Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: NCI) is a specialized, global professional services firm that helps clients take control of their future. Navigant’s professionals apply deep industry knowledge, substantive technical expertise, and an enterprising approach to help clients build, manage and/or protect their business interests. With a focus on markets and clients facing transformational change and significant regulatory or legal pressures, the Firm primarily serves clients in the healthcare, energy and financial services industries. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and technology/analytics services, Navigant’s practitioners bring sharp insight that pinpoints opportunities and delivers powerful results. More information about Navigant can be found at navigant.com.
This role can be based in any of the following locations: Chicago, IL; Minneapolis, MN; Tampa, FL; Denver, CO; Washington, DC; Seattle, WA; Indianapolis, IN; New York, NY.
Navigant’s Performance Excellence practice specializes in large-scale operations improvement, post-merger integration, and business transformation work for academic medical centers and large health systems and community hospitals. Our solutions are tailored with skilled teams to collaborate with client departments on implementing processes and creating efficiencies to withstand changes in the industry. Areas of expertise include: clinical process improvement, labor and non-labor expense reduction and corporate expense assessment.
- Clinical or Case Management, Operations and Patient Throughput management experience as part of our clinical team
- RN with Clinical or Case Management, Operations and Patient Throughput expertise
- Must have hands-on prior clinical management, operations and throughput experience in the provider setting
- Mmust have had a management role in a Case Management department
- Two years of consulting experience in the provider setting and/or subject matter described above preferred
- Three to five years (minimum) of experience in clinical operations, care management/care coordination, bed management and/or throughput experience in a provider setting
- A minimum of two years of management experience
- Proficient in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills and ability to independently produce documents or aptitude to develop this level of skill within a defined period of time
- Flexible, positive, clear interpersonal and communication skills with ability to facilitate the exchange of information within all levels of NCI as well as a provider based, client organization, including, but not limited to, surgeons, anesthesiologists, hospital executives, and other professional and ancillary staff
- Analytical skills related to independently interpreting, preparing and analyzing budget and workload data, LOS information, comparisons with relevant federal and/or other performance based data
- Ability to develop and monitor performance metrics at all levels of the Care Management and Throughput flow processes
- Knowledge of and familiarity with IT solutions and data bases which are integral to enabling efficient and appropriate to the Capacity Management, Care Management and Patient Throughput
- Knowledge of and ability to ensure and promote, consistent, quality oriented, national leading practices, in all Clinical Operations and Throughput Services recommendations
- Capacity to adapt and lead others to understand and accept values, strategies, goals and plans in response to changing business conditions
- Ability and willingness to travel full time.
- Frequently communicates with clients and coworkers and must be able to share information effectively
- Strong conceptual, as well as quantitative and qualitative analytical skills
- Flexibility and responsiveness in managing multiple projects in sometimes high-pressure situations simultaneously
- Self-motivator with ability to work independently
- Plan, direct, and coordinate work activities of others
- Frequently travels by airplane, train or car as necessary to perform work at another location
The company offers competitive compensation packages including an incentive compensation plan, comprehensive medical/dental/life insurance, 401(k) and employee stock purchase plans.