http://kpcareers.org/pasadena-jobs en Kaiser Permanente's HP BIO/ Membership Systems & Contact Centers are the organization's center of excellence for the integration, development, maintenance, and support of local, regional, and national software solutions that support Kaiser Permanente's mission to provide quality, affordable care. It's all part of an immense and on-going migration to a national IT systems strategy to better serve our millions of members across the country. Thousands of professionals are committed to keeping both our local and national channels of clinical, insurance, financial, and administrative information flowing efficiently and cost-effectively. Supporting many mainframe, mid-range and client/server systems, we are simultaneously moving toward Web-enabled technologies utilizing SOA methodology in an MVS and UNIX-based operating systems. Oracle and DB2 are our enterprise database standard. Working in the HP BIO/ Membership Systems & Contact Centers group not only demands top technical knowledge, it also taps the best in 'emotional intelligence' because improving the lives of millions takes people who can connect with the day-to-day challenges of caring for them. Leading the revolution of the information age in health care at Kaiser Permanente, you can make a difference.


Responsibilities:

Intake, triage, and remediate production issues in a 24/7 environment.

Lead and work with offshore and onshore contractor staff.

Determine key business issues and develop effective action plans. Using effective leadership and project management, meet with clients and intra-departmental teams to lead patch and out-of-cycle releases.

Mentor and train other development and production support staff like FTEs and contractors.

Consistently demonstrate effective leadership, knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to our customers.

Independently perform and guide, assist or mentor others in software coding and testing. Participate in analysis and troubleshooting of problem definitions within business processes and parameters in order to define functional requirements and technical specifications.

Lead and participate in peer code reviews as appropriate.

Lead, review, and participate in Translating business and functional requirements into incident specification design documents. Write unit test scripts. Perform unit tests and clearly document results.

Review and approve Remedy tickets to ensure Sorbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance parameters. Provide timely SOX documentation for SOX audits.

Work with Medicare Business Engine Quality Center database to create Change Request, specification design documents and identify maintenance, repair, and optimization items.



Qualifications:

Basic/Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree or 4 years of equivalent experience

5 years experience working in IT and healthcare industry as a programmer/analyst in a development and production support environment.

5 years experience development and production support using Java technologies and developed SOA services in a production support environment.

Experience leading and directing the workload of a group of onshore and offshore developers. This also includes experience facilitating, teaching, and mentoring.
Must be willing to learn, work and lead in a production support environment.

Java Role

Required Skills and Experience
Java 1.5 or better
IBM Websphere 6.1 or better. Development and Administration
Websphere MQSeries
J2EE (JAX-WS, JMS, JDBC, SOAP, XML)
SSL
SOA


Preferred Qualifications:

Medicare and/or HealthPlan experience.

SOX knowledge and ability to ensure SOX compliance in Remedy and documentation.

Understanding and ability to work on SOX processes and procedures when working with production issues.

Knowledge of working in Lotus Notes database to work on Medicare Business Engine incidences.

Working knowledge of RPM reporting.

Previous experience with production support and Kaiser business membership knowledge is strongly preferred.

Strong analytical skills/problem solving and effective leadership experience

Experience in bringing in collaboration and consensus to staff members, business partners, clients, and other cross-functional teams.

Excellent relationship building, customer services, consulting and communication (verbal, written and presentation) skills with all levels of staff and leadership.

Ability to work in a team environment in a large, matrix, geographically diverse organization.

Demonstrated leadership abilities with a deep business process and change management acumen.

Experience using facilitative leadership and project management methodologies.

Experience developing needs assessments and documenting customer requirements.

Analyzing customer specifications to established process.

Skilled in Microsoft Suite of products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Project, Visio).

Desired Skills and Experience
Spring
Oracle
StarTeam
AIX
Citrix


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Responsibilities:

Intake, triage, and remediate production issues in a 24/7 environment.

Work with offshore and onshore contractor staff.

Determine key business issues and develop effective action plans. Using effective leadership and project management, meet with clients and intra-departmental teams to lead patch and out-of-cycle releases.

Assist in mentoring and training other development and production support staff like FTEs and contractors.

Consistently demonstrate effective leadership, knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to our customers.

Perform and guide, assist or mentor others in software coding and testing. Participate in analysis and troubleshooting of problem definitions within business processes and parameters in order to define functional requirements and technical specifications.

Participate in peer code reviews as appropriate.

Review and participate in Translating business and functional requirements into incident specification design documents. Write unit test scripts. Perform unit tests and clearly document results.

Review and approve Remedy tickets to ensure Sorbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance parameters. Provide timely SOX documentation for SOX audits.

Work with Medicare Business Engine Quality Center database to create Change Request, specification design documents and identify maintenance, repair, and optimization items.




Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree or 4 years of equivalent experience

3 years experience working in IT and healthcare industry as a programmer/analyst in a development and production support environment.

3 years experience development and production support using PERL, Win32, Tivoli, and SFTP technologies.

Batch Role

Required Skills and Experience
PERL
Win32 API Development and Support (DLLs, Batch files etc)
Tivoli
SFTP


Preferred Qualifications:

Medicare and/or HealthPlan experience.

SOX knowledge and ability to ensure SOX compliance in Remedy and documentation.

Understanding and ability to work on SOX processes and procedures when working with production issues.

Knowledge of working in Lotus Notes database to work on Medicare Business Engine incidences.

Working knowledge of RPM reporting.

Previous experience with production support and Kaiser business membership knowledge is strongly preferred.

Strong analytical skills/problem solving and effective leadership experience

Experience in bringing in collaboration and consensus to staff members, business partners, clients, and other cross-functional teams.

Excellent relationship building, customer services, consulting and communication (verbal, written and presentation) skills with all levels of staff and leadership.

Ability to work in a team environment in a large, matrix, geographically diverse organization.

Demonstrated leadership abilities with a deep business process and change management acumen.

Experience using facilitative leadership and project management methodologies.

Experience developing needs assessments and documenting customer requirements.

Analyzing customer specifications to established process.

Skilled in Microsoft Suite of products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Project, Visio).

Desired Skills and Experience
Golden Gate Replicator
Crystal Reports
Oracle(via Perl DBI, SqlPlus and Sql Loader)
SSL
Citrix
StarTeam
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Essential Functions:
- Handles moderately complex to complex & difficult investigations
- Conducts investigations & develops draft responses to external agency EEO discrimination charges for review by legal counsel
- Provides consultative services to investigation specialist HRCs & managers
- Activities may include, but are not limited to:
- Conduct of investigations: W/in scope of position, leads & coordinates investigations requiring multiple investigators
- Reviews & edits draft position statements & investigation reports prepared by junior staff
- Investigates moderately complex to complex/serious workplace complaints of violation of policy or law w/in the National Business Units received through the Kaiser Permanente National Compliance Hotline or through other internal channels
- Nature of investigations will vary in scope & seriousness, & may include, amongst other categories, investigation of complaints of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, inappropriate mgmt practices, hostile work environment, workplace violence, & unfair treatment
- Independently & w/ discretion, formulates plan, processes, & timetables to conduct accurate, complete & thorough investigations w/in specified timeframes & according to specified quality standards
- Identifies, gathers & preserves relevant hard-copy & electronic documents & other evidence for the investigation
- Identifies relevant witnesses, & conducts & documents interviews of those witnesses
- May provide next-level review of investigations conducted by others
- Assessment of evidence: Reviews, interprets, analyzes & evaluates statements, documents & physical evidence collected during the investigation
- Develops & applies knowledge of employment discrimination laws, whistle-blowing laws, rules of evidence (e.g., hearsay, legal privilege) & other laws to investigation plan, investigation & report/response
- Assesses credibility of witnesses & makes determinations regarding violations of law or KP policy
- May provide next-level review of evidence gathered in other investigations
- Development & presentation of investigative findings: Prepares comprehensive & accurate factual & analytical investigative reports to mgmt, human resources, and/or legal counsel
- Systemic corrective action: Identifies & monitors trends of investigative activity by business unit & other parameters, to be determined
- Assume other duties as directed

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Five (5) to eight (8) years of experience, with progressive responsibility in Human Resources, to include a minimum of three (3) years direct responsibility conducting employment-related investigations, and other relevant case management and investigation experience
- Bachelor's degree with emphasis in Human Resources or directly related field, OR bachelor's degree with equivalent experience
- Strong working knowledge of applicable state and federal employment laws and regulations
- Demonstrated experience and skill in developing and conducting training programs
- Demonstrated experience and skill in conducting complex employment-related investigations and drafting reports on investigations
- Demonstrated experience and skill in the application of conflict resolution techniques in complaint resolution procedures
- Established ability to identify, analyze and differentiate investigation issues and processes in employee complaints
- Ability to work independently, influence change, and compile analytical data and trend analysis
- Excellent interpersonal skills (i.e., verbal and written communication)
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2436992-Los-Angeles-Human-Resources-and-HRIS
Essential Functions:
- Responsibilities include but not limited to all aspects of requirement gathering, specification documentation, conceptual design with senior team members, basic project planning, development, testing, documentation and support.
- Ability to deliver projects in a timely manner.
- Function as a project lead as assigned.
- Project Lead duties include client interfacing, task management, reporting project status to upper management and managing risks.
- Ensure projects are delivered in accordance with client specifications.
- Collaborate with clients to evaluate, recommend, customize and support software related to Research projects.
- Develop and document standard operating procedures in accordance to industry best practices, SOX, HIPAA and KP policies.
- Ensure all applications are kept current by applying the latest techniques and technologies.
- Act as a liaison between Research and Evaluation clients and KPIT.
- Provide guidance to less experienced support staff.
- Active participation in planning, technical discussions, forums and departmental committees.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
-Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience, required in Computer Science or related field.
- Six (6) + years of application development experience preferred.
- Experienced in the development of data-driven multi-tier ASP.Net applications, hands-on experience in developing application-tier classes/methods/functions and Web Services using C# and ASP.NET.
- Experienced in working with full software development life cycle, experience with AJAX technology.
- Experience in web-based ASP.Net/ASP application development with a SQL back-end.
- Hands-on experience with SharePoint Development with Web Parts, SharePoint Server Objects, Event Receivers, Packages, Business Connectivity Services (BCS) or Business Data Catalog (BDC) and SharePoint Web Services.
- Preferred development experience in an enterprise environment.
- Experience with Windows Workflow Foundation is a plus.
- Previous experience in a healthcare or research environments a plus.
- MS SQL server database administration, design, optimization and scripting / reporting, data import and export, interfacing with other data sources.
- Solid understanding of OOPS and RDBMS concepts.
- Know how to write Stored Procedures, User Defined Functions, Views and Triggers.
- Proficient in optimizing SQL queries, designing SQL database schemas and developing reports.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
- Strong project and time management skills.
- Work with senior personnel for technology implementations.
- Provide training support to Researchand Evaluation clients.
- Ability to work independently and within a group environment.
- Must be able to adapt to constantly changing tasks and deadlines.
- Work with a various levels of management and colleagues with varying levels of technical skills sets.
- ASP.Net 2.0 and 3.5, C#, Front end development skills (JavaScript, CSS, HTML), MS-Access, report design and queries, SQL 2000, SQL 2005, SQL 2008.
- Know how to write Stored Procedures, User Defined Functions, Views, VS 2005, VS 2008, Basic SharePoint Site configuration, management and customization, VB, VB.Net, VBA, jQuery, Ajax, Web Services, LINQ, Crystal Reports, Microsoft Reporting Services, Oracle 9i, JAVA, JSP and XML.
- SOAP, API, Subversion.


Notes:
- This is a full time temporary position.
- Flexible work schedule.
- May travel (5%).]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2452396-Los-Angeles-Research-and-Development
Essential Functions:
- Initiates case management for complex workers' compensation cases including the development and monitoring of a case management plan
- Acts as a liaison between employees, employers and medical staff to coordinate care, appointments, referrals/consult authorization, and communicates work restrictions, extended time off and the need for further treatment
- Monitors patients who present with complex workers' compensation issues and consults with employers, patients and medical staff to facilitate returning the patient to usual and customary duties or to assist in initiating the rehabilitation process
- Manages OHS data from multiple sources which support case management, utilization patterns, practice guidelines and employer data
- Contributes to the patient and staff education concerning the workers' compensation system
- Interviews and counsels patients/families concerning workers' compensation, home environment, safety, availability of support networks, community facilities/resources and supplemental benefits
- Facilitates and promotes the identification of broad-based employer, employee, carrier and medical staff issues which are then referred to the OHS team for service improvement opportunities or activities

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- AA degree required. -Two (2) years of related work experience in Workers' Compensation claims administration including coordinating/managing workers' compensation cases, modified work, risk management, and injury and illness prevention
- Insurance Education Certification in Workers' Compensation or equivalent experience
- Self Insurance Administrator' Certificate preferred
- Demonstrated ability to utilize computer technology to help track control and report on program activity and results required

Preferred Qualifications:
- Recent work experience in Occupational Health and Safety Services (OH&SS)
- Ablity to interact with employers and physicians
- Experience/ knowledge of DOT drug screen abd BAT
- Experience/ knowledge of KPHC
- Experience/ knowledge of spirometry testing
- NIOSH approved Spirometry Certificate
- Basic computer skills to include Word, Exel and Powerpoint

Notes:
- Travel to various clinics required. 40% travel]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2320815-Los-Angeles-Patient-Care-Services-Non-RN Kaiser Permanente/Clinical Technology
Pasadena, CA

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a Clinical Technology Manager to be accountable to the Service Areas through the department managers for the comprehensive medical equipment service program by providing effective management of staff to ensure that the services provided are competitive & streamlined to maximize the efficiency of the services without interfering with/ patient care.

Essential Functions:
- Coordinates with/ the Biomedical Engineering Service Director, Service Area Facility Service Director, other Biomedical Engineering Service Area Managers & staff, to ensure timely & effective delivery of services across all Biomedical Engineering specialties in the assigned service areas.
- Provides a single point contact for Service Area leadership to establish relationships & address quality of service & quality measurement issues as they apply to the medical equipment management program.
- Coordinates with/ Biomedical Service Engineers & Clinical Department Managers to resolve service related issues & ensure the timely completion of CM & PM, hazard alerts, & associated functions.
- Coordinates with/ other Service Area Managers with/ input from Biomedical Service Engineers to develop efficient, cost effective & regulatory agency approved routine service procedures for all equipment & determine appropriate workload balance.
- Coordinates with/ Service Area leadership to acquire & retain adequate shop, office, & storage space to ensure effective Service Area support by all Biomedical Engineering specialties.
- Evaluates, recommends & manages equipment service contracts both OEM & 3rd party service suppliers.
- Coordinates with/ Biomedical staff to provide representation, as needed, on various committees in the service area to facilitate the equipment planning, acquisition, installation, & disposal processes.
- Ensures Biomedical Engineering representation on the Safety, Quality Assurance, & other Service Area committees.
- Coordinates with/ other Service Area Managers to insure adequate staff training & development within assigned technical specialties with/ other Biomedical Area Managers, reviews staff effectiveness, annual evaluation completions, & assist with/ hiring & termination of departmental staff.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in electronics, physics, science, or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience successfully managing technical staff in a medical equipment service program within a multi-hospital or independent service organization.
- Work experience in a progressively complex medical equipment service environment in a hospital setting.
- Strong working technical knowledge of the clinical health care field to include, but not limited to, cardiology, clinical systems, laboratory, instrumentation, RT/anesthesia, and diagnostic imaging.
- Knowledge of Federal, State, and local laws and regulations relating to medical equipment in the health care environment.
- Proficiency with a wide variety of software applications.
- Strong written and oral communications skills.
- Strong customer service skills.
- Must be able to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.
- Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.

An individual should have the following core behaviors:

Champions Innovation and Change
Collaborates
Communicates Effectively
Develops Self/Others
Drives for Results
Focuses on the Customer
Takes Accountability
Demonstrates Business Acumen
Exerts Influence
Emotional Intelligence*
Preferred Qualifications:
- Possess and maintain a valid CA driver's license.
- Field service experience.
- Experience servicing medical diagnostic imaging equipment in a multi-hospital setting, computer OS and networking knowledge.
- AAMI or VA BMET or CRES certification.
- Experience and/or knowledge of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2447936-Los-Angeles-Facilities-Services
Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results. Develops and maintains expertise regarding Medicare guidelines as they pertain to Graduate Medical Education. Assess and evaluates all Medicare reporting requirements across all KP Medical Centers (except Kern County) that interface with E*Value, the database that tracks compliance data for all Medicare Cost Reporting. Evaluates and reconciles all medical centers' cost report submissions by review of data from source documents and database.

Essential Functions:
- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects.
- Sets strategic direction of projects.
- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.
- Designs processes to address identified problems.
- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.
- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.
- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.
- Acts as liaison, problem solver and facilitator.
- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms and behaviors.
- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.
- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.
- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.
- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.
- Plans and facilitates meetings.
- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.
- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.
- Assesses project impact on workforce.
- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.
- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.
- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.
- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Five (5)plus years of progressive experience in specified technical area; project management experience in health care preferred.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in business administration, health care administration, operations research, public health administration or other related field.
- Master's degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.
- Effective leadership, project management and consulting skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Effective interpersonal skills.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2444029-Los-Angeles-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT) Working in the SCAL BIO RAD Health Care & Outcomes Team, not only demands top technical knowledge, it also taps the best in 'emotional intelligence' because improving the lives of millions takes people who can connect with the day-to-day challenges of caring for them. Leading the revolution of the information age in health care at Kaiser Permanente, you can make a difference.
In this position you will serve as a lead business consultant. You will provide not only analysis work for technical and business processes on all existing applications but also on new projects and applications that fall into your scope to lead. You will also be assigning tasks, monitoring tasks and assisting staff in all aspects of application support ensuring that deliverables and SLA's are not only met but exceeded in most cases. You will report to the Manager of SCAL BIO RAD Health Care & Outcomes. You will work closely with the group manager and will be assigned to projects/applications within its definition and/or development or ongoing Production support phase. As a lead you will also be assigned applications that will become your responsibility to identify and provide all aspects of end to end support.

Essential Functions:
- Independently perform and Guide, assist or mentor others team members in 24x7 application support and testing.
- Report up to the team manager both written and verbally on all aspects of tasks and application 24x7 support.
- Work with various onshore and offshore resources to support application tasks and projects.
- Work with Business Partners to maintain and enhance our efforts to provide the very best IT experience possible.
- Maintain/track task list by application and those staff members assigned to complete them as well as your own task work.
- Participate in analysis and troubleshooting of problem definitions within business processes in order to define functional requirements and technical specifications.
- Work with team to estimate work effort for application changes and new projects.
- Identify and escalate any issues that arise; communicate technical issues and project assignment statuses clearly.
- Record actual time spent on assignments and tasks.
- Responsible for Vendor management, support, maintenance and development for 6 - 10 IT clinical applications.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in related field and/or 4 years of equivalent experience.
- A minimum of 8 years of experience in analysis of business processes and business case development to support IT solutions.
- Minimum of 2 year of experience managing vendor applications.
- Demonstrate working experience with Microsoft SQL Server components and database management.
- Working experience with SQL tools, ability to analyze SQL stored procedures/scripts.
- Working experience with IIS and Websphere infrastructure application.
- Working experience with CITRIX environment
- Minimum of 4 years of experience participating in analysis and troubleshooting of problem definitions within business processes in order to define functional requirements and technical specifications.
- Minimum of 1 year of experience creating and maintaining basic to complex project plans.
- Demonstrated ability to meet project deadlines.
- Proven ability to communicate well, both orally and in written form, with senior management, business partners and staff.
- Ability to perform as a team player with the motivation to take on multiple challenging tasks.

Preferred Qualifications:
- The ideal candidate understands Kaiser Methodology for defect/incident reduction and change release management. Workflow and business knowledge of our Kaiser Permanente's Foundation System application is a plus. The natural ability to perform as a team player with motivation to take on multiple challenging tasks with good written and verbal skills is essential for the successful candidate
- Experience in Healthcare IT clinical systems environment.
- Knowledge of mandatory Compliance-related requirements (SOX, HIPAA, PCI etc.).
- Prior experience with change management systems.
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Essential Functions:
- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.
- Coordinates performance monitoring process with junior staff and participates in the development of forecasts.
- Conducts financial analyses independently or leads a team, participating in the most complex projects.
- Designs and builds financial models based on diverse financial sources, in order to make informed strategic decisions.
- May direct the production of ad hoc and periodic reports for department, facility, and/or regional management.
- Works to improve data quality processes and report design to meet diverse and changing needs for management reporting.
- Participates in the planning and development of department and non-department budgets, budget system completion, high level reviews and conducts area wide analyses for target development.
- Prepares understandable and defensible financial analyses of decision alternatives by utilizing spreadsheets and accessing various databases.
- Oversees preparation of analyses for project teams, regional, departmental, and/or functional management and staff analysts.
- Writes reports of recommendations and delivers formal presentations of analytic findings and suggested action steps to management and senior leaders.
- Facilitates and participates in meetings and presentations.
- Provides education and management consulting on the use and interpretation of analyses, reports, methodologies, and source data to managers/leaders.
- Develops feasibility studies and business plans to support new lines of products and services.
- Supports executive staff and committees in the development, analysis and communication of cost saving strategies and budgets and in the research of financial, operation and variance issues.
- Assumes other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed.
- Complexity: Works independently; accountable to complete work assignments.
- Span of Control: May provide project supervision to junior staff.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in finance related field and minimum six (6) years of related experience OR master's degree in related field and minimum four (4) years of related experience.
- Extensive knowledge of several or all of the following: general finance theories and methodologies, discounted cash flow analysis, cost/benefit analysis, feasibility studies, large scale business planning, financial modeling and project management.
- Expert proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, macros and database management.
- Strong oral and written communication, presentation and facilitation skills and consulting skills.


Preferred Qualifications:
- Basic computer skills to include Word, Excel, Powerpoint & Access.
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Mission:
To assure cancer registry staff has a high level of competence required to provide accurate information for cancer surveillance and research activities.
Essential Functions:
- Accurate information is essential for successful use of the data by Kaiser physicians, research scientists and external public health agencies.
- Requires ability to determine if each case is a new reportable primary cancer, a recurrence of previous primary, or metastases, according to guidelines established by cancer registry standard setting organizations.
- Skill involves in-depth review of pathology reports (KP and outside slide reviews), cytology reports, radiation treatment summaries, hospice lists, death certificates, oncology clinic visit reports, and HIM reports in order to determine reportability as per Cancer Reporting in California: Abstracting and Coding - Procedures for Hospitals, Volume One; ICD-0-3; Multiple Primary and Histology Coding Rules; Data Collection rules for Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Neoplasms and Neoplasm of Brain.
- Interacts with cancer registrars, physicians, representatives of the State, to clarify documentation in order to support accurate patient diagnostic and procedural information.
- Attends and participates in local, regional and national continuing education programs to insure that knowledge base is current.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR) OR Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR) eligible.
- Successfully attain certification, CTR or CTR-eligible status, after completion of Educational requirement, which provides eligibility status required by National Cancer Registrars Association.
- Demonstrate strong cancer registry data collection technical skills in order to:
- Identify reportable cases of cancer as required by internal Kaiser Cancer registration policies and those mandated by cancer registry standard setting organizations.
- Ability to work collaboratively with Kaiser Personnel.
- Representatives of cancer registry standard setting organizations such as the California Cancer Registry and its regional registry representatives.
- Demonstrate proficiency in the following cancer registry data collection standards manuals:
- Cancer Reporting in California: Abstracting and Coding Procedures for Hospitals, Volume One.
- ICD-0-3.
- SEER Multiple Primary and Histology Coding Rules.
- SEER Data Collection rules for Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Neoplasms.
- Collaborative Stage Data Collection System.
- AJCC Cancer Staging Manual.
- SEER Summary Stage 2010.
- Display an understanding of Health Connect/Electronic Data Records as it pertains to Cancer Registry data.
- Ability to process/condense medical information from electronic records and transfer that information to the computerized cancer registry database in accordance with data collection and reporting guidelines inCancer Reporting in California: Abstracting and Coding Procedures for Hospitals, Volume One.
- Must be able to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.
- Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.


Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of current coding systems (Collaborative Staging, ICD-O, Hematopoitec).
- Word, Excel and CNExT experience.]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 1793811-Los-Angeles-Administration,-Clerical,-and-Support-Services Essential Functions:
- Manages the quality and consistency of investigations and resolution of formal and internal charges of discrimination, including appropriate assignment of cases to investigators depending upon severity and sensitivity of allegation(s), complexity of case, case volume and input from legal counsel. Exercise intervention as needed to clear any bottlenecks in the efficient and timely completion of individual investigations.
- Assures appropriate coordination and preparation in dealing with KP's internal Legal Department, external counsel and government agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, as well as Compliance Hotline Liaisons and company HR professionals as dictated by circumstances.
- Implements and manages processes for investigations related to EEO and employee relations issues, whether reported through the company's Compliance Hotline, internally to HR/management or as an external agency charge. Accountable for ensuring that all processes are in compliance with federal and state laws and regulations, provide for effective integration of investigations, minimize the organization's business risk and legal liability and effectively promote problem resolution.
- Builds an effective workteam of technical experts in EEO investigations to support National Functions and the Business Units. Develops and presents specialized programs accordingly. Reviews and updates training material to ensure consistency with organizational policies and current laws and regulations. Ensures that the Investigation Unit staff participates in Human Resource training development as a consultant, presenter and panel expert.
- Heads a centralized regional unit in SCAL but would be expected to work across the KP enterprise.
- Provides daily management to mostly exempt employees.
- Responsible for the people processes of the unit including performance reviews, performance management, resource management, objective setting and alignment and employee development, coaching and training.
- Demonstrated excellence in working collaboratively in a team setting.
- Demonstrates significant business acumen. Ability to articulate a strategic picture by identifying trends and analyzing data. Able to identify training opportunities for HR professional to mitigate organizational risk.
- Researches and stays abreast of regulations and statutes. Determines impact of implementation of new regulations and statutes and required notifications, changes, and training.
- Develops strategies for communicating required changes and executes on plans to implement required changes


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum of 10 years of recent experience in EEO or Human Resources, minimum of 3 years of which includes direct responsibility for conducting employment related investigations in a lead or supervisory role, or the equivalent investigatory or case management experience, including the demonstrated ability to manage an investigations unit.
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, human resources, psychology, or relevant field. Relevant HR experience may be substituted for degree.
- Demonstrated excellence in working collaboratively in a team setting.
- Demonstrated experience working on integrated cross-functional and enterprise-wide efforts
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in a Union environment preferable.
- Knowledge of health care industry preferred.
]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2436933-Los-Angeles-Human-Resources-and-HRIS
No matter what your job title, the work you do at Kaiser Permanente supports the health and well-being of all 8.7 million members. That's because each of us-from our financial professionals and IT team members to our RNs and physicians on the front line of care-shares a commitment to providing the best possible care experience. With locations across the United States, we offer the opportunity to build a rewarding career in an environment that supports your success. Join us and put your beliefs into practice.

As a member of the Pharmacy Business Information Office (Rx BIO), the Pharmacy National IT Refill Manager will work under the direction of the Pharmacy Services & Support (PS&S) Director in theRx BIO. The IT Refill Manager will be responsible for managing a technical team responsible for 24x7 services and support to our Pharmacy Refill applications. The Manager will ensure a strong engagement between the clients, the vendors, and other KPIT teams, ensuring focus on the quality and availability of our applications. The IT Refill Manager must provide leadership to a team of geographically dispersed resources with diverse skill sets and expertise, along with budget management and resource management for the Rx BIO.

