Lead Business Process Consultant

Company: Kaiser Permanente
Location: Pasadena
Posted on: April 3, 2021

Job Description:

Important Update: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kaiser Permanente is moving to a virtual recruitment process including telephone and video interviews to help ensure the health and safety of our employees, candidates, and communities. Also, some hiring activities may be delayed or suspended in certain geographic areas and job categories. For more information on Kaiser Permanente's response to COVID-19, visit our Resource Center . Consulting Services & Project/Program Management (Non-IT) Driving Care Initiatives From designing and leading complex programs to analyzing and translating business capabilities into powerful solutions, your expertise helps shape the future of health care. Business Consultant/Analyst Lead - Revenue Cycle Description:
24 Month Durational Role



Revenue Cycle Business Consulting: Includes analysis/evaluation of business and/or system process and functional requirements, development of business cases, client support during system development and implementation, development, and maintenance of service level agreements.

Develops relationships with upstream and downstream business partners. Develops/maintains and changes business processes and understands the business processes of assigned partners and how they relate to our functional areas.

The Business Consultant/analyst will develop and recommends changes to business processes. They will provide on-going project management and status reporting at all levels, and primarily worked in Revenue Cycle Billing and collections, using Epic Experience in HB and PB Resolute Modules with HIPAA Data Transactions. These are a must have to be successful in this role.--

Essential Functions:

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• Broad application of principles, theories, and concepts in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of other related fields.
  
• Uses professional concepts in accordance with company objectives to solve complex problems in creative and effective ways.
  
• This job is the fully qualified, career-oriented, journey-level position.
  
• Demonstrates expertise in functional area business processes and understands assigned and cross functional areas.
  
• Independently initiates, identifies, and coordinates the analysis of complex client needs in project areas such as: new/existing business operating models, innovative approaches to solutions support, market research of emerging or available product functionality and operational readiness assessment.
  
• Identifies opportunities for increasing business efficiency through improved manual and automated process systems.
  
• Coordinates the development of comprehensive business cases with cost, service, and benefit dimensions of proposed projects that are used at management and executive levels for funding and scope decisions.
  
• Accountable for tracking and/or monitor and report for senior mgmt the results of actualization of benefits.
  
• Plans, coordinates and conducts the analysis of client business processes and functional requirements and the preparation of appropriate documentation to communicate and validate the information.
  
• Develops cross-initiative integration plans and supports a variety of applications.
  
• Identifies other initiatives that exist and ensures that efforts are not duplicated.
  
  
  
  Basic Qualifications:
  
  Experience
  
  
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  • Minimum five (5) years of experience, to include a minimum two (2) years in a consulting role.
    
  • Minimum five (5) years of experience in a healthcare environment or other relevant environment.
    
  • Knowledge of Clearing House process
    
  • Experience in Clarity report writing preferred but not required
    
  • Ability to work in LMP Environment
    
  • Experience in workflow documentation and optimization.
    
    
    Education
    
    
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    • Bachelor's degree in business/health care administration or related discipline OR four (4) years of experience in a directly related field.
      
    • High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.
      
      
      License, Certification, Registration
      
      
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      • N/A.
        
        
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        Additional Requirements:
        
        --- May establish cross-functional task forces.
        
        --- Thorough knowledge of platforms of the assigned functional area and multi-area functionality based on assignment.
        
        --- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
        
        
        
        Preferred Qualifications:
        
        --- Certification or advanced qualification by third party association that matches the function or field applicable to the business discipline preferred.
        Primary Location: California,Pasadena,East Annex - Parsons Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Day Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM Working Hours End: 05:00 PM Job Schedule: Full-time Job Type: Standard Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-PO-01-NUE-Non Union Employee Job Level: Individual Contributor Job Category: Consulting Services / Project/Program Management (Non IT) Department: Po/Ho Corp - PO FIN-Revenue Cycle Strategy - 0308 Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.
        
        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 and state laws, as well as applicable local ordinances, including but not limited to the San Francisco and Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinances.
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