Business Consultant

Position Details: Recruitment/Posting Title - Business Consultant

Job Category: Staff & Executive - Healthcare

Department: NJMS - Medicine Infectious DisOverview - New Jersey's academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research. Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers. Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark's University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates. Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives. Posting Summary - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Business Consultant in the Department of Medicine – Infectious Disease within the New Jersey Medical School (NJMS). The Business Consultant consults with client to define need or problem, conducts assessments and/or evaluations to advise on or recommend solutions by performing the following duties. Among the key duties of this position are the following: Assists with special projects to enhance department efficiency and facilitate process improvement. Assists with and develops SOPs. Assists with and performs quality management activities that may include analysis of findings, trend reporting and suggestions for areas of improvement. Develop and maintain RedCap database(s) as needed; provide updates and feedback on existing electronic systems. Consults with client to ascertain and define need or problem area, and determine scope of investigation required to obtain solution. Conducts assessment or evaluation on need or problem to obtain data required for solution.

FLSA: Nonexempt

Grade: 99HSalary Details

Working Hours: 19 hours per week

Standard Hours: 19.00 Daily Work ShiftWork Arrangement - Consistent with the current application of Rutgers Policy 60.3.22 or the applicable provisions of relevant collective negotiations agreements, this position requires a fully on-site work arrangement and may be eligible for a compressed workweek or a flex workday schedule. Flexible work arrangements are not permanent, are subject to change or discontinuation, and contingent on the employee receiving approval in the FlexWork@RU Application System. Union Description - Hourly Employees Payroll Designation - PeopleSoftSeniority UnitTerms of Appointment - Temporary Staff Appointment - Hourly Position Pension Eligibility - None

Qualifications: Minimum Education and Experience - Masters Degree in a related field required. Five (5) years of relevant experience managing operations or projects and developing strategies for improvement.

Certifications/Licenses: Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities - Must have excellent writing skills, including grant writing.

Preferred Qualifications: Equipment Utilized

Physical Demands and Work Environment: PHYSICALDEMANDS: Standing, sitting, walking, talking or hearing. No special vision requirements. WORKENVIRONMENT: Office environment. Moderate Noise. Special Conditions