Essential Functions:

Establish and ensure 24x7 availability of the Refill applications and systems ensuring adherence to all compliance expectations.
Provide both reactive and proactive management to demonstrate ability to deliver per client expectations.
Manage to approved Core and Project budgets.
Manage geographically-dispersed resources that work multiple shifts to support business needs
Provide necessary status reporting for metrics, accomplishments, availability, etc. to demonstrate progress towards National Refill goals.
Manage the vendors to service level agreements, performance, and quality expectations.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field, or 4 years of additional work related experience.
- Minimum of 5 years leading, managing, recruiting, retaining and developing technical staff .
- Minimum of 7 years experience in Application and System software development.
- Demonstrated ability to establish and promote effective business relationships with non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience managing teams with diverse skill sets and expertise in various locations.
- Experience developing, presenting and negotiating development strategies to a wide range of stakeholders.
- Strong leadership, management and negotiation skills.
- Proven experience in managing and working with vendors.
- Extensive knowledge of both Application and Infrastructure management.
- Experience in automation systems, robotics, or industrial processes.
- Excellent verbal and communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability in project, process management, risk, and disaster recovery management.
- Some travel required, including overnight stays.


Preferred Qualifications:

- Master's degree.
- Six Sigma or Lean education or certification.
- Minimum of 10 years experience in Application and System software development preferred.
- Solid understanding of Agile development.
- Experience with SOX Regulations.
- Healthcare industry experience, preferably in SCM, Warehouse and/or Pharmacy applications.]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2433449-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology Essential Functions:
- Assure compliance of operational processes and outpatient encounter data capture throughout Southern California Kaiser Permanente making determinations with respect to appropriateness of documentation, adherence to Federal, State and local regulations.
- Partners with ECS DQS's to review regional and local audit findings to identify coding risk areas, and ensure that medical center training activities are addressing these areas.
- Identify through focused audits operational and regulatory issues related to coding, documentation, and compliance reguirements, ensuring that appropriate documentation is maintained to comply with Federal and State requirements.
- Partner with Compliance Analyst, DQSs and other local analytical workgroups to identify audit trends and risk areas based on audit findings and data analysis - formulate recommendations for future training and areas of education and focus based on findings.
- Using independent judgment and sensitivity, review with individual physicians their audit findings and make suggestions for coding improvements.
- Monitor coding performance to ensure lasting improvement.
- Monitor corrective actions for audit review findings.
- Conduct confidential audits for specific providers who represent a risk due to special circumstances or prior audit issues - work with medical center leadership to provide confidential feedback on an 'as needed' basis.
- Actively participate in local ECS Oversight Committee and ECS champion physicians to work to resolve local coding issues, ensure compliance with local and regional audit plan and act as communication link regarding changes to federal and state government billing and coding guidelines.
- Prepare and/or perform regional and medical center auditing analysis and/or special projects as assigned.
- Assists in developing and implementing policies and procedures/Compliance Audit Standards to ensure compliance with Federal, State and other regulatory requirements.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Finance/Business, Medical Records Technology, Health Services Administration, Nursing or other Ancillary medical area.
- Certification in one of the following: i.e. Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Certified Professional Coder (CPC), and three (3) or more years coding experience.
- Demonstrated ability to review analytical, data and audit findings to identify coding trends and risk areas.
- Ability to develop data requirements and work with Compliance Analyst and other analytical groups to extract, organize and analyze coded data.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision, including willingness to be flexible depending upon department and/or physician schedule needs.
- Demonstrated ability to constructively and sensitively provide feedback to physicians and medical center leadership regarding federal and state coding, medical documentation and compliance guidelines, audit results and risk areas.
- Audit skills and the ability to interpret and apply Federal and State regulations, coding and billing requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively work within a team environment, using excellent written, verbal and presentation skills to share audit findings, risk areas and compliance issues.
- Strong interpersonal and excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to work with and maintain confidentiality of physician, patient, patient account, and personnel data.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2433482-Los-Angeles-Medical-Records Essential Functions:
- Uses professional concepts in accordance with company objectives to solve complex problems in creative and effective ways.

- 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 and/or develops 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 management the results of actualization of benefits.

- Plans, coordinates and conducts 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.

- Supports a variety of applications. Maintains/updates documented processes of managed applications. May document requirements and develop solution alternatives for new applications.

- Develops test plans.

- May design, develop and test applications to enhance organization effectiveness.

- Consults on the integration of application systems into the work environment, regarding their operational and training implications.

- Acts as project lead in the coordination of solution development and the implementation of the final product/service.

- Acts as liaison between business clients and technical staff and/or development staff throughout the development lifecycle.

- May develop project plans. Identifies and coordinates within other project managers and implements schedule deadlines as appropriate. Provides on-going project management status reporting at all levels.

- Maintains current knowledge of application systems, interfaces, reporting processes and data capture.

- Provides product/process expertise to client groups, delivers presentations, demonstrations and training for application systems.

- Coordinates installation and first-use of new applications/processes.

- Coordinates ongoing application support with the various technical areas to ensure continued application/process usage and success.

- Works with vendors to resolve operational issues with vendor supported applications.

- Analyzes/resolves operational issues by performing analysis of applications and recommends resolutions to operational issues and implements as appropriate following established change management processes/policies.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Total of five (5) to seven (7) years, to include two (2) or more years in a consulting role.
- Five (5) years experience in healthcare environment or five (5) plus years of experience working in a department relevant to the current posting.
- Bachelor's degree in business/health care administration or related discipline.
- Preferred certification or advanced qualification by third party association that matches the function or field applicable to the business discipline
- May establish cross-functional task forces.
- Thorough knowledge of platforms of the assigned functional area and multi-area functionality based on assignment.
- Maintains current knowledge of application systems, interfaces, reporting processes, and data capture.
- May support a variety of applications/process.
- Coordinates ongoing application support with the various technical areas to ensure continued application/process usage and success.
- Maintains current knowledge on health care industry, regulations, and KP business strategies.
- Develops test plans.
- Provides product/process expertise to client groups, delivers presentations, demonstrations and training for application systems.
- Coordinates installation and first-use of new applications/process.
- May provide specialized support to a specific business area.
- Serves as a single point of contact for the resolution of client issues.
- Thinks of ways to improve results, communicates these to supervisor, peers and team members.
- Drives excellence through continued learning and strengthening of expertise.
- Makes needed changes to address performance problems or take advantage of opportunities.
- Seeks ways to reduce variation in systems and processes to improve consistency and reliability, directly impacting performance and member/customer service.
- Keeps individuals and team focused on specific and measurable performance goals and monitors performance publicly against clear standards.
- Prioritizes project work to meet member/customer needs.
- Takes initiative to alter normal procedures to meet specific member/customer needs
- Stands by decisions that benefit members/customers even if they are unpopular or impact short term performance.
- Continually monitors quality of service across functions and systems.
]]> Sun, 13 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2424202-Los-Angeles-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT) Essential Functions:
- Provide problem solving and instruction to software end users
- Create daily support status reports
- Explain/instruct end users regarding issue resolutions
- Assist end users with the operation of computer software applications including HealthConnect
- Participates in KP directed software classes to be able to provide one-on-one instruction/support of the use of the applications
- Supports physicians, nurses, and staff in the learning process for new software
- Various positions are under review with a joint Management/Union review committee for appropriate Union/Non-Union status and this position may be considered a union position or may be converted to a union position at some time in the future
- Should this position be determined to be union, it will be returned to the bargaining unit in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement

Qualifications:

Position offered will be based on qualifications. This is a Part-Time Temporary Position with benefits for a duration of 2 years. Employment will be based upon established conditions that are written in the Employment Agreement. Employee will be required to sign the Employment Agreement.

Basic Qualifications:
- Previous experience in the health care field, preferred
- End user training experience, preferred
- Bachelor's degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Economics, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field
- Proficient with PC applications including spreadsheet, word processing, and graphics packages
- Must demonstrate effective communication, consulting, interpersonal, and presentation
- Demonstrates self-initiative and innovation skills
- Demonstrated ability to master and teach new applications
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment
- Experience with Learning Management System (LMS), customer focused, detail oriented.]]> Sun, 13 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2424193-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology The executive oversees the design and development of an enterprise storage environment that includes: enterprise storage hardware, software and technologies, controllers, backplanes, enclosures, arrays, hardware building blocks for larger Direct Attached Storage (DAS) and Network Attached Storage (NAS), and Storage Area Network(SAN) solutions include backup, achieve, local and/or remote replication. The executive focuses on optimizing stability, availability, reliability and performance. The executive is also responsible for leading rigorous storage process and service improvement programs for stable and secure platforms. The executive will direct the implementation of new or additional storage technology and solutions to improve infrastructure service, both locally and remotely. The executive will establish operational objectives and metrics for managers and/or teams of professionals across sub-functions. The executive will provide authoritative advice to management based on deep subject matter expertise. The executive provides direction and guidance for operations, administration and results for multiple departments within a function. The executive will ensure that product design meets the requirements for schedule, feature set, functionality, cost, continuity of supply, quality, reliability, regulatory compliance and industry standards of compliance.
Essential Functions:
- Directs the efforts of others in the achievement of the strategic and operational objectives of the group.
- Manages the hiring, staffing and maintenance of a diverse and effective workforce.
- Responsible for career development/planning, performance and pay discussions of team members.
- Oversees the delivery of designs and projects within budget, schedule and quality guidelines.
- Manages a team responsible for the design, development, testing, integration, maintenance and documentation of storage systems.
- Analyzes and investigates storage engineering tasks, and prepares design specifications, analysis and recommendations.
- Provides direction for design, planning, configuration, documentation, deployment and top-level support ownership of storage infrastructure technologies.
- Approves recommendations for capacity planning, performance optimization and future direction.
- Oversees the design of storage solutions per business requirements.
- Collaborates with business partners, Infrastructure leadership and domain architects on storage solution roadmaps that deliver customer value through technology leadership, ease of use, better-together product integrations, end-to-end data management, and cost competitiveness.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree required
- Candidates should have14+years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and work experience, plus 10+ years of leadership experience
- Direct accountability and management of a yearly $10M plus, multi year storage transformation effort
- In sync with current storage architectures and industry credibility
- Executive level presentation
- Business acumen and proven ability to determine accurate unit costs and influence business consumers to tie consumption to cost
- Experience with Distributed Systems storage is a must
- Working with a off shore service delivery partner is a must
- Knowledge of ITSM frameworks and concepts
- Exposure to and working experience with organizational change
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree in Computer Science or related field would be highly advantageous
]]> Sun, 13 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2424162-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology
Essential Functions:
- Manages complex projects or multiple projects of moderate complexity.
- Total managed project budget up to $10 million.
- Project complexity includes multiple sites and up to 10 interdependent work tracks.
- Project Integration Management, including converts business cases to business plans.
- Manages coordination across multiple stakeholders from both IT and Business to ensure project objectives are met.
- Understands and consistently meets project stakeholder expectations within scope of project role by responding promptly to client/stakeholderinquiries.
- Demonstrates knowledge and use of change management process.
- Responsible for accurate time reporting for project work they are leading.
- Responsible for measuring and reporting 'on budget' metric for assigned scope.
- May provide quality reviews and guidance for projects.
- Directs or may develop the quality/testing strategies for the project. Provides best practice recommendations and trade-off scenarios for consideration.
- Establishes coordination across projects to ensure adequate resources are available and delivery commitments are met.
- Oversees transition of project team members to new projects.
- Responsible for tracking and reporting accurate project and deliverable status for assigned scope of work.
- Capable of developing communication presentations with minimal guidance.
- May assist in the development or provide guidance to project managers in development of risk plans, qualitative/quantitative risk assessments.
- Evaluates business cases for vendor requirements.
- Contributes to RFP development and technical specifications.
- Demonstrates understanding of and applies knowledge in all phases of the project delivery life cycle.
- Accountable for coordination ofcollection and validation of business requirements.
- May determine the impact of current/existing technologies on the project.
- Negotiates with application release manager to include changes in a release.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or 4 years of equivalent work experience.
- A minimum of 6 years of experience in project management.
- Matches appropriate IT methods to identified clients needs.
- Thorough knowledge of policies, practices and systems.
- Regularly contributes to the development of new concepts, techniques, and standards.
- Considered functional expert in field within KP.
- Frequently contributes to the development of new theories and methods.
- Employs expertise as a generalist or specialist.
- Leverages knowledge and prior business experience to develop and present rational conclusions, recommendations and implementation strategies and plans.
- Having a wide-ranging experience uses professional concepts and company objectives to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways.
- Exercises judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
- Health care industry knowledge.
- Information technology experience.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Should have managed project budget of up to $10 million.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute.

]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2256873-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology Kaiser Permanente
Pasadena, CA
Kaiser Permanente is seeking a highly skilled PeopleSoft Lead Functional Business Analyst to support the PeopleSoft ERP Finance application and manage a group of approximately 10 professional Functional Business Analyst.The Functional Lead Analyst will be a part of Kaiser's OneLink (PeopleSoft) Production Support staff and work directly with the nationwide Controllers and users to provide support in the following areas: General Ledger, Accounts Payable and Asset Managememt customizations, interfaces, and enhancements.

Essential Functions:
Manage a staff of 10 Functional Business Analyst
Participate/lead cross-functional teams to identify and document functional requirements, issue resolution, and business requirements
Provide management with staff resource planning that encompasses ticket resolution, projects, enhancements, and customizations to meet production release dates
Provide hands-on analysis of requested upgrade, enhancements, or customizations
Provide full life-cycle support in requirements definition, system analysis, design, documentation, user acceptance testing, and production support
Provide knowledge transfer and training to users to include implementations/upgrades, Finance tables, PeopleSoft functionality, and configuration
Assist with entry events and the interaction of the Purchasing/ePro, Inventory, Accounts Payable, and General Ledger and Travel and Expense

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum three (3) to five (5) years of management experience.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- Advanced degree may be preferred based upon specific area managed.
- Knowledge of systems or operational environments.
- Organizational or change management skills.
- Advanced knowledge of information technology.]]> Sun, 06 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2408374-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology
Essential Functions:
- Manages all aspects of a medium to large scale research study and two (2) or more small to medium-sized studies or two (2) to four (4) medium to large studies
- May assist in development of study tools (e.g., tracking forms, questionnaires, chart review forms, etc.)
- Develops and implements study protocols/operation manuals
- Monitors progress of study activities (e.g., data collection and validation, recruitment, pilot studies, focus groups, etc.) and ensures that study objectives are met
- Contributes to high level discussions with funding agencies and research teams from other organizations
- Prepares progress reports independently and/or collaboratively
- May participate in the training of new team members and/or clinical staff
- Ensures that all staff administrative requirements and certifications are complete and current
- Identifies staff training needs and resources to address needs
- Assists in the creation and dissemination of staff development materials
- If assigned to clinical trial, will work with sponsors/monitors at clinical sites
- Adheres to compliance and privacy/confidentiality requirements and standards
- Adheres to GCP and compliance regulations for clinical trials
- Oversees data collection and conducts data analysis
- Implements quality control and quality assurance measures
- Acquires and maintains knowledge of KP systems and databases
- Makes decisions for day-to-day operations of projects including the resolution of technical problems and questions from project staff
- Collaborates with Sr. Research Project Managers and Unit Manager to facilitate Unit operations
- Negotiates and manages time commitments and resources
- Interfaces with IRB and drafts IRB protocols, amendments, continuing reviews, etc
- Supervises and manages the day-to-day activities of project staff including evaluating performance and conducting regular and annual performance meetings
- Mentors, develops and trains staff
- Conducts hiring and disciplinary actions in partnership with the Unit Manager
- Provides consultation to investigators and project coordinators on staffing and staff-related concerns
- Forms project team(s) and responsible for staff resources
- May provide leadership and direction to multidisciplinary project teams
- May co-author scientific papers with the investigator for presentation and/or publication
- Creates professional presentations and presents at professional/scientific meetings
- Serves as a member and may provide leadership on department or study-related committees
- Prepares, manages and balances project budgets; seeks to develop cost effective ways to manage study resources
- Assists investigators in developing and preparing grant proposals by contributing to portions of grant proposals
- May contribute to development of study methodology


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Substantial experience (usually seven (7) plus years) in a healthcare and/or research setting to include management responsibility
- Ability and/or experience in developing and implementing research instruments
- Ability and/or experience conducting and interpreting quantitative and/or qualitative analyses
- Professional experience (six (6) plus years) in research principles, design and strategies, biostatistical analyses and data interpretation preferred
- A minimum of five (5) plus years of self-directed work managing projects, preferably research projects
- A minimum of four (4) plus years of direct personnel management experience
- Experience developing and presenting professional reports and presentations to senior-level audiences
- Experience developing and managing budgets, preferably research project budgets
- Master's degree or equivalent experience in public health, healthcare administration, epidemiology, or related field
- Master's degree, preferably in a healthcare field

Preferred Qualifications:
- PMP certification or similar certification highly preferred; MPH preferred.
-Individual should have strong project management skills and a good understanding of process flow.
-Selected candidate should have substantial project management experience, with the demonstrated ability to effectively negotiate and troubleshoot issues.
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills will be key.
-Must be able to work independently and have a broad understanding of research and the research process, at a minimum.

Notes:
-Position to support projects under the director of the Center for Effectiveness and Safety Research (CESR).
-Will help manage and guide each initiative to address comparative effectiveness and safety questions raised by clinical and operational leaders.
-Management may include the oversight and coordination of work of junior staff members and providing staff mentorship, training and support.
-Will collaborate with the Sr. Research PM and Unit Manager to facilitate Unit operations.
-The initial projects will focus on DCIS, PSA Screening and Biologics for Psoriasis.
-Individual will provide support and required documentation for each performance area to ensure projects track efficiently and on budget.
-Travel to various regional medical centers and collaborating institutions for data collection and meetings may be required.
-Evening and weekend work may be required.
]]> Sat, 05 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2408352-Los-Angeles-Research-and-Development
Essential Functions:
- Develops & implements a multidisciplinary project plan to comply w/ SOX requirements in the Region & across the program
- Provides general leadership & technical direction
- Provides regional & program-wide SOX leadership through the sharing of new tools, techniques & problem solving approaches
- Develops & manages annual internal control & process improvement review plan which complements the annual audit plan of Internal Audit services & the external auditors
- Prepares sensitive information & communicates it directly & effectively to clients & senior leaders
- Provides quality assurance resource to support change implementation initiatives
- Partners w/ finance functional directors to ensure that adequate controls are designed for business process improvement initiatives
- Directs the assessment of financial process practices at the regional level
- Facilitates the implementation of planned corrective measures
- Monitors operational programs & procedures to ensure existence of internal controls in the medical facilities & Regional offices to protect assets, maximize revenue & prevent errors or irregularities
- Directs professional staff to educate & guide finance units & customers to establish effective financial policies & procedures & apply Generally Accepted Accounting Principles & practices consistently
- Hires, trains, coaches & manages a team of professionals
- Provides work direction & guidance including professional development & training
- Manages the development of individual staff through annual goals setting & ongoing performance monitoring
- Creates team environment that encourages collaboration, supports receiving & providing feedback & encourages participation from all levels of staff
- Motivates team members & facilitates team meetings
- Adapts management style as appropriate to meet needs of a particular situation or team resulting in optimal performance


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree required, with emphasis in business, finance, accounting or information systems required.
- Professional certification strongly preferred in at least one of the following: Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Management Accountant or Certified Information System Auditor (CISA).
- Ten (10) to fifteen (15) years of significant accountingand auditing experience required.
- Experience in managing, motivatingand developing a team of professional staff required.
- Significant knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley legislation.
- Expertise in generally accepted accounting principles, internal control concepts, IT system controlsand health care regulations.
- Demonstrated ability to lead project work both tacticallyand strategically involving various partners.
- Demonstrated success in maintaining strong customer focusand achieving high levels of customer satisfaction.
- Demonstrated skills in identifyingand facilitating the resolution of business problems within a team setting.
- Demonstrated ability to determine the key business issuesand develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.
- Professional credibility necessary to mobilizeand orchestrate cross-functional responses within Kaiser.
- Proven leadership in matrix management environment that includes influencing, efficiency, collaboration, candorand openness with a focus on results orientation.
- Excellent supervisory leadership, project management, problem solvingand decision making skills.
- Ability to effectively communicate regulatoryand organizational requirements to customersand staff.
- Strong negotiation, presentationand facilitation skills.
- Excellent oraland written communication skills.


Preferred Qualifications:
- Health Care or Managed Care experience preferred.
- Understanding of the operations of KP preferred.
- Knowledgeand experience in custom and/or package system development, IT risksand controls.


Notes:
- May travel (15%).]]> Thu, 03 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2403984-Los-Angeles-Accounting,-Finance,-and-Actuarial-Services Assesses and identifies training needs and interventions, then delivers programs, and measures learning transfer for training programs to enhance individual and team effectiveness.
Essential Functions:
- Develops and/or coordinates training programs, which include orientation, job content, technology and customer service for management and area personnel
- May collaborate with training vendor
- Works with central training area to identify training resource materials and personnel
- Maintains training schedule for team members
- Conducts training and/or arranges for guest lecturers/trainers covering technical issues, new products/services, individual on-the-job training, and new-hire orientation
- Produces periodic reports outlining training needs accompanied with recommendations and implications, such as changes in operations, budget or quality
- Assesses the effectiveness of training programs
- Makes recommendations for improvements
- Establishes a project plan and conducts cost/benefit analysis for any recommendations made to area management
- May organize multi-disciplinary project teams
- Follows established training procedures to identify, deliver, and track training programs
- Creates partnerships with other KP and HR departments to ensure consistency of policies and procedures
- Maintains current knowledge of area functions, customer service and quality improvement literature, research and projects

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Significant experience (usually four (4) or more years) developing and conducting training programs on a variety of subjects
- Experience in training needs assessment and gap analysis
- Experience in curriculum development and instructional design required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, in education, psychology or other relevant field
- Master's preferred
- Must have exceptional verbal and written communication and presentation skills
- Demonstrated ability in quantitative and qualitative analysis
- User knowledge of desktop and word processing software required
- May require some traveling throughout the state
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment

Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in educational needs assessment.
- Ability to effectively interview subject matter experts; proven experience using Project Management Tools
- Adult learning principles; medical terminology; instructional design methodologies
- Knowledge of educational principles for Continuing Medical Education (CME)
- Exceptional verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills; proven presentation skills
- Exceptional organizational skills; work on multiple projects and set priorities to meet department goals
- Microsoft Office, Captivate, Articulate, Flash, Photoshop and Paint; experience with Macromedia Dreamweaver and Fireworks would be a plus

Notes:
- Requires flexibility in terms of hours and location to meet client needs.
- Works with Consultants across all of leadership and organizational development to assess, consult, plan, design, develop and implement physician educational curriculum and web based courseware for end users.
- Develops and conducts educational activities on a variety of subjects based on educational needs/assessment and gap analysis using current instructional design methodologies.
- Consults and creates partnerships with physician and non physician subject matter experts on region wide educational activities, organizes multi-disciplinary project teams as needed and developes project plans.
- Assesses the effectiveness of educational activities using current learning evaluation methods for both quantitative and qualitative analysis .
- Produces periodic reports outlining educational needs accompanied with recommendations and implications for future change.]]> Thu, 03 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2403977-Los-Angeles-Education-and-Training Growing and maintaining this unique system calls for people with a unique set of skills-the most important of which is knowledge of Epic software. With a background in Epic and backed by the resources of Kaiser Permanente, you'll help define the future of care delivery through technology.

The HIM - Coding and Abstracting Technical Application Specialist position is responsible for being the primary owner and Subject Matter Expert for the HIM - Coding and Abstracting application and 3M. HIM - Coding and Abstracting and 3M are components of the KP HealthConnect program which supports charge capture, coding and abstracting, patient accounting and claims processing. The position will report to the Manager of Billing and Claims on the Revenue Cycle Team within the Care Delivery BIO.


Essential Functions:
- Responsible for achieving in-depth knowledge of KP Health Connect application software & business operations to ensure that the application is configured to support business requirements.
- It is expected that if the candidate is not certified, certification will be achieved within 90 days of attending Epic training.
- Required to obtain the following minimum certifications: EPIC HIM Coding and Abstraction, Resolute Hospital Billing.
- Epic certification will be maintained current with Epic releases
- Configures EPIC and 3M applications by translating business requirements into software specifications.
- Provides production support for the SCAL region for 3M Encoder Application, KP HealthConnect HIM Coding and Abstracting module and KP HealthConnect Hospital Billing.
- Acts as a liaison between KP Health Connect & other departments regarding configuration issues.
- Performs in-depth analyses of workflows, data collections, report details, & other technical issues associated with the use of KP Health Connect software.
- Analyze, collaborate design, test, and support development, testing and production environments,
- Work closely with fellow team members, project teams and customers in the analysis, design, testing and management of system updates and enhancements.
- Executes test plans for configuration testing; performs problem resolution of configuration.
- Develops & documents internal decisions that form the basis for the design decisions w/in the Health Connect applications.
- Participate in routine analysis, installation, testing, migration of upgrades, fixes and new releases by software vendor.
- Prioritizes & implements system updates & changes; communicates changes to users prior to granting access to new releases.
- Comply with internal change management process, HIPAA and security policies.
- Participates in 24/7 on-call rotation
- Performs other duties as directed.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Healthcare or an additional 4 years of comparable experience
- A minimum of 8 years of professional experience in analysis of complex business requirements, systems upgrades, workflows and application capabilities.
- Experience with coding and abstracting applications, Epic and 3M preferred
- Operational experience within HIM, Medical Records, Coding and Abstracting
- A good understanding of Revenue Cycle Operation and CMS regulatory requirements
- Experience with configuration of software application and implementation
- 3 years of experience performing analysis of health care information management systems
- Travel for product training & certification followed by occasional travel required
- Strong detailed analytical thinking, problem solving and results oriented skills
- Very strong communication and organization skills
- Proficiency in customer & client relations including team focus, influence, partnership and collaboration
- Knowledge and ability to manage issue analysis and problem resolution

Preferred Qualifications:
- Coding Certification preferred
- Experience with 3M preferred
- Epic - HIM Coding & Abstracting certification and experience preferred
- EPIC- Resolute Hospital Billing certification and experience preferred
- Experience with EDI transactions, such as 837, 835 and 277, preferred
]]> Wed, 02 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 1866558-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology Essential Functions:
- Assists the Outpatient Pharmacy Manager - Hourly or Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Manager with the development and implementation of pharmacy strategic initiatives.
- Responsible for the supervision of day-to-day services/activities/functions, including drug distribution, drug education, pharmacist clinical activities, retail business expansion, inventory management, performance measurements, regulatory compliance, employee development and multi-disciplinary team development, in a large volume and/or 24-hour pharmacy location.
- Supervises departmental personnel and operational practices to ensure compliance with Federal and State laws and regulations, T.J.C., O.S.H.A., SBOP, Statewide and Departmental policies and procedures.
- Collaborates with the Inpatient Pharmacy Management and Medical Group departments to provide continuity of care and compliance with applicable Federal and State laws and regulations governing hospitals.
- Sphere of influence includes Pharmacy Staff, Providers, other members of the Pharmacy Management Team.
- Provides personnel management activities (e.g. recruits, hires, trains and evaluates, and/or terminates subordinate hourly personnel).
- Works with Human Resources in handling employee grievances.
- Completes/administers performance evaluations and ensures adherence to departmental plan for completion of performance evaluations.
- Responsible for the preparation and assignment of department staff's work schedules and assignments.
- Makes staffing and scheduling adjustments to meet volume/workload demands and in accordance with collective bargaining agreements.
- Prepares and/or approves the biweekly payroll.
- Provides regular communication and feedback to the staff.
- Assists the Outpatient Pharmacy - Hourly or Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Manager to monitor personnel utilization in accordance with operating budget.
- Responsible to monitor financial parameters and to operate within budgetary targets.
- Participates in designing, implementing and evaluating systems, processes and methods designed to enhance quality, improve service, and enhance cost effectiveness.
- Directs, assesses and alters dispensing and point-of-sale workflow to achieve desired service outcomes.
- Assists the Outpatient Pharmacy Manager - Hourly or Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Manager to collaborate with providers, department heads, and the Outpatient Pharmacy Director to implement, evaluate and improve quality management programs.
- Provides resolution to service complaints by Health Plan members, other Kaiser health care professionals, department heads, and employees.
- Administers organizational and department policies and procedures on a day-to-day basis.
- Performs the duties of all subordinate employees and other duties as required.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Current CA Registered Pharmacist License.
- B.S. in Pharmacy required, Pharm. D. preferred.
- Ability to demonstrate and apply knowledge of contemporary outpatient pharmacy operations principles and standards, including clinical, professional, legal, business, and public relations aspects.
- Must have a working knowledge of applicable Federal and State pharmacy regulations.
- Ability to extract pertinent information from patients, or other sources, to apply to the patient's medical management plan.
- Demonstrated abilities and skills in pharmacy business management, customer problem-resolution, leadership and supervision.
- Must possess self-initiative, innovative and collaborative skills.
- Ability to demonstrate proficiency in oral and written communication skills.
- Proficiency in various databases and other computer usage.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
- Previous experience or courses completed, in pharmacy business management or related subjects preferred.
- Must pass background check.


