Managing Consultant - Clinical Performance Improvement (Perioperative Services Optimization)
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The Integrated Health Solutions (IHS) practice at Berkeley Research Group (BRG) provides end-to-end advisory support to healthcare providers, payers, investors, and other stakeholders navigating complex strategic, operational, financial, and clinical challenges. Led by seasoned healthcare executives, operators, and clinicians, IHS partners with organizations to drive sustainable performance improvement and long-term growth through strategic growth design, operating model transformation, AI and digital enablement, clinical quality and patient care optimization, and revenue strategy—helping clients build resilient, future-ready healthcare enterprises in an increasingly complex environment.
Our four core service offerings include:
Business Transformation Advisory
Margin & Operational Improvement
Quality Improvement & Clinical Care
AI & Digital Solutions
Clinical and Quality Transformation (CQT) helps providers improve care for their patients by implementing evidence-based leading practices to enhance clinical quality, operational efficiency, and care delivery.
CQT’s broad-based engagements help providers transform how they deliver care through a combination of reduced complications and mortality, optimizing surgery quality and operations, improved throughput and length-of-stay reduction, improved emergency department performance, quality infrastructure enhancements, and more accurate clinical coding and documentation—helping organizations deliver better patient care and outcomes while most effectively utilizing their clinical resources and infrastructure.
BRG’s Clinical Performance Improvement (CPI) service line within CQT emphasizes long-term, sustainable improvements in patient care operations through strong collaboration and inclusiveness across the care continuum. Our methodology stands out in the industry due to its comprehensive scope and the extensive involvement of physicians and clinicians in its implementation. We view clinical redesign efforts as a cyclical process in which implementation activities in one area build momentum for other activities throughout acute care, ambulatory or post-acute organizations. We customize our focus to address our clients' specific pain points, guided by key performance indicators in both foundational support and targeted interventions. It is our belief that a high-quality, efficient, and cost-effective patient care focus must begin at the point of entry and extend through post-hospitalization.
The CPI service line is comprised of four pillars: Care Transitions, Emergency Care Solutions, Perioperative Services Optimization, and Clinical Nursing Operations. Each focuses on an area that has a vital role in the provision of patient care in a health care system. This position is with our Perioperative Services Optimization (PSO) pillar. Perioperative Services Optimization (PSO) expands capacity and enhances resource utilization, reduces unnecessary labor costs while driving revenue growth.
The PSO Managing Consultant leads complex performance improvement projects within their expertise pillar, overseeing project teams and ensuring high-quality deliverables. This role drives client value through advanced analytics, industry expertise, and strategic recommendations. Managing Consultants are expected to demonstrate leadership, manage multiple projects, and contribute to business development and staff development initiatives.
Flexibility for travel (up to 80% of time) is required for this position. Travel volume is dependent on project and client needs.
Responsibilities:
o Ability to serve as engagement director for small projects limited to employee’s specific area of subject matter expertise
o Support project workstream(s) under the direction of the project workstream/pilar Subject Matter Expert (SME), or serve as the SME if it is in the individuals core-knowledge area:
o Supporting SME in non-core knowledge area:
- Support CPI SME in the workstream assessment and/or implementation deliverables.
- Assists CPI SMEs in establishing client processes/policies that maximize the quality and efficiency of client operations.
- Monitors implemented workstreams and provides timely feedback to CPI SMEs as directed.
- Ability to independently meet with clients and executives to advance project deliverables
- Ability to independently create client facing materials including but not limited to slide decks and other materials
o Acting as SME in core-area of knowledge:
- Ability to serve as service line lead for both small and fully integrated client delivery projects
- Ability to develop project plan and client deliverables for smaller-scale projects
- Ability to independently implement client deliverables created by self or a SME
- Ability to lead performance improvement work teams towards developing future-state processes
- Ability to independently meet with clients and executives to advance project deliverables
- Ability to independently create client facing materials including but not limited to slide decks and other materials
o Mentoring and Coaching
- Ability to lead, manage, develop, mentor, and coach junior staff supporting the managing consultant’s projects
- Following 1 year of employment, ability to effectively serve as a “buddy” for other managing consultants or junior staff joining the firm
- Following 1 year of employment, ability to serve as an assigned coach in support of ongoing mentorship, coaching, and development of junior staff
o Submits complete, accurate, and on-time expense reports and time entry
o Contributes internally to advancement of the firm through participation on work teams, task forces, etc.
o Actively notifies superiors when bandwidth for additional utilization exists
o Effectively utilizes non-productive time towards professional continuing education, and/or advancement of the firm
o Maintains licensure and certifications in place at the time of assuming the role
o Willingness to work in other service lines as directed/assigned
o Ability to serve as a client’s interim leader in their area of subject matter expertise
o Develops thought leadership that advances self and BRG’s brand in thought leadership (e.g. white papers, podcasts, presentations at conferences, case studies at project conclusion, etc.)
o Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
o Either 6+ years of experience in clinical performance improvement consulting or 10+ years of industry experience in a relevant role with relevant licensure/certification(s), including at least five years of industry experience in a relevant director-level leadership (e.g. Registered Nurse, Social Worker, or experience in a health system performance improvement department with Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification or Certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP))
o Bachelors Degree required in health or related field from an accredited college/university, or equivalent training/experience; Masters Degree in a relevant field is preferred. Candidates without a Masters Degree must enroll in a Masters program and earn their degree within three years of being hired into the role.
o Board Certification(s) preferred in area of subject matter expertise
o Advanced proficiency in data analytics and benchmarking tools
o Credible as a subject matter expert in specific domain of expertise
o Demonstrated leadership and project management experience
o Strong communication, analytical, and client management skills
o Expanded operational knowledge of most procedural departments such as the Operating Room, PACU, Ambulatory Surgery, Sterile Processing, Preadmission Testing, Endoscopy, and the Cardiac Catheterization Lab and the standards of care associate with them to include but not limited to: Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN) and American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN).
o Ability to interface with the client’s Perioperative Services and Labor initiative leaders.
o Ability to analyze data, identify issues, and develop solutions to align with process improvement.
o Expected to actively participate on Perioperative Services initiatives and independently lead smaller initiatives to enhance process improvement initiatives.
Working Conditions:
While performing the duties of this role, the employee will work in a variety of environments, including professional office settings, client facilities, and remote/home offices. The position requires frequent travel, which may involve extended periods of sitting during transportation and carrying or lifting personal luggage. Client engagements may require periods of walking, standing, or moving throughout facilities. The role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and virtual collaboration tools. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Some client engagements and local jurisdictions require proof of seasonal influenza vaccination, COVID‑19 vaccination, or other communicable‑disease vaccinations as a condition of its contract(s). Employees assigned to those engagements must meet applicable requirements.
Candidate must be able to submit verification of his/her legal right to work in the U.S., without company sponsorship.
Managing Consultant Salary Range: $ 120,000 - $ 165,000
Job title and compensation to be determined based on qualifications and experience.
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