Process Improvement Engineer- Remote


Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Nursing, Engineering, or related field, or 5 years of relevant experience in Process Improvement or Healthcare operations., Minimum of 3 years of experience in Healthcare Management, Accounting/Finance, and Process Improvement is required., Lean and/or Lean Six Sigma certification is preferred, along with completion of a statistics class., Experience in Healthcare or Health Plan is also preferred..

Key responsibilities:

  • Lead significant changes in clinical, operational, or transformational processes for Sentara Health Plans.
  • Manage multiple projects for various Sentara leaders while prioritizing to meet tight deadlines.
  • Oversee all aspects of the change process, including financial, operational, and human resource perspectives.
  • Assist operational leaders in solving problems and designing efficient processes to improve costs, quality, safety, or revenue.

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Job description

City/State

Glen Allen, VA

Work Shift

First (Days)

Overview:

Sentara Health Plan is currently hiring a Process Improvement Engineer- Remote!

Status: Full-time, permanent position (40 hours)

Work hours: 8am to 5pm EST, M-F

Location: This position is remote for candidates that live in the following states: VA, NC, AL, DE, FL, GA, ID, IN, KS, LA, ME, MD, MN, NE, NV, NH, ND, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, WA, WV, WI, WY! With travel to Richmond or Virginia Beach as needed. 

Job Responsibilities

Primary responsibility of a Process Improvement Engineer is to make significant changes in clinical, operational or transformational processes with a strategic or operational focus for Sentara Health Plans.

Manages multiple projects for multiple Sentara leaders simultaneously and be able to prioritize to meet tight timelines.

Responsible for all aspects of the change process to include financial, operational, and human resource perspectives and to facilitate radical changes in technology, processes and people.

Helps the organization maintain cost discipline/reduce costs, with secondary goals of helping operational leaders solve problems and/or design processes that are efficient and effective and improve costs, quality, safety or revenue.

Helps the organization operational leaders solve problems and/or design processes that are efficient and effective and improve costs, quality, safety or revenue.

Required qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Nursing, Engineering or related field OR 5 years of related experience in Process Improvement, Healthcare operations/management, Clinical operations/management, or Business operations/management in lieu of education REQUIRED

  • Min 3 years of experience in Healthcare Management, Accounting/Finance and Process Improvement REQUIRED

Preferred qualifications:

  • Lean and/or Lean Six Sigma certification and/or statistics class completion preferred.

  • Healthcare or Health Plan experience preferred.

Pay Transparency:

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and benefits. The base pay rate for Full Time employment is: $60,756.80–$101,254.40.  Additional compensation may be available for this role such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities."

Sentara Health Plans provides health plan coverage to close to one million members in Virginia. We offer a full suite of commercial products including employee-owned and employer-sponsored plans, as well as Individual & Family Health Plans, Employee Assistance Programs and plans serving Medicare and Medicaid enrollees.

Our quality provider network features a robust provider network, including specialists, primary care physicians and hospitals.

We offer programs to support members with chronic illnesses, customized wellness programs, and integrated clinical and behavioral health services—all to help our members improve their health.

Our success is supported by a family-friendly culture that encourages community involvement and creates unlimited opportunities for development and growth. 

Be a part of an excellent healthcare organization that cares about our People, Quality, Patient Safety, Service, and Integrity. Join a team that has a mission to improve health every day and a vision to be the healthcare choice of the communities that we serve!

To apply, please go to www.sentaracareers.com and use the following as your Keyword Search:  JR-74525

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Keywords: Process Improvement, Change Management, Project Management, Lean Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare, Health Plan, Remote, Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington (state), West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career
Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
• Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
•Pet Insurance 
•Legal Resources Plan
•Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.


In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:

Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Required profile

Experience

Spoken language(s):
English
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Other Skills

  • Time Management
  • Communication
  • Problem Solving

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