Job Description
Job Description
Salary : $60,000 - 75,000
Practice Transformation Specialist
The Practice Transformation Specialist plays a critical role in assisting healthcare practices in their shift toward value-based care, improving care delivery, and reducing costs.
This position is responsible for project management, workflow optimization, and facilitating practice transformation plans.
The role acts as a liaison between the practice and its surrounding medical neighborhood, fostering partnerships with medical directors, care coordinators, and community specialists.
The Specialist helps design, deploy, and train staff on workflows, technology integration, and quality improvement efforts.
This position will be a full-time, hybrid role and will require training in Verona, NJ.
Responsibilities :
Project Leadership & Management : Lead the implementation of clinically integrated network (CIN) workflows, projects, and value-based care initiatives.
Track goal performance and ensure that initiatives are organized and on schedule.
- Stakeholder Collaboration : Work closely with key stakeholders, including local medical directors, care coordinators, providers, and executive directors to define project scope, establish timelines, and ensure successful implementation of transformation plans.
- Quality Improvement : Assist in organizational quality improvement activities, project-managing various CIN and value-based initiatives while identifying improvement opportunities for workflows, processes, and patient care.
- Medical Neighborhood Liaison : Serve as a key liaison between the practice and community specialists to enhance patient care quality, reduce total costs, and optimize referral workflows.
Establish relationships with high-value specialists for inclusion in the medical network.
- Workflow Design & Training : Partner with assigned practices to help design, deploy, and train staff on best-practice workflows that incorporate healthcare technology into daily activities, ensuring improved care coordination.
- Problem Solving & Support : Proactively identify and resolve barriers to achieving goals, communicate areas of concern, and work with team members to problem-solve for efficient and effective progression of initiatives.
- Travel Requirements : Travel up to 50% within New Jersey
Position Requirements :
Education : Bachelor’s degree in public health, healthcare management, nursing, social work, health technology, or a related field is required.
A Master’s degree is preferred.
Professional Experience : Minimum of two years of recent experience in primary care, public health, or an acute care environment.
Three years of experience with Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems and practice management processes is preferred.
- Healthcare Knowledge : Solid understanding of healthcare delivery systems, CINs, population health, and value-based care, with experience in clinical and administrative settings.
- Communication & Leadership Skills : Excellent oral and written communication skills, including public presentation, organizational, and project management skills.
Strong team-building and stakeholder management abilities.
- Problem-Solving & Change Management : Proven ability to identify challenges, provide solutions, and manage change within healthcare practices.
- Technical Skills : Familiarity with process mapping, workflow analysis tools, and EHR systems. Strong computer skills and a willingness to learn additional software applications.
- Vendor Management : Ability to manage relationships with external vendors to support project success.