Notes:
- PR# TR-10326
- Work schedule to vary as required
- Position required occasional travel to other KPMCP and non-KPMCP locations for meetings, training, etc.]]> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2391563-Los-Angeles-Pharmacy Assesses and identifies training needs and interventions, then delivers programs, and measures learning transfer for training programs to enhance individual and team effectiveness.
Essential Functions:
- Develops and/or coordinates training programs, which include orientation, job content, technology and customer service for management and area personnel
- May collaborate with training vendor
- Works with central training area to identify training resource materials and personnel
- Maintains training schedule for team members
- Conducts training and/or arranges for guest lecturers/trainers covering technical issues, new products/services, individual on-the-job training, and new-hire orientation
- Produces periodic reports outlining training needs accompanied with recommendations and implications, such as changes in operations, budget or quality
- Assesses the effectiveness of training programs
- Makes recommendations for improvements
- Establishes a project plan and conducts cost/benefit analysis for any recommendations made to area management
- May organize multi-disciplinary project teams
- Follows established training procedures to identify, deliver, and track training programs
- Creates partnerships with other KP and HR departments to ensure consistency of policies and procedures
- Maintains current knowledge of area functions, customer service and quality improvement literature, research and projects

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Significant experience (usually four (4) or more years) developing and conducting training programs on a variety of subjects
- Experience in training needs assessment and gap analysis
- Experience in curriculum development and instructional design required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, in education, psychology or other relevant field
- Master's preferred
- Must have exceptional verbal and written communication and presentation skills
- Demonstrated ability in quantitative and qualitative analysis
- User knowledge of desktop and word processing software required
- May require some traveling throughout the state
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment

Strongly Preferred Qualifications:
- Solid understanding of adult learning, E-learning,and systematic instructional design theory.
- Experience working with managing learning management systems. Interface with LMS vendor. Load courses and documents onto LMS. Track and resolve application issues, investigate questions or issues relating to learning records and take appropriate action for resolution.
-Participate in a learning consultant role for mobile technology in education
- Understands the desired outcome for physicians education and can identify the best way to achieve desired outcome
- Ability to assess, consult, plan, design, develop, and implement curriculum and courseware for end-users
- Communicate technical concepts both verbally and in writing; prioritize work as needed
- Excellent analytical and interpersonal communication, organizational skills
- Development experience with Oracle to manage Continuing Medical Education Management System (CME-MS)
- Experience using: Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise Learning Management (Manage LMS)
- Microsoft Office, Captivate, Articulate, Flash, Photoshop and Paint; experience with Macromedia Dreamweaver and Fireworks would be a plus]]> Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2388378-Los-Angeles-Education-and-Training Essential Functions:
- Provides leadership in redesign projects related to the coordination, design/redesign, delivery & management of nursing & patient care services
- Identifies methods & approaches to reduce cost structures & maintain high quality of patient care
- Provides expertise on subject matter addressed by project team
- Works w/ leadership & staff to implement programs
- Recommends project strategy, identifies best methods & processes, develops project planning, group process facilitation, training, & appropriate application of IT
- Collaborates w/ stakeholders & sponsors to define project charter, framework, vision, & deliverables
- Ensures quality & effectiveness of research
- Monitors & maintains timelines & budget
- Contracts w/ & manages work of internal/external consultants
- Coordinates all internal & external communication, represents the project to internal & external group
- Ensures the development of an effective implementation plan & facilitates the execution of this plan


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Significant experience (usually 3-5 years) in management and/or project management/operational planning
- Previous experience w/ KP preferred
- Specific subject matter expertise in health care operations, care delivery & clinical processes
- Demonstrated ability to conceive, plan & manage team-based projects; knowledge of health care industry strategic business issues, w/ an understanding of KP, it's operations, social & legal environment; knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, & other local, state, & federal regulations
- Health Connect: Broad understanding of ICT9 and CPT4
- Epic certification must be obtained within 6 months of hire.
- Position will be Orders / Clin Doc based.
Notes: Travel will be required.]]> Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2388349-Los-Angeles-Nursing-Licensed Essential Functions:
- Provides leadership in redesign projects related to the coordination, design/redesign, delivery, & management of nursing & patient care services
- Identifies methods & approaches to reduce cost structures & maintain high quality of patient care
- Provides expertise on subject-matter addressed by project team
- Works w/ leadership & staff to implement programs
- Recommends project strategy, identifies best methods & processes, develops project planning, group process facilitation, training, & appropriate application of IT
- Collaborates w/ stakeholders & sponsors to define project charter, framework, vision, & deliverables
- Ensures quality & effectiveness of research
- Monitors & maintains timelines & budget
- Contracts w/ & manages work of internal/external consultants
- Coordinates all internal & external communication, represents the project to internal & external group
- Ensures the development of an effective implementation plan & facilitates the execution of this plan

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Significant experience, usually three (3) - five (5) years in management and/or project management/operational planning
- Previous experience with Kaiser Permanente preferred
- BSN or BA/BS in related field such as management, organization development, health services administration required
- Master's degree preferred
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing
- Current California nursing license required
- Specific subject-matter expertise in health care operations, care delivery and clinical processes
- Demonstrated ability to conceive, plan and manage team-based projects; knowledge of health care industry strategic business issues, with an understanding of KP, it's operations, social and legal environment; knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, and other local, state, and federal regulations
- Health Connect: Broad understanding of ICD9 and CPT4
- Use of EPIC EMR, Certification in EPIC AMB or INPT.]]> Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2355429-Los-Angeles-Nursing-Licensed
This leader is responsible for ensuring the successful installation and implementation of a claims technology platform that supports all regions. The end-state technology will receive and adjudicate all referrals, authorizations, hospital, and professional claims, and all internal encounters. The technology suite must be in full compliance with all regulations and accreditation standards related to the management of Claims operations, and are fully implemented by the ICD-10 compliance deadline (10/1/2013). This position is accountable for ensuring an enterprise; scalable solution is implemented, rather than individual claims systems with regional variation.

Essential Functions:
- Execution and delivery of the CA Claims platform
- Manage the overall integrated plan for the program (level 2 and level 3)
- Manage and resolve risks, issues and change requests associated with the program
- Conduct rapid design processes with the national and regional teams to develop the high-level design and requirements.
- Identify the IT team requirements and obtain the necessary resources.
- Develop the information technology conceptual models for the system changes that will be necessary to implement the design.
- Provide solution design and consulting to the program to assist in developing systems options.
- Manage the work of system integrators and dispute resolution.
- Oversee the development of changes performed by other IT groups.
- Oversee the development of test processes and requirements and provide management and quality assurance over the test processes performed by other IT groups, system integrator, and/or vendor.
- Ensure procedures and tools required to monitor, manage and report progress on the program are in place.
- Work with other national initiatives to coordinate requirements for systems changes and release schedules.
- Work with regional IT leadership to determine their ability to modify systems to meet program requirements and help supply resources to regions that need additional IT support to achieve these goals
- Manage program financials.
- Consult with business partners on clear definition of business problems, idea assessments, solution identification and alternatives, solution planning, and funding estimates to ensure a successful and productive relationship.
- Align CA ClaimsConnect project requirements and deliverables with other national initiatives to ensure projects support each other effectively.
- Align timelines with the ROC ClaimsConnect program.
- Team with ROC ClaimsConnect program team and Executives to ensure platform standardization.
- Manage overall communications and interface relationships with and between the business partners and other IT organizations.
- Plan, manage, and monitor all business partner issues and system enhancement requests; negotiate and create deliverable commitments and resolve issues in ways that are mutually satisfactory to the business partners and the IT organization.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- BS degree in engineering, computer science or related technical field.
- A strong and proven IT business leader who understands and leads technology's application for driving real business value.
- Minimum of 20 years of progressive IT experience in roles of increasing responsibility; expertise in complex, large project implementations across various business units and regions.
- Recent experience as the leader of large packaged software installation programs.
- We expect a track record of solid leadership experience and background in negotiating commitments to achieve long-term partnerships including extensive system integrator/vendor experience, a broad understanding of the software delivery processing including IT financial planning and budgeting experience, and understanding of the healthcare/plan industries.
- A proven solutions leader is needed who leads by example through strong personal leadership and conviction, possesses consensus building skills and a true team orientation, and displays impeccable interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated ability to achieve project and performance outcomes through others.
- A strong team player is required who is willing to partner and engage with the business operating leadership to deliver substantive, business value-add to the operations.
- Proven ability to balance execution of the strategic vision through leadership and delegation, with a willingness and competence to dive into the details as required.
- Proven ability to develop dynamic, constructive working relationships and partnerships with operational, technological, and physician partners.
- Strong knowledge of industry standard health plan applications and infrastructure with a focus on provider contracting, claims, revenue cycle, benefits management, and technology.
- Senior level program and project management experience in achieving results through others in a complex matrix organization.
- Proven team leader and the ability to problem-solve and negotiate with multiple internal customers. The ability to plan, coordinate and drive action to timely completion despite some level of ambiguity.
- Knowledgeable, experienced and successful thought leader, with depth of knowledge regarding most aspects of health insurance/health plan administration.
- Successful experience leading and managing large complex projects, affecting multiple stakeholders and applications.
- Ability to influence and persuade at all levels of the organization through large group presentations as well as individual and small group communications. Ability to gain confidence and support of customers.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's level graduate degree and/or MBA preferred. Additional senior-level leadership experience in IT operations and engineering is strongly preferred.
- Experience in health plan systems is desired.
- Recent experience as the leader of large packaged software installation programs, preferably claims.
- A professional services consulting, and/or software development and delivery background in large complex environments is desirable. Additionally, proven experience should include success in multi-disciplinary leadership capability, ability to grow and develop high performance teams that are geographically dispersed within a matrixed organization and a customer focus are desired.
- Successful experience leading and managing large complex projects, affecting multiple stakeholders and applications, preferably in a multi-regional or multi-business unit organization.]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2384147-Los-Angeles-ClaimsConnect Essential Functions:
- Develops logic, codes, tests, & debugs Web pages & associated software modules such as JAVA applets, CGI, & HTML programs
- Performs software coding, testing, debugging, documentation & installation tasks for on-line processes in accordance w/ industry best practices & specific internal procedures & standards
- Contributes to task identification, work effort estimates, & work schedules for development & maintenance activities
- Participates in the analysis & definition of efficient, cost effective application solutions which support client business processes & functional requirements
- Works with internal departments to provide associated deliverables required for the successful completion of development & maintenance assignments (e.g., database development, network support, help desk orientation, client training)
- Conducts analysis of client business processes & functional requirements & prepares appropriate documentation to communicate & validate the information
- Provides on-call support as assigned
- Completes administrative requirements in an accurate & timely manner (e.g., time reporting, status reporting, etc)
- Works as project team member to develop Internet & Intranet Web applications for KP business users
- Partners with Web Administrators to test & move developed applications into production
- Performs related duties as assigned or requested

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in computer science or related field OR equivalent experience.
- Thorough knowledge of HTML.
- Proficient in C, C++, and/or JAVA.
- Two (2) years of experience developing Web sites for business purposes on NT or UNIX.
- Proficiency required in one or more high level programming languages respective to various client server platforms
- Strong skills required in critical thinking and analysis, verbal and written communications, and interpersonal interactions
- Experience in PERL and CGI.
- Previous experience in all phase of application software development and maintenance life cycles in a large mainframe or client service environment preferred.
- Development experience with Oracle DBMS preferred.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.


Notes:
- May travel (5%).
]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2256793-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology
Description

Kaiser Permanente's HP BIO/ Membership Systems & Contact Centers are the organization's center of excellence for the integration, development, maintenance, and support of local, regional, and national software solutions that support Kaiser Permanente's mission to provide quality, affordable care. It's all part of an immense and on-going migration to a national IT systems strategy to better serve our millions of members across the country. Thousands of professionals are committed to keeping both our local and national channels of clinical, insurance, financial, and administrative information flowing efficiently and cost-effectively. Supporting many mainframe, mid-range and client/server systems, we are simultaneously moving toward Web-enabled technologies utilizing SOA methodology in an MVS and UNIX-based operating systems. Oracle and DB2 are our enterprise database standard. Working in the HP BIO/ Membership Systems & Contact Centers group not only demands top technical knowledge, it also taps the best in 'emotional intelligence' because improving the lives of millions takes people who can connect with the day-to-day challenges of caring for them. Leading the revolution of the information age in health care at Kaiser Permanente, you can make a difference.



Essential Functions:
- Overseeing environment planning and coordinate with different groups based on the project needs and timelines
- Plan and execute infrastructure and environment maintenance leveraging different support groups.
- Single point of contact for environment related issues, coordination point for technical environment management
- Help establish and enforce IT practices including security, data and release management
- Escalation point for resolving organizational issues within KP.
- Coordinate the Tools upgrades in the environments.
- Establish and maintain strong working relationships with users, Testers, developers, and managers.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree and/or 4+ years of additional equivalent experience
- A minimum of 8 years of related experience in conducting highest level analyses regarding programs/applications/systems and making strategic recommendations to management.
- A minimum of 8 years of experience in development of new programs/application or maintaining and/or supporting existing programs/systems.
- Technical experience with complex midrange platforms involving 2-tier and 3-tier architectures
- Understanding of current database, middleware and front end technologies
- Some technical exposure and experience with infrastructure components like hardware, network topologies, etc
- Strong IT process and procedure expertise
- Excellent team leadership and communication skills
- Experience working under structured and complex Release Management
- Strong team focus and ability to work well under deadlines.
- Must be able to work through solutions and ideas with multiple local and remote departments and will be required to effectively present suggested ideas to groups of various sizes both local and remote.
- Must be able to travel for a multi-night stays if duties require on-site meetings with other groups at any of the various Kaiser locations nationally.
- Strong analytical, problem solving and project management skills
Required Skills and Experience
- Java/J2EE - experienced
- Websphere - experienced
- Oracle - experienced
Preferred Skills and Qualifications
- Experience with Remedy
- Knowledge of SOX change management controls.
- Exposure to messaging/Websphere Message Broker
- Exposure to Citrix
- Exposure to SFTP
- Exposure to Windows applications and scripting on Windows
]]> Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2373120-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology Administrative Assistant IV, Internal Audit Services
Pasadena, CA


Kaiser Permanente (KP) is looking for anAdministrative Assistant IVin Pasadena. This position will support the Internal Audit Services (IAS) team.
Essential Functions:
- Answers phone calls and e-mails and directs inquiries to appropriate parties based on functional/operational knowledge; may respond to routine to moderately complex inquiries directly.
- Manages heavy calendaring to include arranging complex special events requiring solid understanding of event requirements and coordination of dependencies.
- Arranges travel, completes expense reports, organizes documents.
- Provides backup coverage to other assistants on the IAS team.
- Coordinate closely with stakeholders and their administrative staff.
- Drafts more complex and detailed correspondence for executives using KP knowledge and advanced business acumen; independently updates department documents as needed.
- Uses basic to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) applications, depending upon department or business needs.
- Assists with complex custom reports and cross-functional initiatives that require project coordination (e.g., data collection and validation, project reporting, etc.)
- Monitors and resolves administrative budget issues to include billing and payment authorization for planned and unplanned expenses and special events; handles recharges across business units, tracks and accounts for executive travel/business expenses.
- Interacts regularly with KP employees at all levels across multiple organizations, as well as external representatives as a liaison, to gather, exchange, and compare/contrast pertinent operational information for others' use.
- Coordinates administrative workflow of the department; recommends new processes as needed.
- Directs and delegates to other administrative assistants on work processes and best practices.
- Requires continuous use of technical and business vocabulary and a detailed knowledge of the organization's operations, policies, procedures, and personnel.
- Analyzes problems, determines approach, compiles and analyzes data, and prepares reports/recommendations.
- Works independently to anticipate and meet business needs.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or GED required.
- Minimum of 7 years of administrative assistant experience supporting at the department head or executive level.
- As a skilled specialist, completes tasks in creative and effective ways.
- Required previous experience managing dynamic calendars for management including event planning with external vendors.
- Must posses advanced verbal and writing skills to compose more difficult, detailed correspondence and to recommend updates to department documents as needed.
- Advanced knowledge of the following Microsoft Office Suite applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Advanced skills with processing complex invoices.
- Advanced knowledge of email and office equipment (fax, phone, copier, etc.).
- Requires ability to learn and apply an advanced understanding of a large, complex organization and its customers.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience supporting executive level and multiple managers.
- Experience working in a large complex organization and with its customers.
- Experience working knowledge of Lotus Notes.
]]> Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2370015-Los-Angeles-Administration,-Clerical,-and-Support-Services Essential Functions:
- Assist with application technical and operational knowledge in the analysis of client requirements in project areas such as: IT testing and product acceptance, gap analysis, development of new business operating models with innovative approaches to IT solutions support and available product functionality, operational readiness assessment, and others.
- Accountable for cross functional task forces to identify and document functional requirements, workflow, information sources and distribution paths, and system specifications.
- Facilitates meetings and presents to various levels of management including senior levels.
- Conducts and approves analysis of client business processes and functional requirements, and prepares/approves documentation to communicate and validate the information with clients at various levels.
- Assist in and approves the analysis and definition of efficient, cost effective solutions which support client business processes and functional requirements.
- Works with vendors to investigate technical solutions and identify and recommend alternatives and coordinate vendor releases.
- Assist in and approves the development of comprehensive business cases with cost, service, and benefit dimensions of proposed IT projects that are used at various levels for funding and scope decisions.
- Approves for implementation solutions and/or business cases (e.g., system enhancement requests) of limited operational impact (e.g., low end user impact, low effort service requests).
- Provide leadership in supporting the implementation of initiatives into deployment using project management methodologies.
- Develops and/or approves test & activation support plans, business requirement documents, and works with client to perform cross functional risk assessment.
- Leads the coordination of solution development and oversees implementation of initiatives into deployment using project management methodologies.
- Serve as a single point of contact for the escalation and resolution of client issues and acts as a liaison between business clients and IT technical staff.
- Perform systems configuration work.
- Evaluate existing application products which could address client requirements and develop/approve recommendations where appropriate.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Six (6)plus years experience in information systems analysis or implementation or health care operations (master's degree in related field can be used in lieu ofone (1)year of experience).
- Bachelor's or master's degree in health care, information systems, computer science, engineering or related fields or experience required.
- KPHC certified via Epic or via Kaiser Permanente's internal certification process.
- Vehicle and valid driver's license required.
- Prior progressively more complex responsibilities and accountabilities in a large mainframe or client server environment preferred.
- Knowledge in health care, clinical systems, information systems, or other related field preferred.
- Expert skills in critical thinking and analysis, meeting facilitation, verbal and written communications, and interpersonal interactions (e.g., partnering, conflict management, consulting, etc).
- Proficient with PC applications including database, spreadsheet, word processing, presentation software and graphics packages.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
- Prefer experience project managing and providing steady state maintenance support activities for the KPHC Ambulatory, including experience handling issues related to Security and security templates.
- Additionally, experience working with Ancillary partners preferred.]]> Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2369969-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology
As a member of the Pharmacy Business Information Office (Rx BIO), the Manager of Application Support will be a key member of the Outpatient Pharmacy Replacement Program (OPPR) that is implementing a new Kaiser Permanente enterprise outpatient pharmacy system (ePIMS), which includes a new point of sale system and data warehouse.

Managing a team of highly skilled IT professionals, the Manager of Application Support will be responsible for leading the team in support of the ePIMS rollout to all of the regions beginning this year.

More specifically, the Manager of Application Support will be responsible for:
Managing a team with a mix of FTEs and contractors
ePIMS Service Desk for Level 1 Support
Production and Non-production Level 2 Support
Incident and Defect Triage
Incident Management and Reporting
Publish and maintain performance dashboards
Support of cut-over activities from legacy PIMS system to new ePIMS system
On-going monitoring of servers and services, both automated and manned


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications
BA/BS degree in related field and/or 4 years of additional work related experience.
A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible management experience in managing a large team of application support professionals
Previous experience in setting-up and managing a service desk
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Strong technical knowledge of systems, tools, and services
Good technical background of infrastructure, database, SOA and web services solutions
Practiced at defining and following processes in a highly matrix organization
Practiced at process improvement and continuous quality improvement
Healthcare related experience, particularly at Kaiser Permanente or other large healthcare companies
Must be able to handle stressful situations with calm and certainty
Must possess excellent analytical and problem solving skills
Must be able to communicate with all levels of the organization


Preferred Qualifications
Previous experience managing a large, diverse, and complex platforms
Previous experience managing off-shore teams and SOWs
Consulting background is a plus
]]> Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2365406-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology
Essential Functions:
- Provides overall supervision of the collections department, contributes and ensures accurate and timely collection of all appropriate revenue for PBS.
- Recruits and maintains a competent, motivated and qualified staff including disciplining, counseling, coaching, advising, training, termination and resolution of personnel issues.
- Conducts performance evaluations for staff.
- Monitors and measures collection performance against cash performance targets by collector, by payer category, by medical center and division, and maintains communication between the collections teams and service area PBS teams.
- Identifies and develops new products and services to enhance recoveries.
- Communicates updated procedures and information to all involved parties.
- Ensures effective financial management of accounts.
- Receivable, to include financial tracking and analysis of financial recoveries and performance.
- Plans and implements departmental programs and systems that provide analytical support on financial issues.
- Authorizes refunds, write offs and adjustments up to a specified amount.
- Provides consulting expertise to business function areas and coordinates/conducts required training as identified from various sources or externally mandated requirements; stays abreast of all regulatory changes and requirements; implements and communicates changes to department and service area staff within PBS.
- Ensures timely and accurate processing of industrial, TPL, COB, commercial insurance, Medi-Cal, and outpatient Medicare and self pay accounts in accordance with best practices, defined process flows and procedures and applicable legislative and regulations.
- Ensures consistent application of processing procedures, policies and personnel practices among the employees on the collection team and promotes organization and division strategic objectives.
- Supervises the work of the staff in maintaining high quality of work with revenue enhancement and customer service focus, through monitoring operational performance, and implementation and improvement options for either/or Northern and Southern California.
- Ensures consistent application of divisional wide operational practices, policies and procedures.
- Develops, recommends, implements and monitors goals, objectives, and performance standards.
- Tracks and analyzes financial recoveries of outside vendors, ensuring effective performance.
- Plans, develops, and implements administrative strategies consistent with business plans, organizational goals, health plan member service agreements and federal and state law.
- Ensures appropriate financial reporting and accounting of revenue.
- Assume other duties as directed.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Three (3) years demonstrated ability to lead, manage and supervise staff, preferably in a healthcare environment.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent collection management experience in a health care setting.
- Familiarity with specific lines of business (e.g., billing, collections, governmental programs, etc).
- Knowledge of applicable state and federal regulations related to billing and collections.
- Knowledge in budgeting and accounting principles and of personnel/labor laws and regulations.
- Knowledge of systems requirement development and user acceptance testing.
- Excellent negotiating and analytical skills.
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills in dealing with employees and all levels of management.
- User knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet software and mainframe systems.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and excellent presentation skills.
- Knowledge and understanding of the relationship between management and union contracts and work within the parameters of the Labor management partnership, preferred.]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2365433-Los-Angeles-Accounting,-Finance,-and-Actuarial-Services - Be exposed to Business Analysis, Strategy, Information Technology, Security?
- Learn how to present& communicate complex information& ideas to senior management?
- Learn how technology is changing the way health care is delivered?
If you are, then this is a position is for you!
We are looking for dynamic individuals who are interested in working w/in a health care environment w/ an emphasis on technology.
Kaiser Permanente IT is a group of 6,000-plus people dedicated to supporting& improving health care for its 8.6M members,& to delivering 24x7 IT services to 150K employees across 400+ medical facilities. As part of a team under close supervision, Interns will assist in performing a variety of developmental assignments& learn new business tools. In addition, you will participate in enrichment activities for your professional development. KP has a wealth of online, self-paced learning available in all areas of Enterprise IT systems, management methodologies,& application development. Many opportunities will be available to take advantage of not only online material, but to gain real-world knowledge from experts in IT management, process automation, information management& business intelligence.

The intern will be working within the Care Delivery Business Information Office. The department is responsible for the development and maintenance of IT systems that support the care delivery processes across Kaiser Permanente hospitals and clinics.

The intern will be a team member contributing to the development and support of an internal program in IT Care Delivery. The program will focus on organizing application support requests for consistency and measurability.

