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The Clinical Transformation Business Strategy Associate will support the development of DaVita’s integrated care strategy and prepare the organization for a shift to value-based care. 

In an integrated care environment, we aim to provide the comprehensive and preventative care each patient needs to be healthier in the new value-based healthcare world. This teammate will be an innovator and experimenter in developing this model and will collaborate with several teams across the Village on this executive-driven transformation.  This position blends innovative strategic thinking with operational execution.

Core activities include: support in the development of DaVita’s specialty care roles and advancement of health equity to deliver integrated kidney care management to support the unique needs of DaVita’s CKD and ESKD patients, creating analyses to generate insights and opportunity areas within our care model, developing clinical and operational process flows to best care for our patients, and creating new field facing tools, reports, and workflows.

The Business Strategy Associate, will work on a team of highly-motivated individuals with consulting, process engineering, change management, and/or clinical experience. This highly visible and cross-functional role will work directly with Kidney Care and IKC (Integrated Kidney Care) leadership. 

Key responsibilities are spread across four categories:

Strategy & Innovation

• Thoughtful evaluation of ideas generated by field teammates and business stakeholders
• A continuous improvement mindset, adopting an iterative approach to testing
• Supports the development, piloting, deployment, and outcomes of clinical programs by independently driving a scope of work
• Evaluate the effectiveness and scalability of specialty care and health equity initiatives and prepare markets for the launch of new integrated care programs

Analytics and Reporting

• Integrate large, disparate data sets, conduct exploratory analysis, and produce actionable insights for clinical intervention
• Work collaboratively with data analysts, clinicians, and operators to identify opportunities and formulate recommendations through advanced analytics
• Produce impactful data visualization to communicate findings from complex analyses
• Help manage and optimize reporting, analytics, and data infrastructure

Project Management

• Set milestones and adhere to tight project deadlines
• Develop metrics to track success and meet deadlines
• Escalate any concerns with executing on project plan
• Coordinate among clinical experts to define and document best practice in complex specialty care roles. Lead project management efforts to train on best practice.

Here is what you can expect you join our Village:

• Evaluate the effectiveness and scalability of field initiatives and prepare markets for the launch of new integrated care programs
• Evaluate performance of current initiatives and complete analysis to understand best opportunities to improve clinical outcomes and reduce total cost of care

 
Travel: ~10% of the time

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree required
• 1- 3 years of work experience in management consulting, process engineering, investment banking or a corporate strategy role preferred
• Demonstrated experience and/or interest in healthcare delivery and patient experience
• Strong analytical and presentation skills preferred
• Highly collaborative with the ability to impact change

Additional Skills:

• Advanced Excel skillset
• Strong executive communication skills
• Proficiency in PowerPoint and data visualization
• Subject matter experience with end-of-life care
• Comfort with ambiguity
• Outstanding conceptual, analytical, and strategic skills
• Possesses the ability to balance strategic vision and execution capabilities to deliver results
• Willingness to understand the complexity of healthcare markets
• Strong business and financial acumen with a sense of shareholder responsibility
• Demonstrated ability to recognize, prioritize, and evaluate workload and specific growth opportunities

What We’ll Provide

More than just pay, our DaVita Rewards package connects teammates to what matters most. Teammates are eligible to begin receiving benefits on the first day of the month following or coinciding with one month of continuous employment. Below are some of our benefit offerings.

· Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out

· Support for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more

· Professional development programs: DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform Star Learning.

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At DaVita, we strive to be a community first and a company second.  We want all teammates to experience DaVita as "a place where I belong."  Our goal is to embed belonging into everything we do in our Village, so that it becomes part of who we are. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and comply with state and federal affirmative action requirements. Individuals are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

This position will be open for a minimum of three days.

Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience. DaVita offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Learn more at https://careers.davita.com/benefits  

Colorado Residents: Please do not respond to any questions in this initial application that may seek age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You may also redact this information from any materials you submit during the application process.  You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.