analyst for the overall monitoring of the Network performance management, quality and risk management, as well as primary point of contact for data management with third party providers.
- Develops and maintains working relationships WCN committee leadership in order to facilitate information flow between WWP and AMC leadership
- Provides subject matter expertise on program management, program evaluation and data analytics related to healthcare service delivery in a network setting
- Prepares briefings and reports; collaborates with WWP teammates, various AMC leaders and third party providers to obtain required data for briefings or reports. These tasks include compiling, managing, and updating reports regularly.
- Analyze and interpret statistical data to identify trends or relationships using both raw data and dashboard visualizations.
- Apply statistical approaches to solve moderately complex problems.
- Other related duties as assigned
- High energy, self-motivated, detail-oriented, and supportive individual able to take initiative, multi-task, work independently under pressure and complete assignments in a timely fashion
- Must possess competencies related to working with individuals with varying physical, mental and cognitive challenges while maintaining a philosophy of individualized services designed to empower the Warrior and maximize independence and quality of life
- Ability to facilitate and enhance team cohesion and atmosphere
- Must have excellent communication skills and ability to speak in front of diverse audience
- Exceptional interpersonal skills; team player, ability to communicate with diverse personalities
- Able to work effectively in an environment requiring independent and creative efforts and maintain a flexible work schedule
- Working knowledge of WWP programs and other resources available for families and Warriors
- Superior strategic skills and sound business judgment to influence decision-making and effectively interface with the leadership team
- Ability to establish professional relationships for the purposes of creating a diverse network of resources, built on maintaining WWP’s strong supportive presence within the community
- High level of proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office programs, especially MS Project, MS Visio, MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
Education & Experience Requirements
- Master’s Degree in Nursing, Social Work, Psychology, Rehabilitation Counseling, Case Management, Health Services Administration, Healthcare/Business Administration or related healthcare field with a focus on healthcare business analytics, healthcare economics, or general healthcare administration field, required. A Master’s Degree in Business Administration or Healthcare Administration with a focus healthcare operations, healthcare economics, or healthcare business analytics will also be considered as well.
- A minimum of six (6) years of experience working with and assisting military and veteran’s population required.
- A minimum of 5 years of project management experience or program management in the design, development and administration of healthcare programs preferred.