The intern will may also work on system documentation, meeting facilitation, and metrics gathering with other managers in the Care Delivery Business Information Office

Competencies and Skills the Intern will Develop:
By the end of the term, the intern will have gained practitioner experiences as a healthcare IT professional in an industry leading healthcare providing organization


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications
- 2.8 GPA or higher
- Academic students seeking professional training within a business corporate environment
- Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Goal driven
-Self motivated
-Strong written communication
-Works well autonomously -Eager to learn and take on new challengesSelf-motivated Quick-learner Reliable & Dependable
]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2365338-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology Activities include coordinating the delivery of multiple projects, developing cost benefit analyses for the program, communicating to an executive committee, creating and reporting program status utilizing a dashboard, allocating resources across the multiple projects, defining project governance policies and managing the financial concerns of the program. Must be able to utilize and effectively communicate technical components of an initiative to applicable parties.
Essential Functions:
Prepare detailed project plans.
Identify, develop, and close new business opportunities within portfolios of clients and projects.
Direct accountability and responsibility for overall project success from start to finish
Managing the relationships with client and partner stakeholders to ensure their satisfaction throughout the project.
Identify, develop, and close new business opportunities.
Working closely with business partners both internal and external to WebConnect to review, analyze, understand, and define the high level Project Requirements: Objectives, Scope, Schedule Milestones, Costs, etc.
Representing PMO and conducting business at all times with a high level of Professionalism, Competencies, and Ethics.
Working closely with the clients or business partners to
- gather, analyze, & document detailed solutions requirements
- define/define a detailed scope of work for all project deliverables
- develop a detailed project plan to produce all the required deliverables
- manage, monitor, and communicate progress against plan on a regular basis
- manage and coordinate joint activities when applicable
- manage changes, issues, and risks associated with the project
- manage the acceptance of all formal project deliverables
- close the project on completion of all project deliverables

Manage Resource Capacity for projects where appropriate to ensure right size and skill sets for successful delivery.
Work cross functionally with Portfolio Management and Release Management to ensure alignment of project timelines and deliverables.
Consistently works with abstract ideas or situations across functional areas of the business.
Through assessment of intangible variables, identifies and evaluates fundamental issues, providing strategy and direction for departments within organization.
Manage issues that require strong problem solving skills, analysis of situation or data and an in-depth knowledge of organizational objectives and technology.
Identify program roadblocks, determine responsible organizations and manage until resolution has been reached.
Communicate status and requirements to all key stakeholders.
Coordinate with internal and external parties, cross-functional leads to ensure projects are meeting schedule.
Identify and communicate timeline misses and work with market, vendors and others to recover and adjust plans as required to ensure plan objectives are met.
Create, maintain and manage documentation to ensure all audit requirements are met.
Ensure Web Presence standards are being met in the areas of security, technology, brand, marketing.
Up to 10% travel.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field or 4 years of equivalent experience.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in Project Management.
- Understands all project life cycle phases and applies knowledge in the delivery of at least one phase of the project delivery life cycle.
- Understands and applies knowledge of change management process on projects.
- Willingness to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.
- PMP certification or the willingness to complete the PMP certification within 1 year of employment

Preferred Qualifications:
- Working knowledge of Kaiser Permanente's Web Presence standards, guidelines, and operational readiness practices
- Experience in planning, managing and delivering projects utilizing an Agile methodology
- Aglie/ SCRUM experience.]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2121498-Los-Angeles-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT) Kaiser Permanente Health Plan Membership team develops, deploys, and maintains national membership application systems. The membership team implements and supports membership accounting functions across Kaiser. Our strategic goal is to develop an infrastructure which allows the upgrade of our existing membership systems with a single system. One of the major strategies to do this is to move us from our traditional point to point methodology to SOA.

Essential Functions:

As a Technical Lead you be will expected to lead and participate in the production support of our SOA services and manage some development work. The projects may include requirements gathering, design, solutions alignment with Kaiser's Enterprise Architecture strategies, development, test methodology and process, deployment, and all aspects of production support. The expectation is that the ideal candidate will be able to support all aspects of a solutions development lifecycle. For production support the position would entail tracking issues regardless of the responsible party, and driving to resolution.

The Ideal candidate would have experience supporting a system as well as development. They would be able to create and understand Business and technical Requirements; support the creation of Solution alternatives regarding possible application or interface designs. They would have experience coordinating other groups to a common goal. Has experience supporting comprehensive documentation and is proactive with identification of opportunities regarding solutions. Job requirements include participating in code reviews of Java and SQL code, designing and writing services, training others to build and write services, providing overall technical direction to peers, and supporting services in production.
Experience working with HealthCare business clients helpful. You will be required to work with several organizations within Kaiser to coordinate the delivery of program changes within a planned release schedule.Responsibilities will also include working with user groups, analyzing reported problems, performing root cause analysis and presenting alternatives to correct the problem.



Qualifications:

Basic/Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or academic background of equivalent discipline.
6-7 years experience with architecture and development of Enterprise Java applications (J2EE)
5 years experience with Java web development skills and excellent understanding of object-oriented analysis, design and programming.
Advanced knowledge of J2EE technologies including Javascript, XML, XSL, Web services, EJB and Servlets
2 years experience with RAD 7.0, Eclipse, TKO/Lisa and SOAP UI.
Excellent communication skills in both verbal and written form
Ability to work independently with minimal guidance and as a member of a team
System design and/or Analysis/Vendor product integration
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (listed in order of importance):
Administration of Java Application Servers and Portals (IBM WebSphere Application Developer 6.1 or higher, JBoss, WebLogic 5.0); IBM Websphere Application Server, IBM Websphere Portal Process Server.
Preferred Languages: Java, J2EE, UNIX shell scripts, XML, XPath, UML and HTML
Minimum 2 years of experience in the tools and utilities: RAD 7.0, JUnit, Log4J, Maven
Version Control: Starteam, CVS, SVN
Platforms: Windows2000/XP and UNIX
Exposure to various technologies including Web services (SOAP, WSDL, XML Schema); XML technologies including Sax, Dom; Java EE frameworks including Spring, and Hibernate; and databases technologies including DB2, Oracle, PL/SQL, and stored procedures.
Must demonstrate knowledge of underlying concepts for web servers, database & application servers and enterprise applications.
Maintain/enhance the code to meet changing requirements customer/industry needs
Experience promoting best practices for service based architecture and implementation.
Experience performing functional testing of web applications to ensure usability
User experience with Remedy and incident lifecyle via Remedy.
Experience as a Production Support technician and/or Lead.
Knowledge of Kaiser Methodology.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES (listed in order of importance):
Lead the Production Support team through triage, problem resolution and bug fixes
Design and develop web services
Ability to mentor and guide less experienced developers
Work with other service oriented groups
Work in a matrixed environment and simultaneously work on multiple projects
]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2362688-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology Assesses and identifies training needs and interventions, then delivers programs, and measures learning transfer for training programs to enhance individual and team effectiveness.
Essential Functions:
- Develops and/or coordinates training programs, which include orientation, job content, technology and customer service for management and area personnel
- May collaborate with training vendor
- Works with central training area to identify training resource materials and personnel
- Maintains training schedule for team members
- Conducts training and/or arranges for guest lecturers/trainers covering technical issues, new products/services, individual on-the-job training, and new-hire orientation
- Produces periodic reports outlining training needs accompanied with recommendations and implications, such as changes in operations, budget or quality
- Assesses the effectiveness of training programs
- Makes recommendations for improvements
- Establishes a project plan and conducts cost/benefit analysis for any recommendations made to area management
- May organize multi-disciplinary project teams
- Follows established training procedures to identify, deliver, and track training programs
- Creates partnerships with other KP and HR departments to ensure consistency of policies and procedures
- Maintains current knowledge of area functions, customer service and quality improvement literature, research and projects

Qualifications:

Position offered will be based on qualifications. This is a full-time temporary position with benefits for duration of 24 months (2 years). May be required to work outside normal working hours and rotating weekends. Will be required to travel throughout SCAL Region to local medical centers. Employment will be based upon established conditions that are written in the Employment Agreement. Employee will be required to sign the Employment Agreement.

Basic Qualifications:
- Significant experience (usually four (4) or more years) developing and conducting training programs on a variety of subjects
- Experience in training needs assessment and gap analysis
- Experience in curriculum development and instructional design required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, in education, psychology or other relevant field
- Master's preferred
- Must have exceptional verbal and written communication and presentation skills
- Demonstrated ability in quantitative and qualitative analysis
- User knowledge of desktop and word processing software required
- May require some traveling throughout the state
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment
- Experience in a healthcare setting.
- PC Training experience.
- Computer training via classroom & E-Learning.]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2355497-Los-Angeles-Education-and-Training Essential Functions:
- Supports managers, clients, & team members on system deployments projects related to a vast number of imaging modalities, across multiply clinical departments
- Develops & maintains project support materials such as: work plans, meeting agendas, minutes, issue logs, & other support documentation
- Coordinates & supports meetings w/ regional/local clients, other functional business units, & vendors as needed
- Collects data & runs reports from multiple systems for clients at various levels in the organization
- Trains & supports system end users through the pre-deployment, go-live, & maintenance phases of the system life cycle
- Collect data from physician leadership such as chiefs & physicians in-charge to determine business rules that need to be applied to the MDS system configuration build
- Independently interpret collected data to determine application of business rules within the system
- Determine system configuration for individual departments, & apply the business rules for medical center, department or individual use
- Revise workflows according to best use of the system & department needs
- Autonomously deliver training curriculum to varied audiences such as physicians, chiefs, DAs, & schedulers
- Manage work sessions to facilitate timely completion of curriculum content
- Adjust curriculum as needed based on department workflow knowledge & needs of attendees
- Various positions are under review w/ a joint Management/Union review committee for appropriate Union/Non-Union status & this position may be considered a union position or may be converted to a union position at some time in the future
- Should this position be determined to be union, it will be returned to the bargaining unit in accordance w/ the Collective Bargaining Agreement

Qualifications:

This is a Full-Time Temporary position for a duartion of 24 months (2 years).

Basic Qualifications:
- Previous related analytical and/or consulting experience preferred
- Bachelor's degree or four (4) years of equivalent experience in Business Administration, Economics, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field
- Demonstrates solid analytical skills, self initiative & innovation
- Demonstrated ability to conduct & interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis
- Must demonstrate effective communication, consulting, interpersonal, & presentation
- Proficient with PC applications including spreadsheet, word processing, & graphics packages
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment
-Seeking a candidate with strong analytical and problem solving skills, with a background in coaching and training in a technical environment.
- Should be a strong and effective communicator, with knowledge in supporting technical implementations.
-Beneficial to have experience working with clinicians, collaborating with other members as part of a project team, and supporting a scheduling or payroll application.]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2355473-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology
Essential Functions:
- Consults with end users to determine report and database needs and limitations.
- Extracts data from various complex databases for report generation.
- Develops and generates highly complex ad hoc reports and databases to address specific business needs.
- Recommends improvements to permanent reports.
- Designs and develops complex reports and databases to manage business processes.
- Develops new ad hoc reports to address specific business needs.
- Serves as consultant to department staff in interpretation and creation of databases and data reports.
- Analyzes the implication of changes in data needs on data structures.
- Serves as technical consultant on new products and technology.
- Acts as interface between systems group and end users.
- Coordinates systems support.
- Performs system administration, including system security, software update management, and data dictionary maintenance.
- Performs master file maintenance.
- Defines data purge and retention cycles.
- Monitors data quality and integrity.
- Participates in business improvement project teams.
- Analyzes impact of process or technical tool changes on existing processes, tools, and interfaces based on knowledge of interdependencies of related functions and systems.
- Delivers training for end users on system.
- Ensures adequacy and quality of process and procedure documentation.
- May lead cross-functional user groups in optimizing the use of existing tools and reports.
- May perform user system training.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Significant experience, typically five (5) or more years, in business systems analysis and administration OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, in computer science or user-specific area.
- Ability to use complex data resources and specialized and sophisticated PC and MIS programming languages.
- In-depth knowledge of the business area(s) served.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Notes: May travel within SCAL Region; Implementation Schedule and Rotating Weekends.]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2359589-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology Essential Functions:
- Leads a group of consultants & analysts focused on the delivery of service/ products within the responsible technical unit
- Manages the budget allocated to the unit; reviewing & approving all expenses within the unit
- Ensures that appropriate actions are taken to correct the budget variances & the budget is balanced at year-end
- Provides leadership & direction for the technical unit in accordance w/ the overall strategic direction of the group
- Develops standards, procedures, & policies to ensure that the responsible unit is maintained according to the acceptable level of quality from clients
- Ensures that reports & information disseminated from the unit are accurate, timely & consistent, & that they satisfy the clients' needs
- Serves as the content expert of the responsible technical area & provides technical assistance & advice
- Provides leadership & expert consultation on the design, development, & implementation of programs related to the expertise area

Qualifications:

Notes: Travel will be required; Schedule Varies and Implementation schedule; Rotating Weekends.

Basic Qualifications:
- Typically six (6) or more years of experience in one of the technical areas required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Economics, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field
- Master's degree preferred
- Demonstrated ability to determine the key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multidisciplinary perspectives
- Demonstrated ability to lead professionals and manage others through influence and collaboration.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis
- Proven leadership skills in project management and consulting
- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, candor, openness, and results orientation
- Must demonstrate an understanding of the operations of KP, health policy trends, and any applicable regulations related to the responsible technical area
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2359544-Los-Angeles-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT)
Essential Functions:
- Assist with application technical and operational knowledge in the analysis of client requirements in project areas such as: IT testing and product acceptance, gap analysis, development of new business operating models with innovative approaches to IT solutions support and available product functionality, operational readiness assessment, and others.
- Assesses training modality & content for upcoming new functionality releases.
- Assist & facilitate in cross functional task forces to identify and document functional requirements, workflow, information sources and distribution paths, and system specifications.
- Conducts analysis of client business processes and functional requirements and prepares appropriate documentation to communicate and validate the information.
- Analyzes and defines efficient, cost effective solutions which support client business processes and functional requirements.
- Assist in the development of comprehensive business cases with cost, service, and benefit dimensions of proposed IT projects that are used at various levels for funding and scope decisions.
- Supports the implementation of initiatives into deployment using project management methodologies.
- Serve as a single point of contact for the resolution of client issues and acts as a liaison between business clients and IT technical staff.
- Perform systems configuration work.
- Perform predetermined work in system as defined by policy and procedure/protocol.
- Formal presentation to audiences of various levels.
- Evaluate existing application products which could address client requirements and develop recommendations where appropriate.
- Develops test & activation support plans and works with client to perform risk assessment.
- Leads the coordination of solution development and supports implementation of initiatives into deployment using project management methodologies.
- Functions as a subject matter expert and can offer guidance and lend expertise to management and other team members.
- Completes administrative requirements in an accurate and timely manner (e.g. time reporting, status reporting, etc.).


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Four (4)plus years experience in information systems analysis or implementation or healthcare operations (master's degree in related field can be used in lieu of one (1) year of experience).
- Bachelor's or master's degree in health care, information systems, computer science, engineering or related fields or experience required.
- Certification of Epic Proficiency or Epic Certification within six (6) months of hire.
- Vehicle and valid driver's license required.
- Prior progressively more complex responsibilities and accountabilities in a large mainframe or client server environment preferred.
- Knowledge in health care, clinical systems, information systems, or other related field preferred.
- Strong skills in critical thinking and analysis, meeting facilitation, verbal and written communications, and interpersonal interactions (e.g., partnering, conflict management, consulting, etc.).
- Proficient with PC applications including database, spreadsheet, word processing, presentation software and graphics packages.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
- Recruitment for Epic AC for Inpatient Clinical Charge Capture.]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2355417-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology
Essential Functions:
- Conducts analysis regarding program/application/system and provides technical design to the development teams.
- Mentors 4-5 developers and provides hands-on help with development as required
- Serves as team advisor regarding technical design, approach, and strategy.
- Helps with technical design using UML, and helps create logical/physical solution design
- Acts as the team's contact person for technical decisions.
- Develops solutions to problems of unusual complexity, which require a high degree of ingenuity and innovation, using independent judgment to accomplish objectives.
- Develops new applications based on professional principles and theories.
- Works under consultative direction toward predetermined long-range goals and objectives.
- Provides on-going coaching, enabling team members to develop and improve skills and capabilities that support the effectiveness of the department/function.
- Provides performance input and recommendations to management for development/training plans and/or performance reviews.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in related field and/or 4 years of equivalent work experience.
- A minimum of 6 years of experience in development of new programs/applications or maintaining and/or supporting existing programs/systems.
- Advanced knowledge (broad expertise or unique knowledge) of policies, practices and systems; deep technical expertise in SOA/Java/JEE and broader understanding of all technologies.
- Applies advanced principles, theories, and concepts.
- Contributes to the development of innovative principles and ideas.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior experience with SOA and Java/JEE application development/deployments
- Prior experience with development using IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM MQ, and other SOI components
- Experience in web service development/deployment using application frameworks including Spring Application framework, and other predominant Java application frameworks and design patterns
- Experience with database development
- Prior experience with Agile development methodologies, and SDLC
- Master's degree or equivalent experience.
- Technical certifications preferred and/or required, where applicable.
]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2310898-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology
Essential Functions:
- Provides consultative and business direction on SSD projects of low to medium complexity and/or provides analytical support to projects of high complexity.
- Under supervision, develops project proposals, recommendations, implementation plans, communication packages, performance measurement tools, and/or training materials related to the assigned projects.
- Plans and facilitates meetings.
- Motivates team members.
- Identifies key healthcare redesign business issues.
- Designs and recommends analytic approaches and design processes to address identified problems.
- Develops and utilizes data gathering tools, such as surveys/questionnaires, work sampling, financial modeling, and/or interview questions, to ensure that appropriate quantitative and qualitative data is gathered for the analyses.
- Actively participates in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.
- Independently conducts quantitative and qualitative analyses on a broad array of issues across disciplines, projects and functional areas.
- Prepares project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.
- May make formal presentations to various levels of management.
- Under supervision, may establish team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum three (3) years analytical, project management or consulting experience required in a specified technical area preferably in a healthcare environment or master's degree in computer science, health care operations or other related field with one (1) year experience.
- Project management experience in health care preferred.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in health care operations, clinical or other related field.
- Master's degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) preferred.
- Vehicle and California driver's license required.
- Able to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.
- Able to conduct, apply and interpret quantitative and qualitative analysis.
- Good project management, consulting, verbal and written communication skills.
- Proficient with PC applications including spreadsheet, word processing, presentation and reporting software and graphics packages.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2355425-Los-Angeles-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT)
Essential Functions:
- Consults with end users to determine report and database needs and limitations.
- Extracts data from various complex databases for report generation.
- Develops and generates highly complex ad hoc reports and databases to address specific business needs.
- Recommends improvements to permanent reports.
- Designs and develops complex reports and databases to manage business processes.
- Develops new ad hoc reports to address specific business needs.
- Serves as consultant to department staff in interpretation and creation of databases and data reports.
- Analyzes the implication of changes in data needs on data structures.
- Serves as technical consultant on new products and technology.
- Acts as interface between systems group and end users.
- Coordinates systems support.
- Performs system administration, including system security, software update management, and data dictionary maintenance.
- Performs master file maintenance.
- Defines data purge and retention cycles.
- Monitors data quality and integrity.
- Participates in business improvement project teams.
- Analyzes impact of process or technical tool changes on existing processes, tools, and interfaces based on knowledge of interdependencies of related functions and systems.
- Delivers training for end users on system.
- Ensures adequacy and quality of process and procedure documentation.
- May lead cross-functional user groups in optimizing the use of existing tools and reports.
- May perform user system training.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Significant experience, typically five (5) or more years, in business systems analysis and administration OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, in computer science or user-specific area.
- Ability to use complex data resources and specialized and sophisticated PC and MIS programming languages.
- In-depth knowledge of the business area(s) served.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Notes: May travel within the SCAL Region.]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2355423-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology
Essential Functions:
- Provides consultative and business direction on SSD projects of medium to high complexity
- Develops project proposals, recommendations, implementation plans, communication packages, performance measurement tools and training materials related to the assigned projects
- Plans and facilitates meetings
- Motivates team members
- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms and behaviors
- Develops and recommends design processes to address identified problems
- Initiates the design and development of research plans for data gathering and analysis
- Develops project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices
- Makes presentations to audiences at various levels
- Tracks project status and follows up on outstanding items
- Provides guidance and expert technical leadership to department staff and team members
- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans
- May provide guidance to team on performance and productivity issues
- May develop training programs for different levels of audiences
- May set strategic direction of projects
- May prepare preliminary project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required
- May establish team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation
- Performs troubleshooting and issue resolution


Qualifications:


Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum five (5) years analytical, project management or consulting experience required in a specified technical area preferably in a healthcare environment or master's degree in computer science, health care operations or other related field with three (3) years experience
- Project management experience in health care preferred
- Clinical systems experience preferred
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in health care operations, clinical or other related field
- Master's degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) preferred
- Vehicle and California driver's license required
- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives
- Demonstrated ability to conduct, apply and interpret quantitative and qualitative analysis
- Good project management and consulting skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proficient with PC applications including spreadsheet, word processing, presentation and reporting software and graphics packages
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment
- Certification through American Health Information Management as Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) or Registered Health Information Administration (RHIA).
- KPHC IP/AMB experience.
- Medical Terminology.]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2355481-Los-Angeles-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT) This position will ensure the integration of supply chain activities across the region leading to optimal customer service, product supply, inventory investment & cost. It will be responsible to develop & manage a materials planning function for goods & materials, create integrated processes among Operations, Purchasing, Logistics, & outside suppliers to execute the planning/replenishment process. It will also work in collaboration with the VP of Supply Chain & others to identify standard tools needed to implement planning & forecasting, as well as lead reengineering efforts as it relates to those supply chain processes & systems across the region.

Essential Functions:
- Assurance of Supply - working with the suppliers, vendors, Procurement and Supply and the medical centers, assure that supplies are always available when needed for clinicians, patients/members.
- Strategy Alignment - provide input to the help create, gain approval, and ultimately deploy a three-year strategy to transform KP's supply chain across the region, working in conjunction with the VP of Supply Chain and the National Supply Chain Leadership Team to create one single world-class supply chain for KP. Lead the regional Supply Chain Leadership Team to ensure alignment with the strategy and to drive implementation and monitoring of progress/results.
- Business Requirements - to define, agree, and then improve AQSCI business requirements by 50%+ over three years for the region.
- Organizational Development - to provide input, then install and develop a world-class supply chain organization leading and managing KP's supply chain for that region.
- Process Transformation - to progressively transform KP's current highly fragmented multiple supply chain processes in the region into a seamless, end-to-end, transparent way of working.
- Systems - provide input into the creation and implementation of KP-wide supply chain systems strategy that links and integrates all aspects of the supply chain to create transparency, seamless material flow and information accuracy as well as creating the platform for sustainable improvement.
- Change Management - based on proven experience, install and manage the mechanisms for managing the transformation in an effective way within the region.
- Continuous Improvement - develop and install ways of working which create year-on-year continuous improvements across the total supply chain for the region.
- Risk Management & Mitigation - proactively install the disciplines that reduce the current high-risk profile of KP's supply chain within the region.
- Advocacy and Leadership - through personal experience and stature/gravitas sensitively lead the region on a major journey of change which impacts approximately 150-200+ direct supply chain employees, 500-600 dotted line supply chain employees within the region and 50,000+ users and customers.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in mathematics, computer science, business, finance, operations research, economics or related field.
- A minimum of 10 years ofbusiness improvement and supply chain leadership including transformative experience with a background that includes complex organizational change and management.
- Experience leading and managing a workforce of 200-400+ employees.
- Proven ability to help create an integrated supply chain strategy and vision and then mobilize a support organization to progressively implement the strategy.
- Demonstrated ability of managing cost performance, supply/demand forecasting and distribution execution across a variety of product lines from multiple sources.
- Ability to transform the current business model to a supply chain machine, building an end-to-end supply chain.
- In-depth knowledge of key supply chain processes and current best practices.
- Solid judgment to know what is appropriate for the region size and scope. Must have the 'right size' solutions.
- Ability to quickly establish credibility across the organization in general, and the region in particular, as well as engaging others to ensure the most effective logistics solutions for the varied business units.
- Experience in supply chain technology and processes such as demand-triggered replenishment, advanced planning/forecasting systems, JIT, ERP, six sigma, lean manufacturing, etc.
- Understanding of regulatory compliance including SOX with an ability to balance risk vs cost to ensure optimal adherence.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree preferred. Professional certification(s) such as CPIM, CRM, APICS, Six Sigma etc preferred.
- Experience working in a unionized environment is preferred.]]> Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2351516-Los-Angeles-Procurement-and-Supply
Kaiser Permanente IT is looking for a highly-motivated and detail-oriented recent college graduation with school experience designing and developing enterprise web services/SOA and web-based applications. The candidate must familiar with building applications with some of the popular frameworks (Spring, Hibernate, and Struts or Spring MVC) as well as providing and consuming web services using JAX-RPC/JAX-WS. The candidate must also have experience or be familiar with interfacing with Oracle databases from Java using JDBC, Hibernate or Spring DAO. The Associate Web Developer will be a member of a larger team of developers responsible for designing and developing new components, as well as adding enhancements to existing applications. The ideal candidate will work well coding all layers within an N-tier architecture (front-end, middle tier, and backend). A successful candidate will be able to interact with our business clients and other technical resources and must possess excellent communication skills.

Also, the Associate Web Developer / Pega trainee will contribute to the development of new Pega-based applications within the Health Plan portfolio. KP will invest in the training and career development of the candidate.

This position is for a full-time position and is located at our offices in Old Town Pasadena, CA.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and assist in testing of custom Java code and web services
Work cooperatively with other functional teams that perform quality testing and performance testing
Assist the Sr. and Lead Developers on translating functional requirements into technical architecture and solution design documents
Following best practices related to software development


Qualifications:

Basic/Minimum Qualifications:
A Bachelor's degree or 4 years of equivalent work experience
Graduated with a GPA of 3.3 or above
Worked on school projects/applications or maintain and/or supporting existing projects/systems using C, Java, Unix , and XML.
Completed classes and/or school projects by applying Object Oriented techniques.
Good written and verbal communication skills, team player, ability to work under constantly moving requirements.
Must be a quick and eager learner and pick up on new technologies and tools

Preferred Qualifications:
Master's degree is preferred

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2347875-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology
Kaiser Permanente IT is looking for a highly-motivated and detail-oriented Java resource who is familiar with designing and developing enterprise web services/SOA and web-based applications. The candidate must have hands-on experience building applications with some of the popular frameworks (Spring, Hibernate, and Struts or Spring MVC) as well as providing and consuming web services using JAX-RPC/JAX-WS. The candidate must also be familiar with interfacing with Oracle databases from Java using JDBC, Hibernate or Spring DAO. The Intermediate Web Developer will be a member of a larger team of developers responsible for designing and developing new components, as well as adding enhancements to existing applications. The ideal candidate will work well coding all layers within an N-tier architecture (front-end, middle tier, and backend). A successful candidate will be able to interact with our business clients and other technical resources and must possess excellent communication skills.

Also, the Intermediate Web Developer / Pega trainee will contribute to the development of new Pega-based applications within the Health Plan portfolio. KP will invest in the training and career development of the candidate.

This position is for a full-time position and is located at our offices in Old Town Pasadena, CA.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and assist in testing of custom Java code and web services
Work cooperatively with other functional teams that perform quality testing and performance testing
Assist the Sr. and Lead Developers on translating functional requirements into technical architecture and solution design documents
Following best practices related to software development


Qualifications:

Basic/Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or 4 years of equivalent work experience.
Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
2 years of Java/J2EE development experience as a developer with extensive experience in Object Oriented Design and Development
2 years experience with the following: Servlets, JDBC, Ant, JUnit, XML, SQL, stored procedures, database design
1year of exxpeirence developing J2EE web services using WSDL, SOAP, and W3C XML Schema
Exposure with both Spring and Hibernate (annotations or hbm.xml config)
Excellent communication and problem-solving skills


Preferred Qualifications
Java certifications a plus
Strong hands-on knowledge of WSDL development, including defining messages, operations, services, and fault handling
Experience with front-end web frameworks like Adobe Flex, Dojo Toolkit, jQuery, or any other AJAX-based framework
Experience with XML/XSLT
Experience with Struts (1 or 2) or Spring MVC
Healthcare industry experience is a plus
Customer service and results-oriented while maintaining a team focus
Ability to work in a dynamic environment with cross-functional teams
Experience with CRM/ERP or BPM systems is a plus


]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2347863-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology
Assesses and analyses training and development needs across a broad spectrum of positions and geographic areas, usually for a single large functional area or program-wide initiative. Develops strategic plans for development of training curricula, professional development and technical programs. Conducts and/or coordinates the programs. Works independently with significant latitude to make decisions.
Essential Functions:
- Consults with leaders of major constituency groups within the organization to assess, trend and analyze the learning needs of employees across the region based on current and future strategic plans.
- Develops, implements and coordinates management training programs.
- Serves as a master trainer providing training and coaching to trainers and learning consultants.
- Monitors, evaluates and makes leveraging recommendations about the cost effectiveness and quality of learning programs.
- Plans, advocates for and implements the deployment of regionwide strategic learning systems.
- Evaluates, selects, retains and brokers a pool of internal and external training consultants, with diverse expertise to provide leveraged training of a specialized and/or technical nature.
- Evaluates, selects and deploys computer based training programs regionwide.
- Stays abreast of learning, training and development research including theory, motivation theory and new materials, methods and techniques..

