The Health Care Group of Kurt Salmon Associates is a premier management consulting firm specializing in strategic planning for multiple hospital systems, community hospitals, academic medical centers, children's hospitals and physician group practices. Kurt Salmon is a trusted advisor to leaders in the industry, including most of the US News and World Report Honor Roll hospitals. At any given time, 75% of our engagements are with long-term clients who return to Kurt Salmon to meet the changing needs of their businesses.
Consultants enjoy a challenging, dynamic and supportive environment with excellent benefits and compensation, as evidenced by our rating as one of Consulting Magazine’s Top Ten Consulting firms in the country to work for in six of the last seven years. Kurt Salmon strives to hire highly skilled individuals who seek a rewarding professional career consulting with and advising leaders in the health care industry.
Position Overview
The IT practice works with its clients nationally to identify their current and future information technology needs and then facilitates the planning and selection processes to achieve lasting results. The Health Care IT Senior Consultant will work on multi-dimensional projects that demand functional knowledge and strong analytical, creative problem-solving and interpersonal skills. Representative projects include but are not limited to development of an IT strategic plan, facilitation of a vendor selection process for a particular application suite development of a business intelligence/data warehouse strategy, readiness assessment for advanced clinical automation, and IT planning for new facilities.
A Senior Consultant performs the following job responsibilities:
- Work with client and Kurt Salmon leaders to articulate the strategic and tactical issues requiring attention. Contribute to the development of strategic, operational and technological solutions to address these issues.
- Build an understanding of clients’ challenges and possible solutions by performing extensive analyses of marketplace, patient, financial and other data and by facilitating problem solving sessions with diverse clients.
- Collaborate with client and Kurt Salmon staff to develop and present findings and recommendations.
- Develop and share subject matter expertise regarding relevant industry segments including, but not limited to, the planning and design of IT systems, vendor selection, project management, and other specialty areas.
As the Senior Consultant’s career progresses, he or she will assume a larger role in the management of projects, guiding other Consultants and the client's staff in developing alternative solutions and approaches to complicated issues.
Candidate Qualifications
- MBA, MHA or other related advanced degree required.
- 4–5 years of experience in a health care setting or other related environment. Prior consulting experience in health care setting highly preferred.
- Familiarity with healthcare technology marketplace and product-specific knowledge is a plus.
- Distinctive academic performance and leadership experience.
- Energetic and passionate about serving clients, continual learning, professionalism and personal resilience.
- Keen problem-solving skills and demonstrated quantitative analysis skills.
- Demonstrated verbal and written interpersonal skills.
- Extensive proficiency with spreadsheet and presentation software.
- Ability to work in the United States with unlimited work authorization.
Location and Travel
This position will be located in our Atlanta office. Travel to client sites averages up to 50 percent of business days.
How to Apply
To apply for this position, please complete our online application.