Hospital Throughput SME

Job Description:

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in health informatics, complex data analysis, and workforce modeling, with a proven track record of driving impactful change within healthcare organizations. You will play a critical role in delivering insights that inform decision-making and foster improvements in patient care and operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead analytical modeling and complex data analysis projects across the HLS landscape (including international healthcare)

• Develop and implement demand, capacity, and performance models to optimize patient flow, manage waiting lists, and inform national pricing strategies.

• Collaborate closely with stakeholders at all levels, including clinical and service leads, to understand and address analytics-driven challenges.

• Facilitate large-scale workshops and conduct comprehensive interviews to gather input from various stakeholders for the purpose of data collection and analysis.

• Mentor and coach clients and junior team members to enhance their analytical capabilities and foster a culture of sustainable change.

• Design and execute engagement projects, such as workforce modeling for certain pathways and other healthcare services with a focus on delivering clear insights and actionable recommendations.

• Present key findings and insights tailored to diverse audiences, ensuring clarity and impact of communication.

Qualifications

• • Proven experience in data science, with a focus on healthcare analytics and business intelligence.

• • Strong analytical skills with expertise in complex data analysis, demand, capacity, and performance modeling.

• • Experience in health informatics

• • Demonstrated ability to engage and communicate effectively with stakeholders at all organizational levels.

• • Passion for delivering sustainable results and making a real difference in healthcare outcomes.

• • A strong work ethic and values-driven approach to projects that offer lasting value and impact.

• • Prior experience working on high-profile projects within the HLS, including theater (OR) capacity management and COVID-19 impact assessments.

• • Experience leading analytical and modeling efforts for cancer pathways and workforce needs, ideally in collaboration with cancer alliances or similar organizations.'

• General

• • Demonstrated ability to deliver successful transformation programs across a variety of healthcare systems and providers

• • Analysis and problem solving – strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel and able to translate personal experience and knowledge into approaches and solutions to client problems

• • Project management – able to work within formal project and change management disciplines, excellent attention to detail to ensure the high quality of workstream outputs

• • Communication - aptitude to engage and influence client staff while ensuring clarity and impact, in both verbal and written communication

• • Effective teamwork - able to work effectively as part of a team and, on occasions, lead a small team, knowing when and how to contribute specialist input for maximum impact

• • Stakeholder Management – capable of building strong, expertise and trust-based relationships with trust staff and through this drive tangible improvements in productivity

• Years of experience:

• 5-10 years operational management experience within the health service and/or management consultancy within the healthcare sector