Master Black Belt and Black Belt Opportunities

Master Black Belt and Black Belt Opportunities

Master Black Belt and Black Belt Opportunities

Treating patients with quality care means moving beyond the bedside and starting as soon as they step through our doors. It’s a simple belief that stretches across the Sutter Health East Bay Region of Alameda and Contra Costa counties, and to everyone at Sutter Health. Within our environment of collaboration, you’ll find your ideas are put to work improving patient care along every step of their visit. You’ll be challenged to make a difference while receiving every opportunity to succeed and, most importantly, work to transform healthcare one patient at a time.

We currently have several full-time opportunities for Black Belts!

As a Black Belt, you will serve as a Lean Six Sigma (LSS) expert coach, instructor and tool/methodology innovator for the East Bay Region and its affiliated companies. You will coach regional and affiliate executives on Lean Six Sigma Management system elements, including project selection, belt candidate selection, learning through certification, and remedy replication. As a Master Black Belt, you will have primary responsibility for development, updating and delivery of Lean Six Sigma curriculum, including phase-gate review approval, project tracking and certification board leadership. You will teach and coach executives (CEOs), other Master Black Belts (MBB) in Training Black Belts (BB) in Training and team members, as well as innovate improvements to traditional Lean Six Sigma methods, tools, and training.

Requirements:

• Certified Black Belts strongly preferred; Lean Six Sigma Black Belt required and Certified Master Black Belts preferred for the Master Black Belt role
• Graduate-level business, healthcare, industrial engineering, industrial psychology and related fields are preferred. 
• Prior experience coaching, teaching and applying Lean Six Sigma as a Black Belt in various industries including in a transactional environment is required; healthcare experience either in Acute or Ambulatory settings preferred
• Must have a comprehensive understanding of business management systems with experience in the business of healthcare delivery, and have previous skill in teaching and coaching leaders without formal authority
• Must have expert knowledge and skill of both Lean Six Sigma toolsets (DMAIC and DMADV) along with advanced Black Belt tools and techniques
• Strong interest and ability to teach complex statistical, quality, leadership & change management topics is essential
• Skill in coaching in on-the-job application of new skills is also critical
• Will use appropriate Black Belt and lean tools including Minitab, Crystal Ball, Statistica, and other Lean Six Sigma software

As one of the nation’s leading, not-for-profit networks of community-based health care providers, Sutter Health East Bay Region offers all the benefits of a large network but finds its greatest strength in the many talents that our employees share with us and their patients. To learn more, contact Melvin Freeman, CHCR, Regional Recruitment and Project Lead, at .