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Masters Degree, or six (6) years of equivalent work experience in Behavioral Sciences, Education or related field.
- Extensive experience designing and administering education and training programs for a diverse client group with limited resources.
- Previous experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
- Expertise in the principles of group dynamics, adult learning theory and training and development techniques.
- Outstanding verbal communication and presentation skills.
- User knowledge of word-processing and spreadsheet software.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.


Preferred Qualifications:
- Executive level engagement (influence and planning).
- Learning strategy development.
- Adult learning principle application.
- Group facilitation.
- Instructional design and development abilities.
- Vendor contract negotiation.
- Executive level communication (written, verbal, and presentation) skills.
- Blended learning capabilities.


Notes:
- Maytravel25% of the time.]]> Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2339277-Los-Angeles-Education-and-Training
Essential Functions:
- Planning, developing, implementing and coordinating the technology components of the KP-IT Southern California HealthConnect Outpatient Ambulatory encounter based and/or interfaces to enable consistent implementation of project processes, project status reporting, issue escalation and client relationship management.
- Organizes, analyses, and controls the activities of the project team.
- Review and evaluates the work of the staff and provide input to periodic performance reports.
- Provides managerial responsibility for one or more teams or departments, which may be managed by employees with formal supervisory responsibilities.
- Determines methods and procedures on new assignments, and may provide guidance to other staff.
- Provides direct, constructive feedback/ and coaching to team members.
- Handles or escalates performance issues.
- Assisting in the preparation and documentation of business requirements; supporting business case development; Working with technical staff to develop working technical requirements.
- Develops project plans and schedules, track project deliverables, report status and issues, facilitate meetings, and manage communications.
- Ensure project deliverables meet client expectations and support stated business requirements.
- Develops, monitors and reports on project cost and recharges.
- Directly works and/or facilitates problem resolution across multiple project tracks and business units.
- Provides coordination, communication and consistent execution of project initiatives.
- Manages, resolves and/or escalates project issues.
- Monitors and reports on project status in accordance with Regulatory, CDP and BAP requirements.
- Develops, monitors and reports on project budgets as well as providing periodic cost and productivity analyses.
- Manages change and risk management processes within the Projects.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field OR an additional 4 years of equivalent experience (typically 4 more years in systems analysis, application development, managing medium-scale information technology implementations).
- Minimum 6 years of Project Management experience.
- Excellent analytical ability and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with clients, vendors and other IT staffs.
- Significant experience working in a collaborative team environment, within a matrixed organization, with a healthcare background.
- Demonstrated customer focus, excellent people skills, strategic and critical analysis capabilities, as well as the ability to develop a process and results driven organization within a highly complex environment.
- Understanding of or experience in one or more major areas of care delivery is required:
- Demonstrated leadership strengths, such as: Ability to influence others; Build strong partnership with others; Team Oriented; Service Oriented; Demonstrate strategic thinking; Ability to deal with people dynamic with some guidance; Ability to resolve conflict with some guidance.
- Excellent organization, facilitation, communication, risk management, and negotiation skills.
- Strong client relationship management.
- Experience in software tools such as Excel, Word, MS Project, etc.
- Experience in managing budgets.
- Must possess multi-disciplinary leadership capability, a strong customer focus, and excellent people skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in clinical systems is strongly preferred
- EpicCare Ambulatory certified is strongly preferred
- Desired computer skills include: Project Workbench or MS Project, Lotus Notes, MS Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Access and Excel.
- PMI Certified
]]> Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2334634-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology
Provides high quality and cost effective project management, consulting, and analytic support. Assists senior consultants, clients, and/or groups in identifying and resolving issues of strategic importance to the organization. May assist senior consultants or manage complex projects independently.

Essential Functions:
- Defines and frames complex issues and develops time tables/processes for decision making.
- Translates needs, issues, and ideas into effective strategies and action plans.
- Coordinates team/project activities and schedules.
- Researches key business issues, and directs the collecting and analyzing of quantitative and qualitative data.
- Synthesizes analysis and identifies key findings.
- Assists in the determination of goals and priorities with team, clients, or project management sponsors.
- Establishes team membership and project participants.
- Develops proposals for clients outlining proposed project structure, approach and work plan.
- Provides staff leadership to project teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants when needed.
- Formulates specific implementation plans and evaluates the effectiveness of actions/programs implemented.
- Communicates results/recommendations to project sponsors.
- Develops creative alternative solutions.
- Recommends action steps to team and client.
- Plans and facilitates meetings.
- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.
- Transfers project team knowledge/tools to client.
- Participates in the development and management of the department, including coaching, recruiting, conducting performance reviews for analysts, and other departmental activities.
- Kaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to re-evaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications: Consultant:
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Business Administration, Economics, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.
- Master's Degree preferred.
- Typically four (4) or more years of related analytical and/or consulting experience required.
- Specific technical expertise required as specified.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis.
- Must demonstrate effective communication, consulting, interpersonal, presentation, and project management skills.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.


Preferred Qualifications:
- Leadership development, class delivery experience/background.
- Able to establish and implement project plans.
- Able to balance multiple projects simultaneously/multi-task.
- Able to work with multi-disciplinary cross functional teams.
- Able to communicate at all levels.
- Experience in PowerPoint and Microsoft office suite.


Basic Qualifications: Sr. Consultant:
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Business Administration, Economics, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.
- Master's Degree strongly preferred.
- Typically five (5) or more years of experience in one of the technical areas required.
- Demonstrated ability to determine the key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multidisciplinary perspectives.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis.
- Proven leadership skills in project management and consulting.
- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, and candor, openness, and results orientation.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the operations of KP, health policy trends, and any applicable regulations related to the responsible technical area.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.]]> Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2329249-Los-Angeles-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT)
Essential Functions:
- Coordinate cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptions.
- Supports National Contracting and Purchasing (NCAP) and Service Area goals including managing and facilitating adherence to $1 billion annual GPO contract spend.
- Identifies and implements product utilization savings to achieve utilization savings goal
- Compliance monitoring, analyzing, and reporting to achieve 98.50% compliance to all Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) agreements.
- Manages medical product formulary exception process
- Assist in reducing overall supply cost through analyzing product use and making recommendations to change product or implement best practices
- Conducts and facilitates service area and statewide product evaluations.
- Participates on National Sourcing and Standard Teams (SST).
- Works closely with GPO Product Managers to manage, implement, and enforce compliance to all agreements.
- Actively participate and present key information to the Local Product Councils, Regional Product Council, Physician groups, Material Services and Perioperative Cost Savings groups to comply with and enforce national standards, trend spend, identify and implement cost savings opportunities.
- Demand Management Support the deployment of a new Point-of-Use capture system to drive a demand triggered replenishment process
- Lead a team of demand planners responsible for integrating POU data into enterprise wide forecasts driving purchasing decisions
- Develop KP's capability to leverage the point of use demand triggers to build forecasts and re-order points across multiple regions points across multiple regions
- Lead complex business process improvements and technology implementations supporting demand planning and inventory management.
- Develop the implementation plan and manage the execution of category strategies to drive improvement in inventory levels and in stock conditions.
- Develop and utilize metrics to achieve department goals.
- Achieve inventory reduction targets through the use of supply chain tools.
- Develop, track and improve inventory re-order points.
- Develop and document standardized demand planning and inventory flow processes.
- Assist in the development of detailed process flows, meetings and deliverables and key performance metrics Lead and develop a team of Demand Planners to ensure the creation and maintenance of forecast models.
- Incorporate business intelligence and forecast information from other functional areas including Pharmacy, Home Health, Finance and other sources.
- Review historical trends, research demand drivers and prepare forecast data to develop statistical forecast models.
- Summarize statistical forecasts. Gather, analyze and validate data to enable purchasing decisions which optimize KP's medical supplies inventory.
- Monitor trends in forecast error and report back to various stake holders.
- Develop and update economic order quantities.
- Accountable for the development and management of a team, and implementation of systems and processes that assure the prudent use of Kaiser Permanente money, people, and system resources to achieve the optimal purchasing and management of across the Kaiser Permanente Enterprise.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- At least ten (10) years of related supply chain experience or healthcare senior management experience is required.
- Extensive forecasting experience required.
- Proven experience in developing supply chain high level strategy and executing that strategy with realized results.
- Significant experience in demand planning and inventory flow optimization.
- Previous experience with Point-of-Use technology preferred.
- Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, decision sciences, healthcare administration, finance, economics or other analytical discipline required.
- Six Sigma certification preferred.
- Proven Project Management skills.
- Understanding of and experience in driving supply chain process improvement and change management with a cross functional team.


Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's Degree
- Basic computer skills to include Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Access.


Notes:
- Occasional travel to offsite meetings in SCAL and NCAL.]]> Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2329248-Los-Angeles-Materials-Management
Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.

Essential Functions:
- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.
- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.
- Designs processes to address identified problems.
- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.
- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.
- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.
- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.
- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.
- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.
- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.
- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.
- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.
- Plans and facilitates meetings.
- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.
- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.
- Assesses project impact on workforce.
- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.
- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.
- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.
- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.
- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.
- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.
- Project management experience in health care preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.
- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Effective interpersonal skills.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.


Notes:
- PR# MT-1342
- Work schedule to vary as required.
- Physical work location will be in Downey.
- Must be willing to travel within the California Regions as well as other KP Regions outside California.
- Duration of position is until approximately August 2013.]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2316702-Los-Angeles-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT)
Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.

Essential Functions:
- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.
- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.
- Designs processes to address identified problems.
- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.
- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.
- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.
- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.
- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.
- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.
- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.
- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.
- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.
- Plans and facilitates meetings.
- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.
- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.
- Assesses project impact on workforce.
- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.
- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.
- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.
- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.
- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.
- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.
- Project management experience in health care preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.
- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Effective interpersonal skills.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.


Notes:
- PR# MT-1343
- Work schedule to vary as required.
- Physical work location will be in Downey.
- Must be willing to travel within the California Regions as well as other KP Regions outside California.
- Duration of position is until approximately August 2013.]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2316703-Los-Angeles-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT) OneLink Production Support Team
Kaiser Permanente
Pasadena, CA

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a highly skilled PeopleSoft Functional Business Analyst to support the PeopleSoft ERP Asset Management Module. The Functional Analyst will be a part of Kaiser's OneLink (PeopleSoft) Production Support staff and work directly with the Asset Management users to provide support in the following areas: Asset Management issue/transactions, customizations, interfaces, and enhancements.

Responsibilities:
Write business, functional requirements and work with the Technical Team to translate the business requirement
Work on User Acceptance testing for any development work that is to be migrated to production. Also Work and coordinate with Release Management for production Migration
Work with Users to gather business requirements and translate them into functional requirements
Work on prioritizing tickets and managing the production tickets, resolving them and providing status as and when required.
Work on Month End close, ensure support is available to users to resolve any issues related to production transactions or reconciliation to ensure a smooth close.
Work on configuration Changes, Setup of PeopleSoft Asset Management.
Monitor batch schedule Jobs in AM and respond to any job failures, ensure all transactions are processed successfully and not interrupted by batch failures.
Train users when new functionality is introduced and work with training team in providing guidance with the new functionality
Work with other modules in FIN and SCM or third party systems to make sure all transactions make it to AM from AP and ePro/Purchasing
Monitor inbound and outbound interfaces to make sure all transactions incoming to PeopleSoft AM are loaded successfully and third party systems get the outbound files on time

Qualifications:

Basic Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, finance, or related area, or equivalent experience
Extensive experience with PeopleSoft Asset Management version 8.9 or higher, with an emphasis on Finance Modules.
Strong verbal, written communication and presentation skills to large and diverse audiences including all levels of management
Complete understanding of the integration between Purchasing/ePro, Inventory, Accounts Payable, Asset Management and General Ledger
Experience using PeopleSoft Query Manager and SQL tools to assist users with reporting, research, and data extracts.
Experience with AM configuration like defining asset books, asset categories, cost type, depreciations terms and asset profiles.
Should be familiar with Asset Interfaces, trasanction edit, transaction Loader, retiring assets, asset transfers and converting lease information.
Familiar with end to end transaction flow in Asset Management and have a good understanding on Asset Management reports.
Should have thorough understanding of Capital Acquisition, consolidate and unitlitze assets.
Experience is issue resolution of daily production issues on AM delivered processes.
Demonstrated data analysis expertise
Ability to create, update, review, and present functional documents for proposed system customizations/enhancements/process changes.
Understanding of SOX controls pertaining as they apply to an ERP environment
Available for up to 10% travel to other locations

Knowledge and experience with the following is a plus, but not required:
PeopleSoft KK, GL and PC modules
Accounting knowledge
SQL Developer]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2316690-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology
Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.

Essential Functions:
- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.
- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.
- Designs processes to address identified problems.
- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.
- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.
- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.
- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.
- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.
- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.
- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.
- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.
- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.
- Plans and facilitates meetings.
- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.
- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.
- Assesses project impact on workforce.
- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.
- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.
- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.
- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.
- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.
- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.
- Project management experience in health care preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.
- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Effective interpersonal skills.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.


Notes:
- PR# MT-1341
- Work schedule to vary as required.
- Physical work location will be in Downey.
- Must be willing to travel within the California Regions as well as other KP Regions outside California.
- Duration of position is until approximately August 2013.]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2316701-Los-Angeles-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT)
Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.

Essential Functions:
- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.
- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.
- Designs processes to address identified problems.
- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.
- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.
- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.
- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.
- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.
- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.
- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.
- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.
- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.
- Plans and facilitates meetings.
- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.
- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.
- Assesses project impact on workforce.
- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.
- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.
- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.
- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.
- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.
- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.
- Project management experience in health care preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.
- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Effective interpersonal skills.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.


Notes:
- PR# MT-1340
- Work schedule to vary as required.
- Physical work location will be in Downey.
- Must be willing to travel within the California Regions as well as other KP Regions outside California.
- Duration of position is until approximately August 2013.]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2316764-Los-Angeles-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT)
Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.

Essential Functions:
- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.
- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.
- Designs processes to address identified problems.
- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.
- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.
- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.
- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.
- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.
- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.
- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.
- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.
- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.
- Plans and facilitates meetings.
- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.
- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.
- Assesses project impact on workforce.
- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.
- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.
- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.
- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.
- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.
- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.
- Project management experience in health care preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.
- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Effective interpersonal skills.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.


Notes:
- PR# MT-1344
- Work schedule to vary as required.
- Physical work location will be in Downey.
- Must be willing to travel within the California Regions as well as other KP Regions outside California.
- Duration of position is until approximately August 2013.]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2316777-Los-Angeles-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT)
Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.

Essential Functions:
- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.
- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.
- Designs processes to address identified problems.
- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.
- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.
- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.
- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.
- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.
- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.
- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.
- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.
- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.
- Plans and facilitates meetings.
- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.
- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.
- Assesses project impact on workforce.
- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.
- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.
- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.
- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.
- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.
- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.
- Project management experience in health care preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.
- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Effective interpersonal skills.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.


Notes:
- PR# MT-1339
- Work schedule to vary as required.
- Physical work location will be in Downey.
- Must be willing to travel within the California Regions as well as other KP Regions outside California.
- Duration of position is until approximately August 2013.]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2316753-Los-Angeles-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT)
The Integration Analysts within EIS/SOA, analyze business requirements, gather needed data, and create documentation for use by development, testing and implementation teams. In support of the proposed integration solution, the analyst is responsible for business process knowledge, requirements and detailed data analysis.

JOB DESCRIPTION
The SOA Analyst is primarily responsible for analyzing integration requirements based on business needs required to deliver quality interface documentation. This includes both traditional message type interfaces (e.g. HL7, x12 or flat file) as well as web service collaborations. The SOA Analyst will partner with the teams within EIS as well as inter-departmental teams within the KP-IT community, including regional resources. He/she plays the critical role of gathering of business requirements, facilitating and leading meetings to obtain interface requirements at the detail level, documenting detail interface requirements, issue resolution and communications between teams.

Essential Functions:
- Facilitate and lead communication between business stakeholders and technical resources for each application endpoints.
- Serve as the single point of contact to the interface project stakeholders.
- Facilitate the interaction between internal departments.
- Communicate and address project concerns/issues as they relate to the defined interface documentation.
- Lead interface meetings to obtain interface requirements between two endpoints at the detailed level.
- Analyze and document detailed interface requirements.
- Troubleshoot problems and conduct analysis in support of production, certification and testing activities.
- Provide guidance to lower-level teammates.
- Communicate individual project status and progress for integration into overall A&S project plan.
- Ensure adherence to KP IT project processes for EIS services.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- BA or BS Degree in Information Technology, Software Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline, or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required
- 6 years experience in Programming Analysis
- 8+ years job related experience in IT or equivalency
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong leadership skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Strong customer focus
- Experience working with application teams and associated business sponsors to produce successful collaborations
- Proven ability to perform technology needs assessment and evaluate solution options
- Proven ability to perform interface analysis at the detail level
- Prior experience in documenting requirements, negotiating commitments
- Strong project lifecycle experience
- Strong planning and coordination skills
- Solid understanding of software development life cycle
- Broad-based knowledge of application systems technologies
- Prior systems integration experience for large scale systems
- Familiar with a variety of middleware and endpoint infrastructures
- Experience in general web-services concepts required
Preferred experience:
- Experience in Health Care Industry
- Knowledge of HL7
- Business Process Management concept knowledge
- Experience in Epic application suite a plus
]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2316759-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology Kaiser Permanente
Pasadena, CA

Kaiser Permanente is undertaking a major initiative to standardize business processes and replace Financial and Supply Chain systems with an integrated state-of-the-art system that will be used throughout the Program. The initiative represents a major transformation in the manner in which back-office functions are performed. The initiative will include program-wide process standardization and implementation of a single PeopleSoft Financial and Supply Chain System. The transformation will also impact the existing decision support systems. The project will shift the emphasis of back-office functions from transaction processing to value-add activities, such as analysis and decision support. The project will be supporting a national data warehouse utilizing PeopleSoft's Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) product, and Cognos ReportNet. As a Business Reporting Analyst, within the Support Organization, you will provide end-user report development support, for business clients of the PeopleSoft Finance & Supply Chain application. In this role you will be responsible for servicing requests for new capabilities by gathering business requirements from requesters, documenting those requirements in a functional specification, and then using Cognos ReportNet or PeopleSoft Query to service report requests. To be successful in this position you must have a detailed knowledge of PeopleSoft Finance & Supply Chain (General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Procurement, and Inventory) in order to efficiently complete analysis, design, and development of new report requests, and be sufficiently knowledgeable in PeopleSoft Tools to determine when report development must be transitioned to KPIT for SQR or ETL development. This position consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting noncompliance, and adhering to the applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- 5 years experience using PeopleSoft nVision
- Experience in Query
- 5 years experience in PeopleSoft G/L module.
- Strong experience PeopleSoft Tools
- Microsoft Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, MS Project, Outlook, and Internet navigation and research.
- Bachelor's degree or 4 additional years of equivalent work experience
50% travel required.]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2316638-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology
Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.

Essential Functions:
- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.
- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.
- Designs processes to address identified problems.
- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.
- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.
- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.
- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.
- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.
- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.
- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.
- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.
- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.
- Plans and facilitates meetings.
- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.
- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.
- Assesses project impact on workforce.
- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.
- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.
- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.
- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.
- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.
- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.
- Project management experience in health care preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.
- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Effective interpersonal skills.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.


Notes:
- PR# MT-1345
- Work schedule to vary as required.
- Physical work location will be in Downey.
- Must be willing to travel within the California Regions as well as other KP Regions outside California.
- Duration of position is until approximately August 2013.]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2316648-Los-Angeles-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT) Senior Audit Manager, Internal Audit Services
Oakland, Pasadena, Denver, Atlanta, Rockville, Portland, Cleveland, or Honolulu


Kaiser Permanente is looking for a Senior Audit Manager.


Essential Functions:

- Manages the planning, scheduling and supervision of assigned audit projects and staff in accordance with the audit plan, project budgets, and milestones.
- Conducts audits, reviews and advisory services that are risk based and include consideration of program-wide integrated audit plans, and KP strategy.
- Reviews and approves risk assessments, develops audit plan programs, reviews work papers, and approves/prepares reports. Adheres to professional and IAS standards.
- Hires, develops, and manages an effective and diverse workforce. Supports coordination of the assigned practice area team.
- Contributes to practice area developmentbased on risk assessment activities, client interactions, and practice area knowledge. Participates in the on-going risk assessment process. Serves as an advisory resource to IAS staff for practice area subject matter. Develops and builds client relationships with the practice area. Coordinates with other audit and compliance functions to maximize efficiency and coverage of key risk areas.
- Works with other members of the management team to identify and contribute to continuous improvement efforts.
- Interacts regularly with various Regional management, Internal Audit management and staff,and external auditorsand consultants.
- Plans, schedules, and manages multiple various and diverse audit projects independently with minimal after-the-fact direction.
- Up to 35% travel.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- 7+ years auditing or comparable experience
- Increasing levels of internal audit and project management experience
- Extensive knowledge, skills and experience in the principles and practices of internal auditing in accounting, financial and operational environments, including auditing business functions and information technology systems
- Extensive general accounting, financial, and business skills, knowledge and experience
- One of following certifications is required:
Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Certified Information System Auditor (CISA)


Preferred Qualifications:
- Work experience within Internal Audit Services
- 2+ years lead/supervisory experience
]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2115177-Los-Angeles-Compliance,-Privacy,-and-Regulatory Kaiser Permanente
Pasadena, CA

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a highly skilled PeopleSoft Functional Business Analyst to support the PeopleSoft ERP Supply Chain Management application.The Functional Analyst will be a part of Kaiser's OneLink (PeopleSoft) Production Support staff and work directly with the nationwide Material Directors and SCM users to provide support in the following areas: procurement life cycle transactions, both adhoc and delivered reporting, customizations, interfaces, and enhancements.

Essential Functions:
Work closely with users to resolve break fixes and capture new business requirements
Work tickets through a queue and be able to resolve tickets quickly and thoroughly with little supervision
Provide hands-on analysis of requested upgrade, enhancements, or changes to the PeopleSoft SCM application
Assist in providing full life-cycle support in requirements definition, system analysis, design, development, quality assurance, documentation, user acceptance testing, and production support
Create, update, and review business requirement and functional documents
Provide knowledge transfer and training to users to include implementations/upgrades, SCM tables, PeopleSoft functionality, and configuration
Assist with entry events and the interaction of the Purchasing/ePro, Inventory, Accounts Payable, and General Ledger
Assist with delivered and custom reports, customizations, interfaces, and enhancements

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
Experience with PeopleSoft Supply Chain Management version 8.9
Comprehensive knowledge and experience working in the Purchasing/ePro module
Complete understanding of the interaction between Purchasing/ePro, Inventory, and General Ledger.
Experience using PeopleSoft Query Manager and SQL tools to assist users with reporting, research, and data extracts.
Ability to create, update, review, and present functional documents for proposed system enhancements/process changes.
Experience working with users and all levels of management to resolve problems and capture business requirements
Comfortable conducting meetings with management, business partners, cross pillar teams, and vendors as needed
Ability to manage tickets through the system development life cycle and escalate issues as needed to ensure production release dates are maintained
Be solution minded and be able

Knowledge and experience with the following is a plus, but not required:
PeopleSoft GL, KK, IN, AP, and AM modules
PeopleSoft Tree Manager and Workflow
PeopleSoft Supply Chain Management version 9.1
SQL Developer
]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2316634-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology Pasadena, CA


Kaiser Permanente is looking for an Accounts Payable (AP) Supervisor in Oakland. This person will be responsible for overseeing the Northern California Customer Service function. The Supervisor reports to the Buy to Pay Customer Services Manager within the Financial Services Operation (FSO). The role is responsible for maintaining customer interface via email, phone calls and/or any other means of notification of questions or issues with invoice processing. The Supervisor will ensure that the department operations meet customer service targets, rigorous quality standards and comply with Kaiser Permanente policies and procedures, generally accepted accounting principles and regulatory requirements.

Essential Functions
Applies metrics to develop, direct and monitor staff work schedules and workflow to achieve FSO goals and objectives, as well as the Vision, Standards and Norms.
Supervise and schedule work for approximately 10-15 AP employees and union staff. Know and understand the labor contract and what that means for daily work and appropriate disciplinary action.
Build and strengthen relationships with staff. Train, develop and assist staff in their work. Leads and helps front-line staff to complete project tasks as required by manager.
Ensure your staff complies with all SOX controls, as well as organizational, state and federal regulations.
- Works closely with vendors and internal customer to resolve various invoicing issues.
- Gathers, analyses, prepares and summarizes metric information to manage and monitor the success of the organization.
- Collaborates with functional/department subject matter experts in implementing process improvements within the organization to reduce the number of customer issues or streamline our communication with vendors/customers.
- Responds in a professional manner to all inquiries, providing the highest level of customer service.
- Works on issues of limited scope.
- Receives assignments as objectives with the processes necessary to fulfill those goals.
- Monitors daily operations of a team.
Develops and directs work schedules and monitors work flow to achieve established goals and objectives.
- Develops and manages to customer service metrics
- Ensures that credit hold issues are resolved in a timely manner and understands when it is necessary to escalate the situation
- Responsible for recommending changes in guidelines, procedures and policies.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications
- Two (2) years of related experience and some supervisory experience.
Four (4) year degree in related field or equivalent experience. Strong communication and presentation skills
- Must be able to influence positive change in a Labor/Management Partnership environment (i.e. organized labor)
- Knowledge of the procurement to payment processes
- Understanding of generally accepted accounting principles, workflow analysis and internal accounting controls
- Familiarity with software applications, databases, and spreadsheets including Visio, Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and mainframe systems
- Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree (BS or BA) with emphasis in Accounting, Finance
- Sarbanes Oxley and Six Sigma experience
- Previous direct supervisory experience in an organized labor environment
- Involvement in systems implementation and/or integration
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree (BS or BA) with emphasis in Accounting, Finance
- Sarbanes Oxley and Six Sigma experience
- Previous direct supervisory experience in an organized labor environment
- Involvement in systems implementation and/or integration
- Familiarity with ERP systems such as Peoplesoft or Oracle
]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2316678-Los-Angeles-Accounting-Finance-and-Actuarial-Services
Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.

Essential Functions:
- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.
- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.
- Designs processes to address identified problems.
- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.
- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.
- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.
- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.
- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.
- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.
- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.
- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.
- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.
- Plans and facilitates meetings.
- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.
- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.
- Assesses project impact on workforce.
- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.
- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.
- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.
- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.
- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.
- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.
- Project management experience in health care preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.
- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Effective interpersonal skills.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.


Notes:
- PR# MT-1348
- Work schedule to vary as required.
- Physical work location will be in Downey.
- Must be willing to travel within the California Regions as well as other KP Regions outside California.
- Duration of position is until approximately August 2013.]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2316684-Los-Angeles-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT)
Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.

