Clinical Consultant V

Clinical Consultant V

Job Summary : Serves as lead consultant to ensure the alignment, buy-in, and coordination of diverse stakeholders to drive successful initiatives and projects within clinical settings across one or more technical areas or workstreams. Provides expertise and drives the development and implementation of clinical initiatives, systems, and / or processes to a desired future state. Develops clinical or care delivery strategy and ensures organizational alignment and prioritization of clinical initiatives by developing and determining goals and priorities with management team sponsors; defining, developing, and evaluating performance metrics. Manages complex, highly visible projects or project components, leads change management activities, and performs or partners with analysts on complex data analyses to drive care delivery or clinical initiatives. Participates in vendor management as required. Monitors compliance of work activities by ensuring project plans and team members adhere to relevant policies and procedures.

Essential Responsibilities :

• Promotes learning in others by communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; builds relationships with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promotes adherence to all procedures and policies.
• Serves as a lead consultant to ensure the alignment, buy-in, and coordination of diverse stakeholders to drive successful initiatives and projects within care delivery or clinical settings across one or more technical areas or workstreams by making significant contributions and / or providing leadership to high visibility projects to identify and resolve issues of strategic importance to the organization.
• Develops requirements, or leads a team of consultants in the development of requirements, for complex or specialized clinical, process, or system solutions across one or more technical area(s) by partnering with stakeholders and cross-functional teams as appropriate.
• Provides expertise and drives the development and implementation of clinical initiatives, systems, and / or processes to a desired future state by maintaining a comprehensive understanding of how current processes impact clinical operations across multiple technical areas.
• Develops clinical or care delivery strategy and ensures organizational alignment and prioritization of clinical initiatives by developing and determining goals and priorities with management team sponsors; defining, developing, and evaluating performance metrics, standards, and methods to establish success.
• Serves as a lead advocate of continuous learning and professional development by keeping abreast of industry practices, standards, and benchmarks; attending and presenting at roadshows, conferences, and speaking events; leading the ongoing enhancement and innovation of clinical consulting practices, standards, and methods across KP.
• Manages complex, highly visible projects or project components by coordinating and partnering with clinical leadership and key stakeholders; assembling teams based on project needs and team member strengths; consulting in the development, analysis, and management of project plans, including proposed project structure, approach and work plan.
• Leads change management activities associated with care delivery or clinical initiatives by engaging stakeholders to obtain support and buy in for changes; partnering with senior management, project champions, and clinical owners to communicate and align improvement initiatives with strategic objectives.
• Performs or partners with analysts on complex data analyses to drive care delivery or clinical initiatives by identifying appropriate data analysis tools and approach to assess performance; designing analytic plans and determining suitable data gathering and analysis methods.
• Participates in vendor management as required by reviewing vendor performance levels; ensuring service level agreements are met; managing vendor invoices; and partnering with Procurement, Legal, and / or clinical leadership teams to develop service level and / or scope of work agreements as appropriate.
• Monitors compliance of work activities by ensuring project plans and team members adhere to KP, departmental, and / or clinical policies and procedures.

Minimum Qualifications :

Additional Requirements :

Location : Pleasanton, California

REQNUMBER : 1393429

External hires must pass a background check / drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and / or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.