Operations Innovation Engineer - HonorHealth Corporate Office

Overview Looking to be part of something more meaningful? At HonorHealth, you’ll be part of a team, creating a multi-dimensional care experience for our patients. You’ll have opportunities to make a difference. From our Ambassador Movement to our robust training and development programs, you can select where and how you want to make an impact. HonorHealth offers a diverse benefits portfolio for our full-time and part-time team members designed to help you and your family live your best lives. Visit honorhealth.com/benefits to learn more. Join us. Let’s go beyond expectations and transform healthcare together. HonorHealth is a non-profit, local community healthcare system serving an area of 1.6 million people in the greater Phoenix area. The network encompasses six acute-care hospitals, an extensive medical group, outpatient surgery centers, a cancer care network, clinical research, medical education, a foundation, and community services with approximately 13,100 team members, 3,500 affiliated providers and nearly 700 volunteers. HonorHealth was formed by a merger between Scottsdale Healthcare and John C. Lincoln Health Network. HonorHealth’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of those we serve. As a community healthcare system, we have a unique responsibility to keep our facilities as safe as possible to protect our patients and team members. With this in mind, we require all new hires to have received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine before their start date and be scheduled for their second dose. New hires who choose to receive the Johnson & Johnson vaccine only need one dose to fulfill this requirement. Reasonable accommodations will be considered. Please note – this organization is a tobacco free campus. In order to be an eligible candidate you will need to test negative on a tobacco (cotinine) test during prescreening. If you test positive you will be unable to reapply for 30 days. If you test positive a second time you will ineligible to reapply for 1 year. **Hybrid Work Schedule** Part-time remote work from home / Part-time on-site in various HonorHealth hospitals Must reside in State of Arizona Responsibilities Job Summary Uses various operations-research and engineering principles, strategies, and analytical methods like computer modeling, statistics, discrete event simulation, and numerical algorithms to enable HonorHealth to enact optimal or near-optimal solutions to complex problems. Develops and supports innovative operations strategies and tactics to achieve dramatic improvements in cost, outcomes, reliability, and patient and caregiver experience. Develops simulations for proposed construction, remodeling, new technology, staffing, services, improvement project recommendations that enable leaders and staff to see the effects of these proposed operational or clinical changes. Provides presentations of existing and alternative models of operations and care delivery to enable leadership to make informed decisions and expand their options. Educates leadership and staff in the interpretation of models and data. Develops strong working relationships with leaders and other stakeholders to expand the understanding and use of operations modeling. Collaborates with counterparts and colleagues from other departments to design and optimize improvement recommendations. Ensures activities integrate seamlessly with other improvement departments and functions to maximize dramatic yet sustainable improvement. Works closely with Analytics to select tools and data required for modeling and simulation. Selects and supports improvement-tracking metrics. Researches, monitors, and assesses applicability of new methods and techniques. Performs other duties as assigned. Qualifications Education Bachelor's Degree In Engineering, Operations Research, or related field. Required Experience Four years of computer modeling and simulation experience in hospital-systems. Four years of hospital-systems improvement experience leading people, projects, and teams in performance/continuous/process/quality improvement. Demonstrated ability to champion the importance of striving to improve the outcomes, cost, quality, safety, and accessibility of healthcare services, with a focus on creating value. Demonstrated technical acumen with in-depth knowledge of standard improvement methodologies. Demonstrated project management skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects. Demonstrated excellent communication, facilitation and interpersonal relationship skills. Demonstrated technical, computer and presentation skills. Demonstrated ability to maintain flexibility and composure under pressure. Required