Value Analysis Specialist

State College, PA, United States (Hybrid)

POSITION SUMMARY

Provides expertise within Supply Chain Management and designated facilities through practical application and critical thinking derived from an extensive background hospital, supply chain, and clinical experience of nursing experience. Serves as clinical liaison to executive leadership to maintain and communicate Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for clinical and financial performance measurements related to Clinical Value Analysis. Serves as a resource for maintaining balance between optimal clinical outcomes, promoting excellence in quality of care with appropriate product utilization and supply stewardship.

Serves as Supply Chain liaison with physicians, clinical areas, and vendors to facilitate the resolution of clinical issues resulting from the standardization of or introduction of products and vendors. Serves as liaison to Value Analysis Teams to ensure that each team achieves annual target savings goals while representing Supply Chain Management and System-wide needs. Primary clinical focus includes, but not limited to high-cost, supply-intense areas such as acute care nursing, peri-operative services, cardiology, and diagnostic imaging for the following functions:

• product and technology assessment,
• consumable product evaluation, selection and standardization
• supply utilization, benchmarking, monitoring, outcomes management

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education:

• RN preferred.

Experience:

• Minimum two years supply chain or clinical experience in a procedural environment.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Broad understanding of clinical practices, safety and quality issues.
• Demonstrated successful interaction with various levels of physician, clinician and administrative staff.
• Uses appropriate interpersonal skills, styles and methods to guide individuals and/or groups toward organizational and department goal achievement. Develops positive working relationships with physicians, staff and community partners.
• Develops and maintains a team-oriented approach. Follows through on commitments while performing job responsibilities in a manner consistent with the organization’s mission and values. Uses resources effectively and efficiently while implementing strategies to increase revenue and reduce operational expenses.
• Seeks to provide services that exceed the expectations of customers by; anticipating and responding to customer/associate needs, measuring customer service via surveys, developing action plans to positively influence customer/associate satisfaction and integrating a service focus into daily routines.
• Models teamwork via active participation as a team member on a departmental and organizational level, fosters collaboration among physicians and other key stakeholders of Clinical Value Analysis. Recognizes and rewards the efforts and successes of individuals and teams. Seeks alliances, works well with others and strives to pursue collective goals. This competency includes building relationships, addressing conflict, collaboration with others, and creating a highly effective team.
• Understand the Clinical Resources business model, industry and marketplace; demonstrates the cognitive ability to assess situations, diagnose problems and determine and appropriate course of action to enhance the effectiveness of the organization and in alignment with core values.
• Demonstrates the ability and willingness to continually enhance improve and streamline operational processes and systems.
• Builds effective relationships with all others. Uses effective listening and empathy and asks questions to understand what it is like to walk in another’s shoes. Creates and maintains a safe environment for conveying information openly, accurately and honestly, creates a common understanding amongst all parties.
• Understand own strengths, growth opportunities, attributes, and emotions; models courage, authenticity, service, truth telling and effectiveness; possesses the confidence in self to have confidence in others.
• Knowledge of purchasing and inventory management principles including just-in-time inventory methods.
• Knowledge of computerized purchasing, inventory…