Durham, North Carolina
Raleigh, North Carolina
Posted: 17-May-23
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Salary: Open
Categories:
Internal Number: 227445
Management Engineer
Occupational Summary
Performance Services is a healthcare system engineering group that seeks a Health Systems Engineer to support the performance management and improvement services within the Duke University Health System and other entities across Duke Health.
*Internal consulting - supporting customer and organizational priorities with analytical support and project management.
*Operational and Clinical performance improvement - decision support, data analysis, and facilitating teams with process improvement methods.
*Performance analytics - creating metrics, visualizations or other solutions that turn data into actionable insights.
*Management engineering - guiding labor management processes/labor budgeting, and performing workforce analyses and productivity monitoring.
This position would consist of different levels, with varying levels of autonomy, accountability, and interaction within the organizations.
Work Performed:
Interacts with leadership and clinical teams to support performance and quality improvement activities. This may include team facilitation approaches to achieve desired objectives.
Queries and analyzes data, develop visualizations and performs analyses. Guides information discovery and offers recommendations to enable effective decision making.
Provides analytical/ad-hoc and project management support for various organizational and service line initiatives.
Surveys internal practice and comparative industry benchmark to analyze trends and indicators in related areas of work. Develops strategies to help the organization achieve top decile or quartile performance.
Supports existing labor management program. Develops work measurement standards and workforce assessments, identifies labor improvement opportunities, and partners with stakeholders on tactics to meet productivity goals.
Supports the existing balanced scorecard program. Assists in the development of performance measures, target methodologies, and thresholds and ensure the accuracy of measurement results.
Consults with customer on business needs translates business needs into analytics/reporting requirements, interfaces with the Infrastructure team to ensure successful delivery of reporting, dashboards and information tools.
Safeguards the integrity and security of institutional data.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Self-starter and innovative problem solver
Effective communication and interpersonal skills
Sound process improvement facilitation skills
SQL proficiency a plus
Tableau proficiency a plus
Healthcare domain experience a plus
Preferred Education and Experience:
Work requires a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering or related field.
Minimum Qualifications
Education
Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering or related field. Master's degree desired
Experience
Level 2 Minimum of 4 years of PS or related experience. Experience can be supplemented with a Master's degree with a Masters being equivalent to two years of experience. Or, with 2 years of Duke ME, I experience.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Strong analytical and communication skills. Strong computer skills including database analysis
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