Clinical Value Analyst

Love + medicine is who we are, it's what we do, it's why people want to work here. If you’re looking for a job to love, apply today. Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 We’re not just filling positions, we’re building careers. At Emplify Health, we care for our teams, while they care for their communities. Whether you are just starting out or looking for a change, Emplify Health supports you now and into the future. Join us and find out how a little empathy changes everything. Emplify Health is hiring a Clinical Value Analyst to join our team! This position serves the organization as a proactive educator and consultant, having responsibility to represent Emplify Health within the foundation of the Value Analysis Team (VAT) to achieve supply chain expense management and targets, while ensuring appropriate quality products for patient care. This role works collaboratively as an advocate for Supply Chain to represent the clinical perspective with Physicians, Allied Health Professionals, Administrators, the Department of Nursing, Vendors, Regional Campuses, and Long-term Care Facilities. Major Responsibilities Include: Uses knowledge of clinical and current practice to identify opportunities to reduce cost while sustaining or improving patient outcomes and maintaining provider satisfaction. Under direction of VAT, process new product requests to research, offer expert advice, and educate. Assist with coordinating and educating for new product evaluation/trials to assure GHS chooses high-quality, efficient, cost effective, contracted products using appropriate evaluation criteria that provide the requesting department acceptable patient outcomes. For newly selected products will support education of the proper use of products, documentation of evaluation outcomes, and consultation with necessary personnel (ie: physicians, infection control, clinical engineering, nursing). Develops and maintains professional working relationships; utilizes communication, networking and team building skills to accomplish goals while maintaining patient confidentiality and ensuring support to maintain positive patient outcomes. Supports and liaisons Gundersen Health Systems supply chain objectives and goals with our Regional Partners for standardization and cost control. Management of product issues, assistance in backorder situations to identify interim alternative product, and handling product recalls to requirements. Acts as a liaison between clinicians and Supply Chain in these situations to provide open communication and ensure ability to maintain similar patient outcomes. Provide clinical expertise that facilitates supply expense management while continuously improving all processes that support quality patient care. Proficient in data collection, research, analysis using various system tools. Ability to gather, interpret and present data in meaningful format, and in a non-biased, objective manner. Assists Supply Chain and Information Systems with maintenance and integrity of ERP data. Supports Supply Chain initiatives on product conversion reviews to achieve expense management using the value analysis process. Assists to prioritize product conversion opportunities based on the potential cost savings in relation to clinical care learning curve and potential impact to patient outcomes. Promotes and provides education on value analysis processes to support best patient care costs. Supports group purchasing organization contracts, organizational initiatives, departmental strategies. Actively participates and facilitates communication with internal and external cross departmental and institutional teams, councils and work groups and Supply Chain. Assists with defining non-compliant purchases to standardize formulary purchases and assists to reduce variability of products used in practice. What's Available: Full time, 1.0 FTE - 40 hours/ week Monday-Friday Days Location: This position is primarily onsite in La Crosse, WI, with the expectation of occasional travel as needed. Role is eligible to shift to a hybrid basis after adequate training. Compensation: starting pay around $33.50/hour with opportunity for higher pay based on relevant work experience To excel in this role, you'll bring: Education: Associate’s degree in Business Administration or healthcare related field Experience: 5-7 years of experience in purchasing or procurement, preferably in healthcare. 1 year experience in a decision-making position in an area heavily utilizing clinical and physician preference supplies. Previous experience in process improvement projects, data collection and analysis. 1 year experience in Lawson ERP system as well as EPIC clinical systems, desired Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to interpret contract terms, utilization data, and outcome metrics. In addition to the rewarding work, you'll receive: A highly adaptable and mission-driven organization with a work environment that supports you personally and professionally and a work culture where you are valued and appreciated Competitive Benefits: A comprehensive and generous benefits package (Medical, Dental, Life Ins, HSA/FSA) ensuring your comfort and well-being as a valuable team member Substantial retirement contribution including a 401k match & annual discretionary base contribution Work-Life Balance: Paid Time Off (PTO) combines vacation, sick, and personal days into one balance to allow you the flexibility to use your time off as you need Professional Development: Support for your career growth through Professional Development Opportunities, our Tuition Investment Program, and our Career Development Center Additional Employee Discounts and Perks Other benefits include a Wellness program with incentives, employer-paid life insurance and AD&D, optional short-term and long-term disability coverage, an employee assistance program, identity theft protection, pet insurance, Inspire & Celebrate colleague recognition and rewards program, a discount program, and more! Emplify Health, a partnership of Bellin Health and Gundersen Health System, is a leading not-for-profit, patient-centered healthcare network based in Green Bay and La Crosse, Wisconsin. With 11 hospitals and over 100 clinics, we serve 67 cities across Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Join us in making a meaningful difference in the lives of our patients and communities. If you need assistance with any portion of the application or have questions about the position, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io or call View phone number on click.appcast.io. We inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning and innovating. This is our purpose. Together with our values — belonging, respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork and humility — our pillars set our foundation and our future. Equal Opportunity Employer Around here, loving your job is part of the job. Join our mission in changing healthcare while finding a career you'll love! Gundersen Health System offers a proud, local history spanning more than 100 years. Our personalized patient care model is only the beginning of what you will experience as we foster population health transformation and innovation to serve our communities and you. We've made it a priority to enrich the lives of our employees as they find a career they love. Using each employee’s unique talents and passions, Gundersen is committed to delivering exceptional patient and family-centered care to the communities we serve. You can be part of an exciting, highly adaptable and mission-driven organization with a work environment that supports you personally and professionally and a work culture where you are valued and appreciated offering an employee-first culture, work-life balance, and career advancement & growth opportunities. This culture allows our organization to attract elite talent, like yourself! What You Can Expect: Empowerment to shape your work environment, encouragement to improve processes and create efficiencies, and support when seeking opportunities for growth Culture that encourages self-care and provides you with opportunities to be your best self at work and at home Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages, as applicable, ensuring your comfort and well-being as a valuable team member Support for your career growth through Professional Development Opportunities, our Tuition Investment Program, Career Development Center, and online continuing education courses Inside our walls and our neighborhoods, we deliver world-class medical care and the right amount of love. We call it LOVE + MEDICINE and it’s more than our practice. It is who we are. Gundersen Health System, based in La Crosse, WI, is the leading provider of primary and specialized care in western Wisconsin, southeast Minnesota, and northeast Iowa; serving more than 500,000 residents throughout 22 counties. Our physician-led, not-for-profit healthcare system includes a 325-bed teaching hospital, tertiary referral center, and Level II Trauma Center; community clinics; 6 affiliate critical access hospitals; nursing homes; behavioral health services; vision centers; pharmacies; and air and ground ambulance services. Together, we inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning, and innovating. We deliver Love + Medicine every day to change lives in our communities and enrich the lives of our employees. Select Remote/Hybrid Eligible under More search to see our remote-eligible openings. A rewarding career and an excellent quality of life awaits you. 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