Essential Functions:
- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.
- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.
- Designs processes to address identified problems.
- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.
- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.
- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.
- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.
- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.
- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.
- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.
- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.
- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.
- Plans and facilitates meetings.
- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.
- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.
- Assesses project impact on workforce.
- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.
- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.
- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.
- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.
- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.
- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.
- Project management experience in health care preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.
- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Effective interpersonal skills.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.


Notes:
- PR# MT-1346
- Work schedule to vary as required.
- Physical work location will be in Downey.
- Must be willing to travel within the California Regions as well as other KP Regions outside California.
- Duration of position is until approximately August 2013.]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2316649-Los-Angeles-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT)
Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.

Essential Functions:
- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.
- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.
- Designs processes to address identified problems.
- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.
- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.
- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.
- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.
- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.
- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.
- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.
- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.
- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.
- Plans and facilitates meetings.
- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.
- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.
- Assesses project impact on workforce.
- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.
- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.
- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.
- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.
- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.
- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.
- Project management experience in health care preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.
- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Effective interpersonal skills.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.


Notes:
- PR# MT-1347
- Work schedule to vary as required.
- Physical work location will be in Downey.
- Must be willing to travel within the California Regions as well as other KP Regions outside California.
- Duration of position is until approximately August 2013.]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2316650-Los-Angeles-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT) OneLink Production Support Team

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a highly skilled PeopleSoft Functional Business Analyst to support the PeopleSoft ERP Asset Management Module.The Functional Analyst will be a part of Kaiser's OneLink (PeopleSoft) Production Support staff and work directly with the Asset Management users to provide support in the following areas: Asset Management issue/transactions, customizations, interfaces, and enhancements.
Responsibilities:
Write business, functional requirements and work with the Technical Team to translate the business requirement
Work on User Acceptance testing for any development work that is to be migrated to production. Also Work and coordinate with Release Management for production Migration
Work with Users to gather business requirements and translate them into functional requirements
Work on prioritizing tickets and managing the production tickets, resolving them and providing status as and when required.
Work on Month End close, ensure support is available to users to resolve any issues related to production transactions or reconciliation to ensure a smooth close.
Work on configuration Changes, Setup of PeopleSoft Asset Management.
Monitor batch schedule Jobs in AM and respond to any job failures, ensure all transactions are processed successfully and not interrupted by batch failures.
Train users when new functionality is introduced and work with training team in providing guidance with the new functionality
Work with other modules in FIN and SCM or third party systems to make sure all transactions make it to AM from AP and ePro/Purchasing
Monitor inbound and outbound interfaces to make sure all transactions incoming to PeopleSoft AM are loaded successfully and third party systems get the outbound files on time

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, finance, or related area, or equivalent experience
Extensive experience with PeopleSoft Asset Management version 8.9 or higher, with an emphasis on Finance Modules.
Strong verbal, written communication and presentation skills to large and diverse audiences including all levels of management
Complete understanding of the integration between Purchasing/ePro, Inventory, Accounts Payable, Asset Management and General Ledger
Experience using PeopleSoft Query Manager and SQL tools to assist users with reporting, research, and data extracts.
Experience with AM configuration like defining asset books, asset categories, cost type, depreciations terms and asset profiles.
Should be familiar with Asset Interfaces, trasanction edit, transaction Loader, retiring assets, asset transfers and converting lease information.
Familiar with end to end transaction flow in Asset Management and have a good understanding on Asset Management reports.
Should have thorough understanding of Capital Acquisition, consolidate and unitlitze assets.
Experience is issue resolution of daily production issues on AM delivered processes.
Demonstrated data analysis expertise
Ability to create, update, review, and present functional documents for proposed system customizations/enhancements/process changes.
Understanding of SOX controls pertaining as they apply to an ERP environment
Available for up to 10% travel to other locations

Knowledge and experience with the following is a plus, but not required:
PeopleSoft KK, GLand PC modules
Accounting knowledge
SQL Developer]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2316689-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology PeopleSoft Inventory
Kaiser Permanente - Pasadena, CA

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a highly skilled PeopleSoft Functional Business Analyst to support the PeopleSoft ERP Supply Chain Management application.The Functional Analyst will be a part of Kaiser's OneLink (PeopleSoft) Production Support staff and work directly with the nationwide Material Directors and SCM users to provide support in the following areas: procurement life cycle transactions, both adhoc and delivered reporting, customizations, interfaces, and enhancements.

Essential Functions:
Work closely with users to resolve break fixes and capture new business requirements
Work tickets through a queue and be able to resolve tickets quickly and thoroughly with little supervision
Provide hands-on analysis of requested upgrade, enhancements, or changes to the PeopleSoft SCM application
Assist in providing full life-cycle support in requirements definition, system analysis, design, development, quality assurance, documentation, user acceptance testing, and production support
Create, update, and review business requirement and functional documents
Provide knowledge transfer and training to users to include implementations/upgrades, SCM tables, PeopleSoft functionality, and configuration
Assist with entry events and the interaction of the Purchasing/ePro, Inventory, Accounts Payable, and General Ledger
Assist with delivered and custom reports, customizations, interfaces, and enhancements


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
Experience with PeopleSoft Supply Chain Management version 8.9
Comprehensive knowledge and experience working in the Inventory module
Complete understanding of the interaction between Purchasing/ePro, Inventory, and General Ledger.
Experience using PeopleSoft Query Manager and SQL tools to assist users with reporting, research, and data extracts.
Ability to create, update, review, and present functional documents for proposed system enhancements/process changes.
Experience working with users and all levels of management to resolve problems and capture business requirements
Comfortable conducting meetings with management, business partners, cross pillar teams, and vendors as needed
Ability to manage tickets through the system development life cycle and escalate issues as needed to ensure production release dates are maintained
Experience with AtPar handheld application to assist users with handheld inquiries and issues for cart count, cycle count, bin to bin transfers, picking, receiving, and stock requests

Experience with the following is a plus (Not required):
PeopleSoft GL, KK, PO, AP, and AM modules
PeopleSoft Tree Manager and Workflow
PeopleSoft Supply Chain Management version 9.1
SQL Developer]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2316639-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology Kaiser Permanente
Pasadena, CA

Carries out major components of the assigned project work, including: Identification and documentation of current 'As-Is' processes, identification and documentation of best practices, development of future 'To-Be' standard processes for General Ledger processes, and coordinates key changes and communications between business stakeholders, business subject matter experts, and application development team members. During the implementation phase, works with local stakeholders and business subject matter experts to ensure the project solutions are successfully deployed.

Essential Functions:
- Primary role will be as a Production Support Analyst and as needed will be able to participate in the design phase of new enhancements and/or projects. As a production support analyst, must be able to communicate with users comfortably in-person, via email and telephone to resolve issue(s) as quickly as possible. As needed, analyst will assist in the design phase of new projects or enhancements.
- Must be familiar with SDLC process.
- Develops high-level mapping of business processes for Accounts Payable (including, batching of invoices, entering and maintenance of vouchers, approval process, matching invoices to associated procurement documents, payment processing, period end processing, reconciliation, reporting, and vendor set up and maintenance) and define framework for common business practices; assure processes meet policies/standards.
- During implementation, facilitate series of requirement sessions and prototype workshops with functional experts.
- Communicate business needs to applications development team. Guide Conference Room Pilot process to finalize business requirements through critical stakeholder and end user perspectives. Interface with Team Leads and Design Managers to ensure standardization of proposed processes across all regions.
- Assist trainers in developing training rollout.
- Participate in definition of job roles and responsibilities for new processes.
- Develop/produce written materials for senior executives and other stakeholders.
- Plan/facilitate meetings; make formal presentations to various senior level audiences.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree in Business or relevant field or equivalent experience.
- 5 - 8 years experience in accounts payable or finance; healthcare experience preferred.
- Strong knowledge of PeopleSoft Accounts Payable.
- Customer service experience.
- Experience mapping workflows preferred.
- Strong organizational, analytical/problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Strong interviewing skills.
- Proficiency in basic Microsoft applications.
- Understanding of PeopleSoft solution. E-mail, Lotus Notes, and strong internet/web capability, process mapping software (e.g., Visio or MS PowerPoint).

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES:
- Production support experience.
- Ability and experience to map processes for an enterprise-wide technology initiative. Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues/functional requirements and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.
- Demonstrated aptitude to become a team leader.
- Demonstrated ability to achieve results with teams.
- Ability to convert business requirements into process designs.
- Ability to work well with a team in a fast-paced environment.
]]> Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2311312-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology Kaiser Permanente
Pasadena, CA

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a highly skilled PeopleSoft Lead Functional Business Analyst to support the PeopleSoft ERP Finance application and manage a group of approximately 10 professional Functional Business Analyst.The Functional Lead Analyst will be a part of Kaiser's OneLink (PeopleSoft) Production Support staff and work directly with the nationwide Controllers and users to provide support in the following areas: General Ledger, Accounts Payable and Asset Managememt customizations, interfaces, and enhancements.

Essential Functions:
Manage a staff of 10 Functional Business Analyst
Participate/lead cross-functional teams to identify and document functional requirements, issue resolution, and business requirements
Provide management with staff resource planning that encompasses ticket resolution, projects, enhancements, and customizations to meet production release dates
Provide hands-on analysis of requested upgrade, enhancements, or customizations
Provide full life-cycle support in requirements definition, system analysis, design, documentation, user acceptance testing, and production support
Provide knowledge transfer and training to users to include implementations/upgrades, Finance tables, PeopleSoft functionality, and configuration
Assist with entry events and the interaction of the Purchasing/ePro, Inventory, Accounts Payable, and General Ledger and Travel and Expense

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, finance, or related area, or equivalent experience
Extensive experience with PeopleSoft Financials version 8.9, with an emphasis on General Ledger consolidations, Travel and Expense , Asset Management and Accounts Payable
5+ years management or supervisory experience
Strong verbal, written communication and presentation skills to large and diverse audiences including all levels of management
Complete understanding of the integration between financials and Supply Chain
Experience using PeopleSoft Query Manager and SQL tools to assist users with reporting, research, and data extracts.
Demonstrated data analysis expertise
Ability to create, update, review, and present functional documents for proposed system customizations/enhancements/process changes.
Comfortable conducting meetings with management, business partners, cross pillar teams, and vendors as needed
Understanding of SOX controls pertaining as they apply to an ERP environment
Available for up to 10% travel to other locations

Knowledge and experience with the following is a plus, but not required:
PeopleSoft PO, E-Pro, IN, Nvision and EPM
PeopleSoft Tree Manager and Workflow]]> Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2311311-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology Responsible for project management for assigned organizational initiatives, the creation of training materials, organization of the training sessions on subjects complementing organizational and audit operations departmental initiatives, needs, regulation and coding updates.
Builds working relationships with senior managers at the National, Divisional, Regional, Service Area and Medical Center levels for the development of a team environment for consistent application of audit operations directives across the region.
Responsible for partnering with local providers, and other leadership and administrative teams to oversee the quality and accuracy of coded physician professional services clinical and administrative data.
Develops, implements, and manages utilization review and cost containment programs for appropriate areas within the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, TPMG and SCPMG.
Oversees the communication and implementation of organization directives within the assigned functional area and as needed throughout the organization.
Within the functional areas (where appropriate), the Assistant Director provides expertise in ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM, hierarchical condition categories (HCCs), CPT (including E&M, diagnostic, and procedural services) as well as federal, state, and organizational compliance guidelines to ensure optimal documentation and compliance.


Essential Functions:
- Manages the daily operations of assigned functional area and staff.
- Manage and develop staff within the assigned functional area.
- Provide strategic planning and direction to meet organizational initiatives aligning goals and work completed in the department with organizational objectives.
- Lead the hiring process and interviews. Oversee the on-boarding process.
- Prepare and manage budgets and resource allocations.
- Review vendor contracts and make recommendations to the Director.
- Accountable for the implementation and monitoring of SCPMG initiatives within assigned functional area.
- Assure compliance of operational processes and outpatient encounter charge/data capture throughout Southern California Kaiser Permanente making determinations with respect to appropriateness of documentation, adherence to federal, state, and local regulations.
- Identify and create strategies for increasing efficiency and improving processes. Work with leadership to implement approved departmental changes.
- Review policies and procedures to ensure compliance of operational processes and physician professional services charge/data capture throughout Southern California Permanente Medical Group on an annual basis.
- Review mediation on complex coding and compliance issues and analyze problem trends.
- In collaboration with key stakeholders, assess effectiveness of training, and communication tools for coding documentation, questions and provider and auditor feedback.
- Identify trends, patterns, and/or system issues that may contribute to coding and documentation deficiencies and risk areas and make recommendations to Director.
- Join local committees and collaborate with NCO, KPHC, long term support, and champion physician workgroups to resolve local coding issues, ensure compliance with local and regional audit plan, SOX and Corrective Action Plan ('CAP') requirements, and act as communication link regarding changes to federal and state government billing and coding guidelines.


Qualifications:

Notes:
- Must be available to work flexible days and hours.
- Must be able to travel between all Medical Center facilities if required.
- Position may include assignment to various Medical Centers and/or regional offices.


Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree or (seven [7] years) equivalent experience in Finance/Business, Medical Records Technology, Health Services Administration, or Nursing.
- Masters Degree preferred.
- A minimum offive (5) years ofexperience in a management/supervisory role, last three (3) years need to be in a manager role.
- Proficient in team building, conflict resolution, group interaction, project management, and budget management required.
- Knowledge of CMS rules and regulations and current coding resources, including CPT, ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM, HCPCS, fee schedule and HCCs (where appropriate).
- Critical thinking skills and ability to resolve complex issues and perform root cause analysis.
- Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with providers, leadership, senior administrators, colleagues and auditing staff.
- Excellent communication (written and verbal), presentation, and facilitation skills.
- Must be flexible to meet the needs of the department and/or provider schedule.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access and Visio, etc.).
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
- Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.


Preferred Qualifications:
- Research skills including knowledge of automated analysis tools and on-line research tools to resolve complex healthcare issues.
- Certification in one or more of the following: Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), and/or Certified Coding Specialist - Physician (CCS-P) is highly desired.
- Specialty coding certification is highly desired.
- Certification in Healthcare Compliance is highly desired.
- Experience in health insurance in billing and charge capture outside Kaiser Permanente is highly desired.
- Medical center operations or clinical experience.
- Experience in adult learning principles in training various content to all levels of staff in small and large group settings.
]]> Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:00:00 GMT 1431355-Los-Angeles-Medical-Records
Essential Functions:
- Leads large-scale process redesign/ improvement efforts designed to facilitate attainment of key organizational objectives
- Provides leadership & expert consultation on the design, development, & implementation of process & programs related to practice areas
- Sets the overall direction of the practice to address key organizational issues
- Staffs projects to ensure that teams are composed of individuals w/ appropriate skills & expertise
- Ensures that client & organizational needs are met consistently
- Collaborates w/ other Practice Leaders to provide support to regional & CSA leadership in the pursuit & attainment of organizational goals
- Support will include setting priorities for strategically focused areas, identifying opportunities for improvement, & advising on specific areas of expertise
- Provides leadership in the development & dissemination of best practices across regional departments
- Establishes effective working relationships w/ peers both internal & external to KP
- Fosters a customer oriented work environment w/ emphasis on dedication to helping customers, respect for individuals, highest standards of quality, innovation, empowerment, & teamwork by developing & implementing policies & practices that reflect the vision of KP
- Supervises & develops staff
- Coaches & develops employees according to their strengths; creates a structure that will promote self-directed work

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Substantial experience, typically seven (7) or more years, three (3) of which is in health care consulting and project management
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field
- Master's degree strongly preferred
- Demonstrated ability to determine the key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multidisciplinary perspectives
- Demonstrated ability to lead professionals through influence and collaboration
- Proficient in team building, conflict resolution, group interaction, project management, and budget management
- Demonstrated ability to define the strategy of and provide overall direction to a specified practice area
- Excellent skills in complex analytic problem solving, project management, change management, and group process
- Understanding of KP operations and competitors, and economic, social, and legal environment
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment


Preferred Qualifications:
- Health care experience
- Highly skilled in Project, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, and Access
- Excellent communicator
- PMP Certificate]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2305132-Los-Angeles-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT) Kaiser Permanente is seeking a highly skilled PeopleSoft Lead Functional Business Analyst to support the PeopleSoft ERP Supply Chain Management application and manage a group of approximately 10 professional Functional Business Analyst.The Functional Lead Analyst will be a part of Kaiser's OneLink (PeopleSoft) Production Support staff and work directly with the nationwide Material Directors and SCM users to provide support in the following areas: procurement life cycle transactions, customizations, interfaces, and enhancements.
Responsibilities:
Manage a staff of 10 Functional Business Analyst
Participate/lead cross-functional teams to identify and document functional requirements, issue resolution, and business requirements
Provide management with staff resource planning that encompasses ticket resolution, projects, enhancements, and customizations to meet production release dates
Provide hands-on analysis of requested upgrade, enhancements, or customizations to the PeopleSoft SCM application
Provide full life-cycle support in requirements definition, system analysis, design, documentation, user acceptance testing, and production support
Provide knowledge transfer and training to users to include implementations/upgrades, SCM tables, PeopleSoft functionality, and configuration
Assist with entry events and the interaction of the Purchasing/ePro, Inventory, Accounts Payable, and General Ledger

Qualifications:

Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, finance, or related area, or equivalent experience
Extensive experience with PeopleSoft Supply Chain Management version 8.9, with an emphasis on purchasing and eProcurement
5+ years management or supervisory experience
Strong verbal, written communication and presentation skills to large and diverse audiences including all levels of management
Complete understanding of the integration between Purchasing/ePro, Inventory, Accounts Payable, and General Ledger
Experience using PeopleSoft Query Manager and SQL tools to assist users with reporting, research, and data extracts.
Demonstrated data analysis expertise
Ability to create, update, review, and present functional documents for proposed system customizations/enhancements/process changes.
Comfortable conducting meetings with management, business partners, cross pillar teams, and vendors as needed
Understanding of SOX controls pertaining as they apply to an ERP environment
Available for up to 10% travel to other locations

Knowledge and experience with the following is a plus, but not required:
PeopleSoft GL, KK, IN, AP, and AM modules
PeopleSoft Tree Manager and Workflow
PeopleSoft Supply Chain Management version 9.1
SQL Developer]]> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2297021-Los-Angeles-Procurement-and-Supply Provides high quality and cost effective project management, management consulting, and analytic support services or technical expertise. Has sole responsibility for large complex analytical projects.

Essential Functions:
- Leads, makes significant contributions, and/or provides technical leadership to high visibility projects to identify and resolve issues of strategic importance to the organization.
- Interfaces regularly with senior management to produce timely and valuable results.
- Sets the strategic direction of projects.
- Determines goals and priorities with management team sponsors.
- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resources.
- Develops proposals for clients outlining proposed project structure, approach and work plan.
- Provides staff leadership to project teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants when needed.
- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis; participates significantly in interpreting analysis and developing action plans accordingly.
- Produces or oversees development of written materials for senior executives and other key clients. Plans and facilitates meetings.
- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.
- Assists, as needed, in planning and coordinating with other ongoing teams and projects to maximize effectiveness.
- Participates in the development and management of the department, including coaching, recruiting, conducting performance reviews for consultants/analysts, and other departmental activities.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Economics, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.
- Master's Degree strongly preferred.
- Typically five (5) or more years of experience in one of the technical areas required.
- Demonstrated ability to determine the key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multidisciplinary perspectives.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the operations of KP, health policy trends, and any applicable regulations related to the responsible technical area.
- Proven leadership skills in project management and consulting.
- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, and candor, openness, and results orientation.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.


Preferred Qualifications:
-High School Diploma.
-Revenue Cycle experience.
-Computer experience in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Visio a plus.
-Epic experience.]]> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2296998-Los-Angeles-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT) Essential Functions:
- Leads, makes significant contributions, and/or provides technical leadership to high visibility projects to identify & resolve issues of strategic importance to the organization
- Interfaces regularly w/ senior management to produce timely & valuable results
- Directs the development of outcomes & process measures, including technical specifications, to enable population measurement, guideline implementation, & evaluation
- Builds & maintains complex statistical SAS routines using macros, vendor software, & software written by self & others
- Tests & maintains data integrity across multiple databases (internal SAS, DB2, VSAM; external: Adobe, Excel, SAS parsing routines, COBOL)
- Builds sophisticated statistical models & forecasting tools using these databases
- Designs & enhances databases
- Designs menu systems that are effective & user-friendly
- Develops reports w/ accurate, easy to read, useful information that satisfies the client's needs
- Designs & generates tracking & monitoring tools
- Designs research plans for data gathering & analysis; participates significantly in interpreting analyses & developing action plans accordingly
- Defines & frames complex multi-dimensional health care issues & develops time tables/ processes for decision making
- Translates needs, issues, & ideas into effective strategies & action plans
- Formulates specific implementation plans & evaluates the effectiveness of actions/programs implemented
- Develops creative alternative solutions
- Works closely w/ IT & outside partners (and physicians for TPMG departments)
- Sets the strategic direction of projects
- Determines goals & priorities w/ team, clients, or project management sponsors (when appropriate)
- May coordinate team/project activities & schedules
- May establish team membership & project participants, provide leadership to multi-disciplinary project teams, as well as manage work of outside consultants when used
- Communicates results/recommendations to project sponsors, clients, & various senior level audiences (including physicians for TPMG departments)
- May participate in the development & management of the department, including coaching & recruiting for consultants/analysts & other departmental activities

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Master's Degree in economics, finance, health care administration, public health administration, statistics, mathematics, operations research, or related field required OR equivalent bachelor's degree and work experience in lieu of a Master's Degree.
- Five (5) or more years programming in SAS, SQL, VBA, .net or equivalent statistical analytical programming language.
- Experience with analytical manipulation and interpretation of large databases required.
- Typically five (5) or more years of related analytical consulting experience, healthcare experience preferred.
- Experience with MVS/TSO operating systems required.
- Project management experience strongly preferred.
- Broad familiarity with medical practices, especially population management and process and outcomes measurement.
- Knowledge of JCL strongly preferred.
- Microsoft Office skills required.
- Exceptional analytic and critical thinking skills, writing skills, communication skills, consulting skills, and ability to work within a team.
- Ability to express complex analytical and technical information to senior management or to audiences with clinical training.
- Must be an independent self-starter.
- Proven leadership in consulting and, for some areas, project management.
- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, candor, openness, and results orientation.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.


Preferred Qualifications:
- Epic Certification or equivalent work experience.
- Revenue Cycle and/or Medical coding experience.
- Expert collaboration and problem solving.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Excellent time management.
- Prioritization needed.
- Experience with building dashboards and web development.
- Advanced Skill Level: MS SQL Server 2008 with SSRS development, Crystal Reports, Business Objects, Excel, Access, Word and PowerPoint.]]> Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2297043-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology Kaiser Permanente
Pasadena, CA

The Clinical Systems Engineer assures that Kaiser Permanente acquires clinically reliable and cost effective health care technology by continuously managing division-wide technology assessment and consulting to national KP planning bodies.

Essential Functions:
- Performs assessment of new technologies.
- Develops designs equipment systems in consultation with user groups and strategic partners.
- Disseminates technology information to departments.
- Monitors emerging technologies and reports technology trends.
- Production of strategic clinical technology plan to integrate local clinical technology needs into CSA, regional, and national purchasing plans.
- Conducts cost benefit and cost effective analysis of medical technologies.
- Forecasts medical technology budgets on a 5-10 year life-cycle horizon. In consultation with FD&C, forecasts PM&R costs for medical equipment.
- Bases on above areas of technical and clinical expertise, the CSE may develop service contracts, under direction of the CSE Manager, to provide information, analysis, projections, assessments, reports, and other forms of customized consultation to key stakeholders of the KP clinical technologies system.
- Consults with national and local customers on technology.
- Plans and oversees equipment installations as needed.
- Provides facilities development with clinical technical and environmental requirements for technology installation.
- Reviews facility construction plan, templates.
- Reviews startup equipment lists.
- Manages a process, within an assigned specialty area, to coordinate their respective portion of a Northern California regional technology inventory. Implements division-wide CIS projects on a contract basis.
- Insures evolving compatibility of clinical technologies with CIS requirements.
- Reviews Divisions FDA Hazard Alerts to determine appropriate level of institutional response; consults with CSA leaders, risk managers, and facility directors to insure compliance.
- Assists in medical/legal investigations submitted by Divisional legal department.
- Reviews requests for standard & non-standard products.
- Products feedback to update and maintain standards catalog.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree, or equivalent experience in Biomedical Engineering or health related field.
- Five (5) + years (significant) of related work experience to include in-depth knowledge of operational properties and diverse functions of at least two medical technology areas, cross functional commonalities, and related clinical practices.
- Extensive knowledge of organizational development, team management, and technical medical and financial subjects.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary consulting team environment; to lead interdisciplinary teams and to manage complex projects.
- Proficiency in spreadsheet and database management software.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
- Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.
An individual should have the following core behaviors:

Champions Innovation and Change
Collaborates
Communicates Effectively
Develops Self/Others
Drives for Results
Focuses on the Customer
Takes Accountability
Demonstrates Business Acumen
Exerts Influence
Emotional Intelligence*

Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree.
- Certification as Clinical Engineer or PE.]]> Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2296977-Los-Angeles-Biomedical-Engineering
The Healthcare Innovation Project Manager will be responsible for leading execution of Innovation and Process Improvement projects that have been identified as strategic initiatives for the organization. The responsibilities will include:
- Lead multiple cross functional teams in scoping, planning, resourcing and implementing business and clinical process transformation project applying SixSigma, Lean and change management tools
- Provide leadership in measuring and publishing project results and learning to internal stakeholder
- Manage project resources, project plan issues, status report, training, communication and stakeholder relationship
- Lead projects to implement foundational capabilities such as resource planning, project management methodology and portfolio management tools and processes
- Mentor stakeholders before, during and after project timeline on the Process Transformation methodologies

Under general direction, provides leadership to two or more Project Managers. Ensures strategic direction of projects are in line with organizational business plan. Ensures various project teams provide high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise. May also manage a team committed to achieving specified goals of a highly visible, complex and multi-faceted project. This is the third job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At this level, the Project Manager is responsible for providing leadership to lower level Project Managers. This position works on problems of complex and diverse scope where analysis of data requires in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within broadly defined policies in developing methods and techniques for obtaining results.
Essential Functions:
- Provides leadership to two or more Project Managers.
- Facilitates resolution of major problems encountered by Project Managers.
- Works with senior management to negotiate major revisions in time commitment and resource allocation.
- Ensures strategic directions of projects are in line with organizational business plan.
- Provides general oversight, leadership and technical direction.
- Provides leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.
- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.
- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.
- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.
- Plans and facilitates meetings.
- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.
- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.
- Assesses project impact on workforce.
- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.
- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.
- Instructs and educates on all aspects of projects.
- Coaches and mentors Project Managers; motivates them to maintain a consistent level of excellence in project management and outcomes.
- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.
- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.
- Eight (8) plus years of progressive experience in specified technical area.
- Project management experience in health care preferred.
- Proven ability to determine key business issues and develop effective action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.
- Excellent leadership, project management, and consulting skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Minimum eight (8) years experience in healthcare and manufacturing.
- Strong consulting and relationship management skills.
- Clinical training experience.
- Experience in healthcare operations.
-Computerexperience in MS Office (Project, PowerPoint), Web savvy
- Six Sigma Green or Black Belt certification is preferred
- Supervisory experience (3-5 direct reports, analysts).
-Good communication skills - Comfortable around high level people discussing status/issues.
- Strong interest in Social Media, keeping up with trends in technology
- Process Improvement/Innovation
- Proven track record managing large scale and multi disciplinary projects applying Six Sigma/Lean methodology
- Expert in Project Management - PMP certification preferred
- Understanding of Information Technology trends
- Strong consulting and relationship management skills
- Innovative and out of the box thinker
- Local travel 40%+ of the time

Notes:
- Lead cross functional teams in scoping, planning, resourcing and implementing innovation and process improvement projects.
- Collaborate with the Innovation Manager to implement innovate industry solutions that have completed the proof of concept phase.
- Lead the implementation of a Knowledge Networking infrastructure.
- Contribute to writing case studies for internal and external publications.
- Lead departmental project to build foundation capabilities.
]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2288587-Los-Angeles-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT) - Be exposed to Business Analysis, Strategy, Information Technology, Security?
- Learn how to present& communicate complex information& ideas to senior management?
- Learn how technology is changing the way health care is delivered?
If you are, then this is a position is for you!
We are looking for dynamic individuals who are interested in working w/in a health care environment w/ an emphasis on technology.
Kaiser Permanente IT is a group of 6,000-plus people dedicated to supporting& improving health care for its 8.6M members,& to delivering 24x7 IT services to 150K employees across 400+ medical facilities. As part of a team under close supervision, Interns will assist in performing a variety of developmental assignments& learn new business tools. In addition, you will participate in enrichment activities for your professional development. KP has a wealth of online, self-paced learning available in all areas of Enterprise IT systems, management methodologies,& application development. Many opportunities will be available to take advantage of not only online material, but to gain real-world knowledge from experts in IT management, process automation, information management& business intelligence. At the end of the Internship, the intern would have learned about the various activities involved in project management& business analysis.


