Junior Business Analyst, FT Days

Responsible for a range of process improvement and process management activities. Activities include planning performing and implementing process improvement initiatives in addition to ownership of operational processes. These initiatives may represent one portion of a larger project or may represent a stand-alone initiative or function within a work group or department. Process management functions may include data gathering and analysis best practice research process mapping developing and recommending alternatives for improvement developing performance metrics obtaining leadership or stakeholder agreement implementing improvements and monitoring post-process improvement initiative performance to updated standards. Activities are undertaken and executed in support of organizational goals and are accountable for providing business process solutions to meet internal and external customer expectations. May utilize Lean/Six Sigma processes and concepts to lead process improvement initiatives. Partners with management project champions and process owners to execute the project and deliver results.

PIH Health is a nonprofit regional healthcare network that serves approximately 3 million residents in the Los Angeles County Orange County and San Gabriel Valley region. The fully integrated network is comprised of PIH Health Downey Hospital PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital PIH Health Whittier Hospital 37 outpatient medical office buildings a multispecialty medical (physician) group home healthcare services and hospice care as well as heart cancer digestive health orthopedics womens health urgent care and emergency services. The organization is nationally recognized for excellence in patient care and patient experience and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has identified PIH Health as one of the nations top hospital systems for best practices cutting-edge advancements quality of care and healthcare technology. For more information visit or follow us on Facebook Twitter or Instagram.

• Knowledge of data modelling and data visualization
• Data Analysis: Identifies sources for gathers and analyzes data relevant to processes. May be responsible for defining data requirements and obtaining customer agreements.
• Research: Makes recommendations on appropriate solutions based on research; may select from alternatives presented.
• Process Architecture: Ensures process mapping is complete. Interviews stakeholders and process owners to define processes. Helps define standards and methods.
• Process Recommendations: Determines process recommendation documents including presentations process maps supporting metrics business requirements and related impact analyses for complex processes or for portions of larger or inter-related processes. May apply Lean/Six Sigma concepts and techniques to process improvement initiatives including completing Lean/Six Sigma analyses and tasks. Shares accountability for realization of results with process owners and may present recommendations to stakeholders and process owners.
• Performance Management & Control: Defines develops and evaluates performance metrics to establish process success and may participate in working with multiple stakeholders often with competing/conflicting objectives to ensure cohesive and reachable measures of success. Reviews data post- implementation to measure success; participates in defining standards of improvement success.
• Change Management: Participates in and may lead change management activities associated with process improvement. Engages leadership and stakeholders to obtain support and buy in for changes. Partners with management project champions and process owners to align process improvement initiatives with business objectives.