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Director, Labor Management & Productivity

Wellstar

  • How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued?
  • The Director of Labor Management and Productivity is responsible for developing and implementing the performance management program and improvement services for Wellstar Health System.

About Wellstar

  • A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice?
  • At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve.
  • We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.
  • Join us and discover the support to do more meaningful work—and enjoy a more rewarding life.
  • Connect with the most integrated health system in Georgia, and start a future that gives you more.

Responsibilities

  • The Director leverages a deep working knowledge of productivity and Labor Management benchmarking to drive continuous improvement and performance across the system.
  • The Director effectively manages resources to develop and provide management reporting tools and structured improvement methodologies to enable leaders to be successful.
  • The Director of Labor Management and Productivity supports operational and shared services leadership by providing resources to conduct focused analyses or improvement efforts and management of administrative projects and efforts.
  • The Director is responsible for the development of training and educational materials relating to the productivity management system, management approach and labor budgeting process.
  • The Director is responsible for the development and dissemination of performance reporting - to include the management and development of key statistics, units of service, benchmarking and reporting of related performance metrics.
  • Development and maintenance of labor standards used to develop departmental staffing requirements.
  • These same standards are also used as procedural level labor standards by the Cost Accounting staff of Corporate Finance and Hospital Management in the costing and flexible budgeting techniques.
  • Support of Hospital and shared services leadership with productivity improvement efforts to include analyses of departments and processes.
  • Perform labor variance analyses in cooperation with departmental leadership to support their efforts in meeting defined productivity goals.
  • Operational Support Support of Hospital leadership with project management and analytical resources to support operational initiatives.
  • Support and Performance Reporting Development and initiation of clinical analyses in support of leadership to improve the management and quality of care.
  • Coordinate the improvement process as appropriate.
  • Lead performance improvement teams as assigned.
  • Support performance improvement teams within the assigned area of responsibility.
  • This could include being an active team member or provide analytical support.
  • Performs other duties as assigned Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.
  • Interacts with operational and departmental leadership.
  • Coordinates the services for the assigned business units and provides oversight and work flow supervision to assigned staff.
  • Provides direct supervision to staff.
  • Coordinates the work of others to support the execution of plans.

Requirements

  • Bachelors in Industrial Engineering or Related Field - Required Masters - Preferred Required Minimum Experience: Minimum 8 years Labor Management or related experience - Required Required Minimum Skills: Excellent analytical and communication skills.
  • Strong computer skills to include database analysis.
  • Self-directed and sets priorities for department.
  • Asks for resources or additional support as needed.
  • Establishes approaches and directs and delegates as needed to execute.
  • Works with leadership to define priorities and is frequently asked to support performance improvement work.
  • Begins to assume an active role in improvement efforts as a facilitator or improvement expert Works autonomously within the work assignment.
  • Progress and success defined by goal attainment and the success of the entities or services they are assigned.
  • Works with leadership to define priorities and managing the deployment of performance improvement work.
  • Assumes an active role in the improvement efforts as a facilitator or improvement expert.
  • High attention to detail with the ability to research and resolve problems.
  • Ability to create executive summary reporting from extensive raw data reporting, including interpreting and creating recommendations.