Essential Functions
We support the Capital projects at KP and provide all IT infrastructure and applications to make the facilities functional in delivering Health IT.

Intern will assist the Director in data collection and tabulating Medical Center, Medical Office building and administrative space in development of cost metrics and other IT parameters

Tabulating a deck of all SCAL campus locations within a deck with site specific information and maps

Competencies and Skills the Intern will Develop:

They will understand the type of facilities, IT infrastructure, applications and organization required to deliver the Health IT to KP membership





Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications
- 2.8 GPA or higher
- Academic students seeking professional training within a business corporate environment
- Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Interested in learning about leadership and information technology Project Management desire or experience. Organized, articulate, personable. Able to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing Student should be in a Business Adminstration or Information Technology Quick-learner Reliable & Dependable
Preferred Qualifications

- Preferably a third year college student with Business and/or computer sciences study area skills.
]]> Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT 2235388-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology Kaiser Permanente
Pasadena, CA or Pleasanton, CA

The Interaction Design & User Research family is responsible for assessing end-user needs with respect to KP's web presence, & based on those needs, combined with business goals, recommending interaction designs to be used on KP.org & throughout the greater KP web presence, & setting the direction for the overall User Experience for visitors to the KP web presence. Members of the Interaction Design & Architecture team must understand both the business & the technical aspects of the Web. They need to understand business stakeholders' perspectives & the end-user's needs. Being able to bridge both the business & technical areas of KP, & to fully understand the different languages used & processes employed, is critical to the success of this team. This team evangelizes the user perspective in the design & development activities for KP's entire Web presence. Through a combination of influence & standards, they define the online user experience that will produce optimal results. The Interaction Design & Architecture team performs user research in one-on-one sessions, or w/ groups, as appropriate, either in-person or remotely and/or asynchronously. They use the information gathered during this research to design online interactions. The ability to collect, analyze, & interpret user research is a critical component of this job family, as is the ability to translate user & stakeholder needs into an effective user interface.

Essential Functions:
Creative, user-focused, Director of User Experience to work within the Digital Creative Services team.
You will lead, manage and mentor a UX team, partner with functions across the enterprise, and become an integral part of a highly collaborative and talented creative group in a leading healthcare organization, focused on delivering a differentiated and meaningful experience to our customers and members in the digital space. --Working collaboratively with product owners, developers, designers, and executives, the UX team designs usable, beautiful features and interfaces and promotes best UX practices throughout the organization. Closely aligned with Marketing, Creative and Development teams, the UX team turns data-driven insights into interactive solutions, with a focus on enhancing the user experience including shopping for and selecting health plans, changing lifestyle behaviors, and interacting with a large healthcare organization.
--The successful candidate will demonstrate a deep understanding of user-centered design methodology, have exceptional communication and project management skills, and have the drive and determination necessary to see complex projects through to delivery. You will champion simple and elegant solutions that meet the needs of members, customers and prospects, and optimize for positive health and business outcomes. You will mentor, inspire, and support the group and ensure quality and innovation in the group's output. You'll be a creative and communicative leader, promoting collaborative design, research, and discovery sessions. You will be accountable for the end-to-end integrated user experience. --
Manage a team of Interaction Designers and researchers who will develop the user experience architecture and serve as the expert on key design projects across the company's applications. Scoping, forecasting, tracking, and delegating across simultaneous projects. Help define design standards, patterns and components to be used by Product Management and Development. Lead user research agenda and execution with Product Management. Work in partnership with Content, Design, Product Management, and Development.

- Ensures that KP's Web presence meets its strategic objectives by providing a user-centered experience, based on industry & emerging best practices
- Oversee all UX efforts related to KP's Web presence, & inform strategic business decisions about WebConnect & other enterprise-wide initiatives. This involves synthesizing large amounts of data & information into understandable & operationally relevant summaries & communicating with KP senior leadership about recommendations & implications
- Serve as a program-wide consultant & content expert on kp.org UX research & strategic direction, providing guidance & support to internal & external customers, & national & regional customers for planning of strategic importance
- Set the direction for UX activities, standards, & guidelines
- Provide management & resource scheduling guidance for the team
- Negotiates budgets for the team
- Provide interpretation & integration support of interaction designs & guidelines between WebConnect & other organizations involved in the KP web presence
- Consult on the application of patterns & designs to web presences features & architectures
- Responsibilities impact the achievement of integrated functional & company objectives
- Influences the development of the functional & company objectives
- Erroneous decisions or recommendations would normally result in failure to achieve functional & company objectives & negatively affects expenditures & resources
- Involves a high degree of interpretation & analysis of obscure or inconclusive data
- Requires a high level of judgment & risk taking to make appropriate decisions for diverse, sophisticated, & undefined issues
- Requires significantly complex decision-making
- Develops solutions to problems of unusual complexity, which require a high degree of ingenuity & innovation, & which may have significant political implications & may require a high level of sensitivity, using independent judgment to accomplish objectives


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
Ten (10) plus years of related experience
Five (5) plus years of management experience
8+ years of significant track record in defining and delivering great online user experiences.
Solid understanding of Web Graphics and Web Design, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax interaction potential, and mobile and social UX principles and standards.
Experience with Wireframing and Prototyping tools.
Experience managing teams of UX and UI designers.
Excellent command of: user experience methods, design principles, problem-framing skills.
Proven track record in inspiring others to get behind a vision/
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Leadership presence - active listening skills; the ability to win the respect of others; assertive; willingness to take direction and feedback; negotiation and influencing skills,
The ability to identify, hire, develop, retain the most talented people while inspiring them to high performance.
A methodical and pragmatic problem-solver who inspires confidence and trust with internal customers and staff; strong collaborator
Degree in Human Factors, HCI, Visual Arts or related area
Master's degree in a related field, preferably with an experimental and/or UI design related bend (e.g., social sciences)
Working knowledge of web design and coding
Advanced knowledge (broad expertise or unique knowledge) of policies, practices and systems
Develops advanced concepts, techniques, and standards
Applies advanced principles, theories, and concepts
Contributes to the development of innovative principles and ideas
Deep knowledge of online design principles, trends, competition, technical limitation in order to design products and relationships between suites of related products appropriately
A detailed knowledge of the web development process

Preferred Qualifications:
A strong understanding of KP processes, organization, and accountabilities.
Viewed as functional expert in field within KP


]]> Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT 2232666-Los-Angeles-Sales-and-Marketing Executive Assistant, Internal Audit Services
Pasadena, CA


Kaiser Permanente (KP) is looking for an Executive Assistant in Pasadena. This position will support the Internal Audit Services (IAS) team.
Essential Functions:
- Answers phone calls and e-mails and directs inquiries to appropriate parties based on functional/operational knowledge; may respond to routine to moderately complex inquiries directly.
- Manages heavy calendaring to include arranging complex special events requiring solid understanding of event requirements and coordination of dependencies.
- Arranges travel, completes expense reports, organizes documents.
- Provides backup coverage to other assistants on the IAS team.
- Coordinate closely with stakeholders and their administrative staff.
- Drafts more complex and detailed correspondence for executives using KP knowledge and advanced business acumen; independently updates department documents as needed.
- Uses basic to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) applications, depending upon department or business needs.
- Assists with complex custom reports and cross-functional initiatives that require project coordination (e.g., data collection and validation, project reporting, etc.)
- Monitors and resolves administrative budget issues to include billing and payment authorization for planned and unplanned expenses and special events; handles recharges across business units, tracks and accounts for executive travel/business expenses.
- Interacts regularly with KP employees at all levels across multiple organizations, as well as external representatives as a liaison, to gather, exchange, and compare/contrast pertinent operational information for others' use.
- Coordinates administrative workflow of the department; recommends new processes as needed.
- Directs and delegates to other administrative assistants on work processes and best practices.
- Requires continuous use of technical and business vocabulary and a detailed knowledge of the organization's operations, policies, procedures, and personnel.
- Analyzes problems, determines approach, compiles and analyzes data, and prepares reports/recommendations.
- Works independently to anticipate and meet business needs.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- 8+ years of administrative and/or executive assistant experience with increasing levels of scope and discretion
- High school diploma or GED
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
- Strong customer service values
- Able to maintain calm demeanor in high stress situations
- Strong verbal and writing skills
- Advanced knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Typing speed of 60-70 wpm with high accuracy

Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced proficiency with Lotus Notes
- Experience with internal audit
]]> Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT 2232574-Los-Angeles-Administration,-Clerical,-and-Support-Services
Essential Functions:

Contract Management:
- Manage the IBM Technology Products Agreement for Software negotiated effective 2012:
o Understand the scope agreement for IBM Software products and licensing metrics from each of those products
o Track and report on Software licensing entitlement and consumption of licenses in the environment
o Work across the IT organization to understand demand for new licenses and plan for that demand in license allocations
o Establish and run weekly operations and monthly governance meetings with IBM on the TPA Software
- Meet deliverables as agreed upon including application of KP methodologies, and benchmarked best practice spend management
- Apply problem solving, influencing and facilitation techniques to work issues, develop resolutions, and manage corrective actions
- Create, manage, and report against the deliverables plan
- Manage in-scope contracts throughout their lifecycle including contract updates for service level agreements, inventory changes, technical standards, scope changes and other contract modifications as needed
- Track and assess the impacts of contract changes, amendments, schedules and revisions to all in-scope agreements
- Track the resolution of contractual disputes and escalate outstanding contract related issues to SMO management
- Conduct reviews of procurement requisitions and Statements of Work in accordance with business and budget requirements
- Review contract terms and conditions, usage and inventory with technical owners prior to renewal or invoice processing; discuss and validate any changes
- Validate supplier invoices for accuracy and contract compliance, submit to Accounting for processing and track payment progress
- Work with Finance to update the monthly budget and forecast, including invoice accruals, payments, amortization and GL reconciliation
- Research and assist in selecting potential sources of support and/or services by gathering and analyzing market information and leverage this to make effective sourcing decisions
- Contribute to the preparation of competitive bids, quotations and proposals with pertinent specifications, terms and conditions
- Analyze proposals in support of the bid evaluation process
- Use and offer improvements to KP templates to ensure Kaiser's interests are protected under the law
- Track contractual risks and protect KP's intellectual property
- Maintain an appropriate level of administration around contracts and suppliers, updating all relevant KP contract-management related systems (contract database, asset database, change management database, equipment records and/or specifications, etc.) accurately and on a timely basis
- Support the resolution of issues raised in audits
- Comply with all regulatory and Kaiser requirements relevant to the role, (e.g. Sarbanes Oxley, HIPAA, Code of Conduct, Financial Control Framework)

Supplier Relationships:
- Maintain a preferred supplier list by sub-category / niche service
- Conduct supplier business review meetings for category strategy, support levels and spend
- Track and measure supplier performance using rating systems or predetermined standards
- Resolve quality problems with suppliers and user departments and develop measurements for improvement and target setting
- Coordinate, review and respond to supplier inquiries, protests and appeals as needed
- Support supplier governance forums by ensuring suppliers are adhering to contractual processes

SMO Program Responsibilities:
- Assist with cost reduction, cost avoidance / containment efforts and track progress
- Support department activities surrounding supplier management, compliance, reporting, and risk management processes
- Maintain department listings and database tracking of both supplier and KP technical Subject Matter Expert contact and escalation information and procedures
- Map contractually supported assets to their appropriate service agreements
- Implement benchmarking and improvement effort and audit outcomes to ensure the contract continues to deliver value to KP


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- B.S. degree in business, IT, operations, computer science or related technical field, or equivalent IT experience, and / or business or law degree with IT contracting experience.
- 8 or more years of related experience, with 3+ years managing contracts in large, complex organizations, particularly with respect to governing external hardware or software suppliers to deliver IT products and services at the scales commensurate with the scope of this position (e.g., a budget of ~$50M/yr or higher)
- Knowledge of IBM products, services, and support offerings
- Knowledge of contract management including processes, methodologies, change management, and legal terms and conditions
- Understanding of IT contracts and value drivers, with ability to work with procurement and legal teams to negotiate contracts
- Understanding of contract financial implications and processes (review contract to determine budget, increase caps, escalators, discounting, pro-rated credits, etc.)
- Understanding and awareness of IT outsourcing industry and healthcare peer group contractual benchmarking
- Knowledge of Kaiser's commercial standards, procedures and procurement processes (preferred)
- Experience in IT asset management within the healthcare industry
- Knowledge of ITIL framework, Total Quality Management or other operations frameworks
- Experience reporting and tracking complex supplier contracts; in-depth technical understanding of IT and data center operations will be a valuable asset
- Analytical, decision analysis and communication skills to frame, appraise and recommend decision options to senior leadership and analytical, situational and personal skills to negotiate most favorable outcomes with the suppliers while strengthening the Kaiser-supplier relationship
- Understanding of sourcing and service management objectives, principles and practices with a focus on metric-based supplier governance and decision frameworks predicated on statistically representative data
]]> Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT 2218825-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology - Be exposed to Business Analysis, Strategy, Information Technology, Security?
- Learn how to present& communicate complex information& ideas to senior management?
- Learn how technology is changing the way health care is delivered?
If you are, then this is a position is for you!
We are looking for dynamic individuals who are interested in working w/in a health care environment w/ an emphasis on technology.
Kaiser Permanente IT is a group of 6,000-plus people dedicated to supporting& improving health care for its 8.6M members,& to delivering 24x7 IT services to 150K employees across 400+ medical facilities. As part of a team under close supervision, Interns will assist in performing a variety of developmental assignments& learn new business tools. In addition, you will participate in enrichment activities for your professional development. KP has a wealth of online, self-paced learning available in all areas of Enterprise IT systems, management methodologies,& application development. Many opportunities will be available to take advantage of not only online material, but to gain real-world knowledge from experts in IT management, process automation, information management& business intelligence. At the end of the Internship, the intern would have learned about the various activities involved in project management& business analysis.


Essential Functions
On July 30, 2002, President George W. Bush signed the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act or 'SOX' Act as is most commonly know in the world of corporate compliance. The legislation was created in response to several high-profile cases of corporate financial mismanagement. Consequently, investors lost billions of dollars and thousands of jobs as companies such as Enron, WorldCom and HealthSouth were caught up in financial wrongdoing. Furthermore, In 2006 the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) made Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance mandatory for all not-for-profit and for-profit licensed insurers and health plans. That is why SOX controls have been aimed to deter fraud by requiring stringent Internal-Controls over systems with Financial responsibilities.
Compliance Review Group - The Compliance Review group was developed to assist IT departments comply with KPIT established SOX controls. This means, any software development change made to an application system must follow the guidelines set in place by Kaiser Permanente SOX Compliance department. By working closely with software developers we insure all establish SOX internal controls (like proper approvals, correct evidence, proper forms, sequential steps..) are in order.

Due to the sensitive nature of this department's responsibilities, the candidate will first be provided with extensive training in the field of SOX Compliance. After this formal training is complete, the candidate's success will be reinforced by shadowing an experienced compliance officer through their day-to-day activities. Once the candidate is comfortable with the position's responsibilities, he or she will assist in SOX compliance gathering, preventative audits, and forced SOX audits. At the end of this project, the candidate will have gained extensive working knowledge of SOX Compliance Controls as they pertain to system and business processes.

Competencies and Skills the Intern will Develop:

By the end of the internship the candidate will have gained extensive working knowledge of SOX Compliance Controls as they pertain to system and business processes.
He/she will have enough knowledge of the system to prepare SOX compliance audit packages independently. The candidate will have a working familiarity with helpdesk software tools like Remedy. The candidate will be comfortable auditing mandatory documentation to and from our department's Request-For-Change (RFC) tracking tickets. The candidate will be able to audit an RFC, based on mandated controls, to determine if it is truly SOX compliant. He or she will be able to attend a CAB Meeting (accompanied by his mentor) and report if there is missing compliance control documentation. The intern will be able to correctly list and identify the different documents required in an audit container. The candidate will be able to confidently determine which evidence containers will pass audit and which will not. He or she will confidently know the process for building a compliance container and posting it to our document repository tool

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications
- 2.8 GPA or higher
- Academic students seeking professional training within a business corporate environment
- Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Interested in learning about leadership and information technology Organized, articulate, personable. Able to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing Student should be in a Business Administration, Human Resources, Accounting, Management, Operations Quick-learner Reliable & Dependable
Preferred Qualifications
Six to twelve months experience with SOX compliance or understanding of SOX compliance.]]> Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT 2216776-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology Provides high quality and cost effective project management, consulting, analytic support or technical expertise for revenue cycle projects. May have sole responsibility for delivery of some projects. Maintains strong relationship with clients, senior management and other project stakeholders. Develops and manages business cases, workplans and necessary project documentation. Ensures that delivery commitments are met, projects are staffed appropriately and expectations are met. Responsible for coordinating business resources such as, subject matter experts (SMEs), trainers, user acceptance testers, etc. Collaborates with IT partners on the execution, monitoring, and control of the projects which includes timelines, status reports and forecasts.
Designs plans for data gathering and analysis, participates in requirements gatherings, solution design and delivery. Develops project status documents / presentations and dashboards. Plans and facilitates meetings. Identifies project dependencies, issues for escalation and alternative solutions. Addresses opportunities for process improvements and influencing change. Assists as needed in planning and coordinating with other ongoing teams and projects to maximize effectiveness.


Qualifications:

Education/License/Certification:
4 year degree or equivalent experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Engineering, Finance, or other related field. PMP Certification preferred.
Qualifications:
10+ years of experience; to include 3+ years in a consulting role Understanding of revenue cycle processes and best practices, including Enrollment, Scheduling, Pre-registration, Registration, Admitting, Financial Counseling, Charge Master, Coding, Charge Capture, Billing, Collections, Bad Debt, Payment Processing, Denial Management, Revenue Recognition and Accounts Receivable Finance Operations.
Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues & develop appropriate action plans from multidisciplinary perspectives
Demonstrated ability to lead professionals through influence & collaboration
Proficiency in team building, conflict resolution, group interaction, project management, & budget management
Demonstrated ability to identify solutions and independently manage projects
Excellent analytical problem solving, project management and change management capabilities
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to interact with diverse groups at all levels of the organization
Computer skills to include Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Access and Visio
]]> Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT 1884080-Los-Angeles-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT)
Essential Functions:
- Performs assessment of new technologies.
- Develops designs equipment systems in consultation with user groups and strategic partners.
- Disseminates technology information to departments.
- Monitors emerging technologies and reports technology trends.
- Production of strategic clinical technology plan to integrate local clinical technology needs into CSA, regional, and national purchasing plans.
- Conducts cost benefit and cost effective analysis of medical technologies.
- Forecasts medical technology budgets on a 5-10 year life-cycle horizon. In consultation with FD&C, forecasts PM&R costs for medical equipment.
- Bases on above areas of technical and clinical expertise, the CSE may develop service contracts, under direction of the CSE Manager, to provide information, analysis, projections, assessments, reports, and other forms of customized consultation to key stakeholders of the KP clinical technologies system.
- Consults with national and local customers on technology.
- Plans and oversees equipment installations as needed.
- Provides facilities development with clinical technical and environmental requirements for technology installation.
- Reviews facility construction plan, templates.
- Reviews startup equipment lists.
- Manages a process, within an assigned specialty area, to coordinate their respective portion of a Northern California regional technology inventory. Implements division-wide CIS projects on a contract basis.
- Insures evolving compatibility of clinical technologies with CIS requirements.
- Reviews Divisions FDA Hazard Alerts to determine appropriate level of institutional response; consults with CSA leaders, risk managers, and facility directors to insure compliance.
- Assists in medical/legal investigations submitted by Divisional legal department.
- Reviews requests for standard & non-standard products.
- Products feedback to update and maintain standards catalog.

Qualifications:

THIS IS A REPOST OF 064659.


Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree, or equivalent experience in Biomedical Engineering or health related field.
- Five (5) + years (significant) of related work experience to include in-depth knowledge of operational properties and diverse functions of at least two medical technology areas, cross functional commonalities, and related clinical practices.
- Extensive knowledge of organizational development, team management, and technical medical and financial subjects.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary consulting team environment; to lead interdisciplinary teams and to manage complex projects.
- Proficiency in spreadsheet and database management software.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
- Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.


Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's Degree preferred.
- Certification as Clinical Engineer or PE preferred.]]> Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT 1356525-Los-Angeles-Facilities-Services - Be exposed to Laboratory Strategy, Business Analysis, and Technology?
- Learn how to present & communicate complex information & ideas to senior management?
- Learn how technology is changing the way health care is delivered?
If you are, then this is a position is for you!
We are looking for dynamic individuals who are interested in working w/in a health care environment w/ an emphasis on technology.
Kaiser Permanente IT is a group of 6,000-plus people dedicated to supporting & improving health care for its 8.6M members, & to delivering 24x7 IT services to 150K employees across 400+ medical facilities. As part of a team under close supervision, Interns will assist in performing a variety of developmental assignments & learn new business tools. In addition, you will participate in enrichment activities for your professional development. KP has a wealth of online, self-paced learning available in all areas of Enterprise IT systems, management methodologies, & application development. Many opportunities will be available to take advantage of not only online material, but to gain real-world knowledge from experts in IT management, process automation, information management & business intelligence. At the end of the Internship, the intern would have learned about the various activities involved in project management & business analysis.
Essential Functions:
Who we are:
Members of Care Delivery Laboratory Sub- Portfolio that provides wealth of skills that include communication, training, consulting, and strategic planning to assist in the development of strategic materials and business cases.
What we do:
Our focus is to support the regional and national business partners in development of Information Technology's vision and goals.
Care Delivery Lab bio develops and delivers an enterprise IT strategy to our laboratory business partners. It is our role to align the strategies from Care Delivery, Corporate Services, Health Plan, and Infrastructure Management groups to Kaiser Permanente's business strategy. We collate, analyze, and synthesize the strategies into an enterprise technology.
In addition to the enterprise technology strategy, CD Lab bio provides administrative support for our business partners.
The intern will help in development and deployment of National laboratory Strategy. The intern will work closely with members of Laboratory as well as perform individual research and analysis.
Analyst will provides solution analysis in support of the development of new business strategy.
Analyst will coordinate the input of regional care delivery project team, and Kaiser Business partners to document, evaluate, and analyze the requirements and assist senior analyst with translation of requirements into proper system specifications.
Analyst will participate in laboratory business case development for all new Care Delivery national initiatives to evaluate business requirements, resource requirements, and financial costs
Analyst will formulates and defines system scope and objectives based on both end-user needs and a thorough understanding of business systems, application design, and industry requirements.
Analyst will assist in deployment of Laboratory applications. Analyst will facilitate user workshops to identify requirements for proposed idea and concept.
Analyst will assist project and program managers with all associated analysis involving laboratory application systems.
Analyst will assist in Laboratory training program.
Technology you will learn:
Strategy, Business, and Laboratory Technology related terms
Competencies you will develop:
Business Analysis and Deployment Skills

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- You currently have or about to receive your Bachelors Degree in the last two years in Health Science, Biology, Chemistry, Bio-Chem, Physics, Health Information Systems, Management Information Systems.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills. Strong organizational and analytical skilla\s.
- Academic students seeking professional training within a business corporate environment.
- Analytical, relationship building, and interpersonal skills are essential.
- Positive attitude, energetic, self starting, ready to work in an environment of transformational change and growth.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Ability to manage rapidly and frequently changing priorities.
- Laboratory experience a plus.
- Exceptional customer service orientation.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 3.0 GPA preferred.]]> Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT 2186911-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology
In this role, you will be responsible for the Epic Ambulatory application deployment, triage support and problem resolution (both over the phone and in-person) at client sites. You will provide timely communications (both verbally and in writing) to leadership, project teams and business clients; deploy, install, configure, troubleshoot and support Epic application modules; and partner with Business Implementation teams to assure success of implementation.


Essential Functions:
- The design, configuration and ongoing maintenance of the Ambulatory clinical applications configurations for Ambulatory settings.
- Research issues and systems updates to understand software build steps needed for production environment of business applications.
- Working collaboratively with appropriate regional, inter-regional and national stakeholders. Working collaboratively with other Technical Application Specialists to streamline work flow and processes. Evaluate potential projects and assigns Technical Application Specialists to the team and reports on progress.
- Ensure the appropriate integration of these clinical application(s) within the other Epic applications.
- As appropriate, ensure integration and adherence to the KP enterprise terminology standards in building and configuring the Ambulatory clinical application.
- The building, documentation, and dissemination of appropriate configuration settings for Ambulatory related master files and category lists to regional collaborative partners.
- The documentation and coordination of changes to shared masterfiles and category lists with inter-regional sub-teams and other national teams.
- Responsible for the analysis of the most complex business requirements, systems upgrades, workflows, and application capabilities.
- Identifying opportunities where KP HealthConnect can support key business initiatives, be used to streamline business process and be leveraged to improve member satisfaction and support compliance and regulatory requirements.
- Utilizes analysis to collaborate with users, analysts, and consultants to determine solutions and required configurations to meet business requirements.
- Reviews testing strategies for appropriateness to test the build or configurations to determine if they are ready for implementation.
- Understands the impact of the application on the organization and interdependencies. Articulates and communicates this impact to other employees and Business Partners. Leads discussions on organizational impact to lead to application optimization.
- Participating in change request management, evaluating and coordinating regional and national change requests.
- Evaluating Epic's annual software releases to identify key new functionality both for collaborative implementation as well as regional consideration.
- Manage and coordinate processes for training requests by regions, PO, and national partners and deliver training on proficiency training and Ad hoc training.
- Identifying opportunities where KP HealthConnect can support key business initiatives, be used to streamline business process and be leveraged to improve member satisfaction and support compliance and regulatory requirements.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

- Bachelor's Degree in MIS, CS or related field, or 4 years of additional work related experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience providing IT application support for clinical health care applications.
- Minimum of 2 years experience with Epic applications.
- Strong knowledge of release management for software application suites.
- Strong detailed analytical thinking, problem solving and results oriented skills.
- Ability to multitask and prioritize problems as they occur; excellent critical thinking and communication skills.
- Ability to support a 24/7 environment and travel throughout the Southern California region (up to 15%) as needed.
- Proficiency in customer & client relations including team focus, mentoring, influence, partnership and collaboration.
- Ability to work with and establish relationships with virtual national and regional team members.
- Knowledge and ability to manage issue analysis and problem resolution
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with KP HealthConnect.
- Epic certification for EpicCare Ambulatory.
- Strong understanding of IntraConnect functionality
]]> Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT 2180040-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology
Kaiser Permanente IT is looking for a highly-motivated and detail-oriented Java EE expert with extensive hands-on experience designing and developing enterprise web services/SOA and web-based applications. The candidate must have hands-on experience building applications with some of the popular frameworks (Spring, Hibernate, and Struts or Spring MVC) as well as providing and consuming web services using JAX-RPC/JAX-WS. The candidate must also have experience interfacing with Oracle databases from Java using JDBC, Hibernate or Spring DAO. The Senior Web Developer will be a member of a larger team of developers responsible for designing and developing new components, as well as adding enhancements to existing applications. The ideal candidate will work well coding all layers within an N-tier architecture (front-end, middle tier, and backend). A successful candidate will be able to interact with our business clients and other technical resources and must possess excellent communication skills.

