Consultant Advisory Services

 

What you will be doing: Are you on a mission to advance healthcare? Are you an innovative and passionate problem solver who thrives in an environment of complex challenges? If you answered yes, join our Advisory Services team. Help us work hand in hand with member hospitals and health systems to develop lasting solutions that deliver higher performance and added value to patients and communities – and see the impact firsthand. Apply here and join this meaningful work! The Consultant works collaboratively within a team of highly qualified Advisory consultants to deliver performance improvement to healthcare systems. This position will be primarily responsible for performing billable work for clients. The role of the Consultant is to actively participate with an engagement team to determine our client’s needs; take the lead in analyzing data and interpreting data; forming initial recommendations based on data interpretations, observations, and interviews; drafting deliverables for various audiences; and assisting in the implementation of recommended improvements.

The Consultant participates in all aspects of the engagement including identifying issues, forming hypotheses, planning, and participating in interviews, leading analyses, and data interpretation, synthesizing, and forming conclusions into recommendations, drafting deliverables, and helping to implement change. The Consultant

will work in a team environment and provide input and support to team deliverables and presentations during each phase of a project. They may be asked to oversee the work of an Analyst during the delivery of the engagement.

Consultants are required to also participate in Premier internal activities including practice development, required, and approved educational opportunities throughout the year, and learning the various technologies Premier offers to its clients. Additionally, the Consultant should:

• Maintain utilization targets for client billable projects

• Create value through meaningful client interactions, data analytics and insights, and team participation on client projects

• Create value for the Advisory practice through meaningful participation on practice related activities aimed at growing and enriching the Practice as a whole or individual Service Lines within the Practice

The Physician Enterprise Practice sits within the larger Advisory Services group here at Premier, Inc, focusing on helping medical groups navigate overall performance across all domains while ensuring the integration and alignment with health systems. Physician Enterprise focuses on enhancing revenue generation, appropriate resource rationalization and balancing measures. The practice makes sure to holistically evaluate beyond the financial levers by addressing patient care barriers and enablers to hardwire long-term sustainability. Physician Enterprise core areas of focus include:

• Assessment & Performance Improvement
• Patient Experience & Provider Burnout
• Compensation Re-Design
• Org. Structure, Governance & Service Lines
• Medical Group Integration
• Patient Access & Retention
• Physician Enterprise Analytics

Key Responsibilities

60%

• Obtain data, execute/direct/oversee analyses, initiate interpretations, and conclusions, and prepare verbal and graphic presentations, using methods that are professionally sound and efficient relative to project objectives and conform to standards.

• Assist in determining client needs by effectively participating in client interviews and utilizing various tools and analytical methods. Summarizes analytical findings in a coherent manner and draws insight from observations, interviews, and data analyses. Develops accurate conclusions from findings. Drafts recommendations for team leadership review.

• Effectively execute on project plans in accordance with engagement statements of work and to client satisfaction.

• Develop presentations and deliverables for client audiences that communicate strategy and outcomes.

• Generate billings revenue by conducting assigned analyses, writing and preparing reports, and assisting clients in implementing desired changes.

• Actively listen for market opportunities on current engagements and collaborative networks and communicate potential leads to managers.

20%

• Participate in practice development activities for the Advisory Services Practice overall or for the Service Lines within the Practice.

15%

• Learn Premier based technologies and services.

5%

• Complete all required training requirements on an annual basis

​Required Qualifications

Work Experience:

Years of Applicable Experience - 2 or more years

Education:

High School (Required)

 

Preferred Qualifications

Skills:

• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
• Ability to create and adhere to workplans to drive workstreams forward
• Ability to collaborate with team members and client stakeholders to design and implement effective solutions
• Ability to learn and apply methodologies and best practices to drive client outcomes
• Ability to summarize information and present findings or recommendations to client leaders
• Critical thinking skills with the ability to develop and distill complex analyses

• Ability to assist in determining client needs by gathering and researching data, utilizing common tools and analytical methods

• Advanced Excel skills, Tableau, Business Intelligence, PowerPoint

Experience:

• 2 + years of relevant project implementation or process improvement experience in a team-based environment, preferably within healthcare industry or consulting
• Hospital department or medical group roles that focus on operational performance improvement
• Experience working in a matrixed organization

• Demonstrated interest in healthcare performance management

• Demonstrated capability to lead and show value from their efforts

Education:

Bachelors; Advanced degree (MBA. MPH, MHA)

• This is a remote position and requires up to 75% travel

 

Additional Job Requirements:

• Remain in a stationary position for prolonged periods of time 

• Be adaptive and change priorities quickly; meet deadlines 

• Attention to detail 

• Operate computer programs and software 

• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences in person and in electronic formats.   

• Day-to-day contact with others (co-workers and/or the public) 

• Making independent decisions 

• Ability to work in a collaborative business environment in close quarters with peers and varying interruptions 

 

Working Conditions: Remote

 

Travel Requirements: Travel 81-100% within the US

 

Physical Demands: Sedentary: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves remaining stationary most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if movement is required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

 

Premier’s compensation philosophy is to ensure that compensation is reasonable, equitable, and competitive in order to attract and retain talented and highly skilled employees. Premier’s internal salary range for this role is $64,000 - $118,000. Final salary is dependent upon several market factors including, but not limited to, departmental budgets, internal equity, education, unique skills/experience, and geographic location. Premier utilizes a wide-range salary structure to allow base salary flexibility within our ranges.

Employees also receive access to the following benefits:

·       Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance

·       401k retirement program

·       Paid time off

·       Participation in Premier’s employee incentive plans

·       Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities

Premier at a glance:

• Ranked #1 on Charlotte’s Healthiest Employers list for 2019, 2020 and 2022, and 49th Healthiest Employer in America (2022)
• ​Named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by Ethisphere® Institute for the 13th year in a row
• The only company to be recognized by KLAS twice for Overall Healthcare Management Consulting
   

Employees receive:

• Perks and discounts
• Access to on-site and online exercise classes
• Paid time off to volunteer in their communities

Premier is looking for smart, agile individuals like you to help us transform the healthcare industry. Here you will find critical thinkers who have the freedom to make an impact. Colleagues who share your thirst to learn more and do things better. Teammates committed to improving the health of a nation. See why incredible challenges require incredible people.

Premier is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful discrimination because of their age, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, pregnancy status, genetic information, status as a victim of domestic violence, covered military or protected veteran status (e.g., status as a Vietnam Era veteran, disabled veteran, special disabled veteran, Armed Forces Serviced Medal veteran, recently separated veteran, or other protected veteran) disability, or any other applicable federal, state or local protected class, trait or status or that of persons with whom an applicant associates. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, Premier complies with government regulations, including affirmative action responsibilities, where they apply.

Premier also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability or those who have a sincerely held religious belief. If you need assistance in the application process, please reply to [email protected] or contact Premier Recruiting at 704.816.5200.

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