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At Southern Illinois Healthcare (SIH), we realize that in order to provide our surrounding communities with excellent care, we must begin by providing our employees with that same care and appreciation. We offer rich opportunities to develop and grow professionally, an environment of excellence in patient care, and the awareness that everything we accomplish is a direct outgrowth of the superb efforts and dedication of our employees.
As a non-profit system of almost 4000 employees, we have won national acclaim for our cancer, cardiac, stroke, bariatric, breast imaging, and rehabilitation services.
$55,619.20/yr minimum - $83,387.00/yr maximum (range increases based on education, experience and certifications)
Position Summary
• Provides professional, technical and administrative skills in the operations of
Clinical Value Analysis. Responsible for working and assessing within a defined
structure to identify cost savings opportunities related to improved product,
service, and related process standardization and product utilization. Reviews and
assesses applicable financial, clinical, operational, and evidence bases literature
and appropriately assists in the selection, evaluation, monitoring, analysis and
implementation of selected products and initiatives. Develops and maintains
collaborative relationships with clinical and non-clinical staff to ensure effective
results oriented project outcomes.
Job Roles
• Safety
o Manages processes effectively in regard to employee/patient safety.
• Record Keeping
o Maintains all required records, reports, statistics, logs, files and other
documents as required.
• Process Improvement
o Promotes a culture of process improvement by participating in
unit/department based programs that supports the system’s process
improvement goals.
o Actively participates on system-wide or hospital-based teams as needed.
• Role Specific Responsibilities
o Serves as a liaison between Supply Chain and hospital clinical and nonclinical departments and staff to ensure cost-effective utilization of
products, services, and processes including but not limited to
medical/surgical supplies, Lab, Imaging, Cath Lab, Surgical Services,
Pharmacy, and Food and Nutrition.
o Coordinates product evaluation processes related to value analysis
projects, including but not limited to cost and contract proposals, trial
product, literature, preliminary financial analysis current state vs.
proposed state.
o Prepares and communicates agenda, meeting minutes, product and
financial analysis, necessary to conduct the meetings in a professional,
concise and timely manner.
o Communicates and assists in the coordination of product trials utilizing
vendor representatives. Includes Nursing Professional Development in
those processes when necessary.
o Assists in the development, criteria, and deployment of evaluation forms
and the distribution of sample products for trial.
o Gathers results of trials and communicates with the committees.
o Manages the Value Analysis Process from the time of proposal to
implementation and final results; beginning to end.
o Responsible for the documentation of ongoing initiatives, tracking of
evaluations/trials, and data collection.
o Responsible for developing and maintaining a Savings Tracker and
reporting that information to Materials/Supply Chain staff, Nursing/
Clinical Departments and senior leadership.
o Responsible for the ongoing review and management of supply
backorders; re-routes, substitute product for manufacturer and log term
stock outages.
o Develops communication tools to provide the status of backordered
product to end users and Supply Chain staff until a resolution is achieved.
o Develops and maintains a database for acceptable product substitutions to
avoid continued research into acceptable product.
o Works closely with the Inventory Control Manager, Data Analyst, and
Supply Chain IT Analyst to provide clinically acceptable product in the
most efficient and timely manner possible to care for patients.
o Assists Purchasing Manager with product recalls; receipt, logging,
deployment of recalls to end user departments, and the notification and
return process to the vendor.
Education
• Bachelor’s Degree in business or healthcare management or a related clinical field
preferred
• Associate’s Degree in business or healthcare management or a related clinical
field required.
Licenses and Certification
• RN license preferred.
Experience and Skills
• Technical Experience: 2 years of product experience preferably in a clinical
hospital environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