Also, the Sr. Web Developer / Pega trainee will contribute to the development of new Pega-based applications within the Health Plan portfolio. KP will invest in the training and career development of the candidate.

This position is for a full-time position and is located at our offices in Old Town Pasadena, CA.

Responsibilities

- Design, develop, and assist in testing of custom Java code and web services
- Work cooperatively with other functional teams that perform quality testing and performance testing
- Translating functional requirements into technical architecture and solution design documents
- Following best practices related to software development


Qualifications:

Basic/Minimum Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree or 4 years of equivalent work experience.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
- 5 years of Java/J2EE development experience as a developer with extensive experience in Object Oriented Design and Development
- 5 years experience with the following: Servlets, JDBC, Ant, JUnit, XML, SQL, stored procedures, database design
- 2 years developing J2EE web services using WSDL, SOAP, and W3C XML Schema
- 1 year experience with both Spring and Hibernate (annotations or hbm.xml config)
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills


Preferred Qualifications
- Java certifications a plus
- Strong hands-on knowledge of WSDL development, including defining messages, operations, services, and fault handling
- Experience with front-end web frameworks like Adobe Flex, Dojo Toolkit, jQuery, or any other AJAX-based framework
- Experience with XML/XSLT
- Experience with Struts (1 or 2) or Spring MVC
- Healthcare industry experience is a plus
- Customer service and results-oriented while maintaining a team focus
- Ability to work in a dynamic environment with cross-functional teams
- Experience with CRM/ERP or BPM systems is a plus
]]> Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT 2169457-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology
Essential Functions:
- Expert in assigned specialty areas to include: system build, regional resource to clinical operations, reimbursement guidelines, coding rules and regulations and outside reference structures.
- Originator of initial system requests in tracking system for new services upon meeting guidelines defined by Charge Capture.
- All fee schedule implications must be considered and impact analysis completed.
- A comprehensive summary will be prepared for consideration against clinical operations and revenue impact.
- Monitoring of classification system updates for application within assigned venue.
- Preparation of recommendations and position statement for incorporation into existing practice.
- Analyze and assign updates to appropriate department navigator(s) and coordination with all fee schedule(s) entries.
- Meet or exceed Revenue Cycle and KPHC deadlines within regulatory mandates and to meet SOX compliance.
- Prepare communication content addressing pending changes/updates for distribution through appropriate communication streams.
- Travel between Medical Center facilities may be required.
- (NOTE: see NCAL 911534 Charge Capture Consultant).

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree OR equivalent combination of education and experience in Health Information Management (HIM), Management, Business Administration, Healthcare, Public Health, Finance and/or other Allied Health.
- Certification by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) in one of the following: Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) or Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS)
- Five (5) years of coding experience in at least one of the following specialty areas: radiology, laboratory, cardiology, GI, ortho, supplies &implants, or neurology.
- Electronic Health Record experience preferred.
- Understands reimbursement guidelines as related to Charge Capture.
- Understands EPIC files, ICD-9-CM, CPT, HCPCS classification systems and generic codes and pricing related to Charge Capture.
- Demonstrates ability to understand, utilize and apply HIM principles, practices and standards related to electronic health records, confidentiality of patient information and technologies impacting HIM.
- Demonstrates operational expertise in HIM functions including records management, chart completion, release of information, coding (including use of ICD-9-CM and CPT), abstracting, data reporting and Revenue Cycle Charge Capture.
- Demonstrates ability to interact with diverse groups at all levels of the organization.
- Demonstrates excellent communication and presentation skills (written and verbal).
- Demonstrates ability to work in a team environment, build effective teams and is
a motivated self-starter.
- Demonstrates experience with results-oriented approach; must excel in a collaborative and consensus-building environment.
- Demonstrates ability to respond to detailed questions from Hospital HIMs operational units (coding, release of information, record retrieval, transcription, etc.); reviews analytical data and monitor quality reviews and identify HIMs operational trends and benchmarks; develop data requirements and work with analytical groups to extract,
organize and analyze data; develop and implement uniform IT platforms.
- Demonstrates proficiency with computer systems including use of standard office applications (email, word processing, spreadsheets, etc.).
- Must be able to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.


Preferred Qualifications:
- Epic, Excel and revenue cycle 2 year experience.
- Knowledge of computer skills to include Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access and Visio.]]> Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT 2153429-Los-Angeles-Accounting,-Finance,-and-Actuarial-Services Essential Functions:
- Work as a member of a team performing Cerner builds and other functions required for our 2013 implementation of Cerner Millennium
- Provide expertise in making recommendations regarding work flow issues and other pertinent requirements for this implementation
- Support the Cerner Millennium implementation, providing trouble shooting experience and remediation
- Will be involved in writing customized CCL reports


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Medical Technology or related healthcare field or Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems, or 4 additional years of diretly related experience.
- 6or more years of technical experience in a fast paced,Information Technology Department consisting of a combination of staff and contractors.
- 6 or more in Laboratory Information Systems, Specifically Cerner Millennium.
- 6 or moreyears experience with personal computers, particularly with database,spreadsheet, and/or word processing software
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows and Office products and networkingconcepts
Preferred Qualifications:
- Cerner CoPath Anatomic Information System support experience preferred.
- Sunquest Laboratory Information System support experience preferred.
- Familiarity with healthcare regulatory requirements.
- Recent attendance at clinical laboratory information systems continuing educationsprograms preferred.
- Enterprise Change Management applications (Remedy).
- Application Lifecycle management tools (Borland StarTeam, Caliber)
]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT 2147258-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology
Background:
Kaiser Permanente is replacing eight legacy Outpatient Pharmacy Systems (PIMS) across 435 pharmacies in all Kaiser Regions with Single (1) application supporting all regions and will integrate / interface with 250+ Kaiser Applications. The Out Patient Pharmacy Replacement (OPPR) system is scheduled to be production ready in October 2010, with final deployment completed in December 2012.
This Project Manager will be a member of the OPPR deployment team who will coordinate go live activities and ensure that the OPPR application is ready to be deployed to all 435 production sites, will assist with the roll-out of the application to the 435 pharmacy stores.


Responsibilities
Oversee multiple, silmultaneous and geographically dispersed projects utilizing internal and external resources
Coordinate hardware installations
Coordinate software Implementation
Coordinate site readiness
Coordinate dress rehearsals and production readiness
Implement project and program framework in conjunction with the KP project management methodology (including status reporting and metrics)
Develop project charter documents and ensure scope is clearly defined
Develop and manage project plans which include risk analysis and mitigation plans
Ensure project and program issues are tracked, managed and resolved
Develop and implement a project or program communication plan
Ensure cross-track dependencies are identified and managed
Implement change management mechanism to effectively manage project or program scope
Coordinate with other project and program managers to identify cross-project dependencies and leverage best practices
Coordinate activities of multiple vendors and subject matter experts as required
Produce regular project or program status reporting for internal review and project stakeholders
Prepares and participates in high level kick off meeting and on-going detailed status meetings.
Establish and sustain strong ongoing relationships with KP-IT and business partners
Delivery of quality system initiatives aligned with operational goals and objectives supporting a high performing computing environment.
Mentor other team members

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, or 4 years of additional work related experience.
Minimum of 10 years of industry experience that includesa minimum of 6years managing implementations of I.T. projects.
Experience managing projects with budgets up to $20 million and large project teams spanning multiple locations and up to 20 interdependent work tracks.
Travel to locations within and outside of California, up to 50%
PMP Certification

Preferred Qualifications

Extensive experience in technology consulting and/or client relationship management (defining engagement scope, negotiating commitments, estimating costs and creating statements of work and service level agreements) a definite plus
]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT 2139509-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology
Essential Functions:
- Consults with end users to determine report and database needs and limitations.
- Extracts data from various complex databases for report generation.
- Develops and generates highly complex ad hoc reports and databases to address specific business needs.
- Recommends improvements to permanent reports.
- Designs and develops complex reports and databases to manage business processes.
- Develops new ad hoc reports to address specific business needs.
- Serves as consultant to department staff in interpretation and creation of databases and data reports.
- Analyzes the implication of changes in data needs on data structures.
- Serves as technical consultant on new products and technology.
- Acts as interface between systems group and end users.
- Coordinates systems support.
- Performs system administration, including system security, software update management, and data dictionary maintenance.
- Performs master file maintenance.
- Defines data purge and retention cycles.
- Monitors data quality and integrity.
- Participates in business improvement project teams.
- Analyzes impact of process or technical tool changes on existing processes, tools, and interfaces based on knowledge of interdependencies of related functions and systems.
- Delivers training for end users on system.
- Ensures adequacy and quality of process and procedure documentation.
- May lead cross-functional user groups in optimizing the use of existing tools and reports.
- May perform user system training.

Qualifications:

This is a Full-Time Temporary Position for a duration of 2 years.

Basic Qualifications:
- Significant experience, typically five (5) or more years, in business systems analysis and administration OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, in computer science or user-specific area.
- Ability to use complex data resources and specialized and sophisticated PC and MIS programming languages.
- In-depth knowledge of the business area(s) served.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
- Required: HTML 4/5, JavaScript, CSS, JAVA/JSP, Oracle 9i/10g, Apache Tomcat,
- Preferred: Ajax, jQuery, XML, XSLT, LDAP, SOAP, Apache POI/PDFBox, iText, JFree, JBoss, MySQL, MS SQL Server, MS Access, FileMaker Pro, DB2, Perl/CGI, Linux/Unix (RHEL,SunOS,AIX), Batch/Shell script, FTP/SFTP, Crystal Reports/Business Objects, Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator

Note: Travel may be required.
]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT 2131362-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology Under general direction, provides leadership to two or more Project Managers. Ensures strategic direction of projects are in line with organizational business plan. Ensures various project teams provide high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise. May also manage a team committed to achieving specified goals of a highly visible, complex and multi-faceted project. This is the third job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At this level, the Project Manager is responsible for providing leadership to lower level Project Managers. This position works on problems of complex and diverse scope where analysis of data requires in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within broadly defined policies in developing methods and techniques for obtaining results.
Essential Functions:
- Provides leadership to two or more Project Managers.
- Facilitates resolution of major problems encountered by Project Managers.
- Works with senior management to negotiate major revisions in time commitment and resource allocation.
- Ensures strategic directions of projects are in line with organizational business plan.
- Provides general oversight, leadership and technical direction.
- Provides leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.
- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.
- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.
- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.
- Plans and facilitates meetings.
- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.
- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.
- Assesses project impact on workforce.
- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.
- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.
- Instructs and educates on all aspects of projects.
- Coaches and mentors Project Managers; motivates them to maintain a consistent level of excellence in project management and outcomes.
- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.
- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.
- Eight (8) plus years of progressive experience in specified technical area.
- Project management experience in health care preferred.
- Proven ability to determine key business issues and develop effective action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.
- Excellent leadership, project management, and consulting skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills.


Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with workforce and training programs, managing committees and subcommittees. Also working with labor/management partnersand grant support.
- Computerproficiencywith advancedMS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access.


Notes:
- Will manage Regional and Medical Center Workforce development programs.]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT 2118290-Los-Angeles-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT)
Essential Functions:
Be the leading technical resource with knowledge of the Pega PRPC framework
- Work with business clients to gather and clarify requirements
Work with other developers and assign tasks to create software architectures
Assign tasks, Design, develop, and test Pega business rules, custom Java and XML code
Manage projects from a technical perspective, including assigning tasks, estimating effort, prioritizing activities, and planning for project risks
Translating functional requirements into technical architecture and solution design documents
Lead the development of physical solutions design documents for large scale projects
Following industry best practices for software development
Mentor other developers


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Systems is required 5 years experience in application support including planning, design, development, testing, installation and /or maintenance of web environments, portals, sites and/or applications.
2 years of development experience with Pega (PRPC framework)
Must hold a Pega System Architect (CSA) Certification
Hands-on experience designing or developing at least one complete Pega PRPC application and involved in the entire software design life cycle
4 years of experience with Java/J2EE.
2 years experience with object oriented design and development
2 years of experience with the following: JSP, Servlets, JDBC, SQL
Excellent communication and presentation skills

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with Pega Sales Process Manager (SPM) healthcare module
Deep knowledge and understanding of Kaiser broker systems and small business transformation (SBT) systems
Experience developing within an IDE like Eclipse, WSAD, or RAD highly preferred
Knowledge of XML technologies including XLink, XPointers, XInclude
Experience using Agile methodologies including Scrum and XP
UML knowledge for modeling software architectures
Health care industry experience
Customer service attitude and able to work well within a cross-functional team
Pega Sr. System Architect Certification (CSSA)

]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT 2118265-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology Health Plan Business Information Office (HP-BIO), which supports all of the enterprise insurance applications for the business, will be hiring several Pega Architects and Developers throughout 2012 on a full-time basis. Come join this group and help build out our Sales Systems and Customer Service Centers by using Sales Process Manager (SPM) Pega framework for our rate quoting, establishing new customers, amending and contracts. We currently use Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), as Pega interfaces with several membership and broker systems.

We will be hiring for the following positions:
Pega Developers
Pega Sr. Systems Architects
Pega Lead Systems Architects

Qualifications:

Candidates must be extensive development experience with Pega (PRPC framework)
Hold a Pega System Architect (CSA) Certification
Hands-on experience designing or developing at least one complete Pega PRPC application and involved in the entire software design life cycle
Work experience with Java/J2EE and object oriented design and development
Excellent communication and presentation skills

Location: All positions are located in Pasadena, CA. Kaiser will provide relocation assistance if necessary.

If you are interested in learning more about his exciting opportunity, please apply directly to the requisition and a recruiter will review your qualifications and be in contact with you for further discussion.]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT 2109018-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology
Essential Functions:
- General: Designs, develops, obtains funding for and directs research projects that are consistent with institutional, state and national health care priorities.
- Prepares grant proposals, internal reports and manuscripts for publication in high-quality peer review journals both independently and collaboratively.
- Provides service to the scientific community through reviewing manuscripts for publication and serving on editorial boards, grant review panels and national boards of directors.
- May consult with local, state and national non-profit and government agencies.
- Makes presentations to R&E and SCPMG as requested.
- Presents papers in oral or poster format at national and international scientific meetings.
- Serves on and may Chair departmental committees and SCPMG committees based on experience and expertise.
- Mentors postdoctoral fellows and junior research scientists when experience and opportunities permit.
- Rank Specific: Research Scientist I: Serves as co-investigator (Co-I) or site-Principal Investigator (PI) on one (1) or more extramurally-funded research projects.
- Publishes 1-2 papers per year as a first author and three 3-5 papers per year as a collaborating author.
- Makes a presentation at an internal and one (1) or more external meetings.
- Serves on internal departmental committees.
- Reviews two 2-3 papers per year for indexed peer review journals.
- This is the first level of a career progression.

Qualifications:

Research Scientist Investigator I:

Basic Qualifications:
- Doctoral degree (Ph.D., Sc.D., Dr.P.H. or equivalent) in epidemiology, behavioral science, health services research, or related field or doctoral degree in medicine (M.D., D.O. or equivalent) with additional research education (M.P.H., M.S., or equivalent) and training.
- Professional experience (year's dependent on rank) in designing and conducting original research, presenting results at national scientific meetings and publishing in peer review journals.
- Competent in advanced research methods, including statistical techniques and study design commonly used in epidemiologic, behavioral, health services research or similar studies.
- Ranks of Research Scientist I-III are consistent with Assistant, Associate and Full Professor in traditional academic settings.


PreferredQualifications:
- Serve as a co-investigator or site PI on one (1) or more extramurally funded research projects.
- Publish two (2) - three (3) papers per year as a first author and two (2) - four (4) papers per years as a collaborating author.
- Makes presentations at an internal and external meeting.
- Serve on internal departmental committees.
- Review two (2) - three (3) papers per year for indexed peer review journals.


Notes:
- This position will be filled by a Research Scientist Investigator I / II / or III.


Research Scientist Investigator II:

Basic Qualifications:
- Doctoral degree (Ph.D., Sc.D., Dr.P.H. or equivalent) in epidemiology, behavioral science, health services research, or related field or doctoral degree in medicine (M.D., D.O. or equivalent) with additional research education (M.P.H., M.S., or equivalent) and training.
- Professional experience (year's dependent on rank) in designing and conducting original research, presenting results at national scientific meetings and publishing in peer review journals.
- Competent in advanced research methods, including statistical techniques and study design commonly used in epidemiologic, behavioral, health services research, or similar studies.
- Ranks of Research Scientist I-III are consistent with Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor in traditional academic settings.


Preferred Qualifications:
-Serve as a PI on one (1) - two (2) and a co-investigator on one (1) - four (4) extramurally funded research projects
-Publish one (1) - three (3) papers per year as a first author, one (1) - two (2) papers as a senior author, and three (3) - five (5) papers per year as a collaborating author.
-Makes a presentation at an internal meeting and two (2) - three (3) at external meetings.
-Serve on internal departmental and SCPMG committees as well as a grant review committee.
-Review six (6) - eight (8) papers per year for indexed peer review journals and may serve on an editorial board for a peer review journal.


Notes:
- This position will be filled by a Research Scientist Investigator I / II / or III.


Research Scientist Investigator III:

Basic Qualifications:
- Doctoral degree (Ph.D., Sc.D., Dr.P.H. or equivalent) in epidemiology, behavioral science, health services research, or related field or doctoral degree in medicine (M.D., D.O. or equivalent) with additional research education (M.P.H., M.S., or equivalent) and training.
- Professional experience (years dependent on rank) in designing and conducting original research, presenting results at national scientific meetings and publishing in peer review journals.
- Competent in advanced research methods, including statistical techniques and study design commonly used in epidemiologic, behavioral, health services research, or similar studies.
- Ranks of Research Scientist I-III are consistent with Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor in traditional academic settings.

Preferred Qualifications:
-Serve as a PI on two (2) studies, a site PI on two (2) - three (3) studies and a co-investigator on one (1) - four (4) extramurally funded studies.
- Publish one (1) - two (2) papers per year as a first author, two (2) - three (3) papers as a senior author, and four (4) - six (6) papers per year as a collaborating author.
- Make a presentation at R&E or SCPMG meeting and three (3) - five (5) national meetings per year.
- Serves on R&E and SCPMG committees as well as one (1) - two (2) grant review committees.
- Review twelve (12) papers per year for indexed peer review journals andand serve on one (1) - two (2) editorial board for peer review journals.


Notes:
- This position will be filled by a Research Scientist Investigator I / II / or III.]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT 2102796-Los-Angeles-Research-and-Development Essential Functions:
- Drives and supports the implementation of database architecture at KP
- The successful candidate must have a proven track record of working effectively across organizational boundaries. S/he must be able to identify staff/skill gaps and work collaboratively with technology leaders to fill said gaps.
- Directs DBS COE leadership to ensure alignment of delivery with BIO goals. Develops the competencies of the team as needed to successfully ensure all programs are delivered as committed.
- As a senior member of the SAS team, s/she must be able to effectively communicate status, recommend actions and determine priorities with technology leadership.
- S/he must be able to support simultaneous programs and activities within the scope of the DBS COE, and be a single point of engagement with key stakeholders, technology and architecture leads, and project resources.
- Provide technical guidance and stewardship for a distributed team of DBAs in database design, benchmarking, tuning, troubleshooting, and ongoing maintenance.
- Recruit, mentor and motivate the Database team in technical aspects as well as project management.
- Ensure overall database performance, scalability, and reliability on behalf of our clients.
- Responsible for database security and SOX Compliance.
- Work with Architecture Standards Committee to purchase DBA tools (hardware and software).
- Negotiates with and manages strategic partners and external vendors in order to deliver solutions.
- S/he must posses strong conflict resolution skills and apply sound business strategy and technical acumen to keep the program moving forward in a timely and cohesive manner
- Ensure deliverables meet the standards for successful implementation into production, and ongoing support of database processes.
- Ensure management team follows good financial practices and project costs are forecast with consistently increasing predictability.
- Ensure resources on projects are sourced appropriately, based on the balance of needs including cost, speed of acquisition and strategic organizational development.
- Direct the resource supply and demand proactively, working with partners across the technology organization.
- Implement project management practices and tools to increase effectiveness in project delivery.
- Collaborate with the SAS chief of staff to provide transparency to program delivery metrics and measures.
- Manage a total operating expense budget of $20.0M+ and capital expenditures of approximately $10.0M+.
- Manage a team of approximately 70 -100 individuals consisting of direct reports, indirect reports, re-charged resources, and consultants.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum of 8 years of experiencewith hands-on database management and technical leadership.
- Recent experience in managing large (100+ TB) datasets in production environments.
- Excellent communication and project skills, using pragmatic short-term milestones to achieve ultimate goals.
- Experience in managing relationships with outsource providers.





]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT 2089930-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology
Although primarily a technology position, this job also requires a strong business-focused background. You will be responsible for understanding business imperatives relative to current KP systems & their functional capabilities and working with cross functional group in preparing business cases. Travel up to 25% is required.


Essential Functions:
- Manages small or moderately complex programs or multiple programs of smaller complexity.
- Total managed Project budget may be up to $20M.
- Project Complexity can be multiple sites and up to 20 integrated work tracks.
- May manage a program team of national, regional and external project managers.
- Develops and maintains the program plan.
- Manages the work of the PMO and the program team.
- Balances schedule, scope and budget within the program and re-negotiates with sponsor as needed.
- Responsible for accurate time reporting for a program.
- Engages with business partner in preparation of program/project financial materials for presentation to funding governance groups at specified project transition points.
- Develops a quality assurance plan for the program.
- Determines program resource requirements and procures resources.
- Assigns work, sets priorities, provides guidance in the completion of tasks and review of program deliverables.
- Proactively communicates with enterprise-wide projects to plan and manage project/program interdependencies.
- Develops and manages program issue escalation and the resolution process.
- Responsible for applying the risk management process.
- Plays a key role in negotiation of vendor contracts with IT Procurement.
- Manages all phases of project delivery life cycle and consults for other projects and programs.
- Ensures program alignment with business strategy and architecture.
- Thought leader.
- May manage 4 -7 project managers.
- Effectively manage cross-functional team members.
- Develop, coach & mentor others.
- Manages a combined project team of up to 100 resources.
- Sustains strong ongoing relationships with client middle and senior management during program.
- Represents primary interface between business partner and IT for a given program; is accountable for the delivery of that program.
- Provides managerial responsibility for two or more teams or departments, which may be managed by employees with formal supervisory responsibilities.
- Develops and administers schedules and performance requirements.



Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or a minimum of 4 years of equivalent work experience.
- 8 years ofProgram/Project Management experience.
- Demonstrates understanding of and knowledge in IT methods and project management, and applies this in all stages of project/program.
- Requires full knowledge of own area of functional responsibility and working knowledge of another function.
- Recognized as authority in program management across IT.
- Leverages program management experience and knowledge by acting as tutor on relevant training or by providing on-program PM learning to team members.
- Having broad expertise or unique project management knowledge, uses skills to contribute to development of company objectives and principles and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways.
- Having broad expertise or unique project management knowledge, uses skills to contribute to development of company objectives and principles and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways.
- Works on significant and unique issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles.
- Requires significantly complex decision-making.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Healthcare industry knowledge
- Information technology experience
- Should have managed project budgets of up to $20 million.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute.

]]> Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT 2076820-Los-Angeles-Information-Technology The position will require the incumbent to interact with UM physicians, directors, Continuing Care Leaders, Long Term Care and Home Health/Hospice Managers, DME, Prosthetic and Orthotic, Behavioral Health, Outside Referral Physicians and coordinators, transplant coordinators and front-line UM staff.
Essential Functions:
- Oversees adherence to quality of care and utilization standards by reviewing documentation and analysis of utilization data.
- Develops standards of care and quality improvement activities based on regulatory standards.
- Serves as a resource to senior management as UM and CM experts.
- Develops regional programs based on regulatory requirements.
- Collaborates with program re-design to meet targeted utilization outcomes.
- Provides clinical and regulatory expertise for contractual reviews and for regional regulatory surveys.
- Provides oversight to design, develop, implement and monitor UM and Case Management programs to meet regional utilization goals while maintaining customer satisfaction.
- Acts as a resource to Directors, Assistant Administrators, Ambulatory Medical Staff, SCPMG, and external regulatory agencies for all issues relating to UM.
- Analyzes and reports significant utilization trends, patterns, and impact to appropriate departments.
- Serves as a contract liaison for regional issues pertaining to contracts and vendor, outside medical and transportation.
- Provides education and training to UM Directors, Physicians, and Case Managers to ensure smooth operations in UM and CM.
- Makes significant contributions and or provides clinical and technical leadership to high visibility projects to identify and resolve issues of strategic importance to the organization.
- Interfaces regularly with senior management to produce timely and valuable results.
- Sets the strategic direction of projects.
- Determines goals and priorities with management team sponsor.
- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resources.
- Develops proposals for clients outlining proposed project structure, approach, and work plan.
- Provides staff leadership to project teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants when needed.
- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis; participates significantly in interpreting analysis and developing action plans accordingly.
- Produces or oversees development of written materials for senior executives and other key clients.
- Compliance and Integrity:Models and reinforces ethical behavior in self and others in accordance to the Principles of Responsibility; adheres to organizational policies and guidelines; supports compliance initiatives; maintains confidences; admits mistakes; conducts business with honesty; shows consistency in words and actions; follows through on commitments.

Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree strongly preferred.
- 1-3 years in clinical operations in management or equivalent exp.
- 1-3 years UM, case management or discharge planning experience preferred
- Previous project management experience desired
- Previous compliance or quality experience preferred
- Excellent verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint, HealthConnect, Visio strongly preferred.

Notes:
- Rotating weekends / one(1) Saturday per every four (4) weeks.
- This is a part time (32hrs)position, Tuesday - Friday and rotating weekends; work hours are between 9:00 am- 5:30 pm.

Basic Qualifications:
- Current California RN License required.
- Bachelor's Degree in nursing or business administration, health care administration or public health administration or other related field required.
- Master's Degree strongly preferred.
- Typically five (5) or more years of experience in a clinical setting.
- Demonstrated ability to determine the key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multidisciplinary perspectives.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis.
- Proven leadership skills in project management and consulting.
- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, and candor, openness, and results orientation.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the Nursing Practice Act; JCAHO, NCQA, Title 22, Federal and State Health Regulatory requirements, operations of KP health policy trends.
]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT 2071233-Los-Angeles-Nursing-Licensed