Emergency Medicine - Residency Program Director
Kaiser Permanente-The Permanente Medical Group, Inc.-Northern California job in Modesto, CA
Salary range: $397,739 to $410,040
Additional potential incentives up to: $68,660
Reduced schedules (with pro-rated compensation) may be available.
Some incentive opportunities are estimates based on potential premium pay.
Kaiser Permanente / The Permanente Medical Group
The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. (TPMG - Kaiser Permanente Northern California) is one of the largest medical groups in the nation with over 9,000 physicians, 22 medical centers, numerous clinics throughout Northern and Central California, and an over 75-year tradition of providing quality medical care.
Emergency Medicine Residency Program Modesto/Manteca, California
In 2021, Kaiser Permanente Modesto launched our first ever Emergency medicine residency program in Northern California. We are currently seeking an Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director to lead our 3-year Residency Program comprised of eight residents per class for a total of 24 residents. The Program Director is a key departmental leader over seeing three assistant PDs, multiple fellowship trained faculty, and GME Program support staff.
Program Director Job Description
The Program Director must administer and maintain an educational environment conducive to educating residents/fellows in each of the ACGME competency areas and in conformance with KP NCAL policies and procedures.
Selected duties may be delegated to faculty or training program administrators; however, the Program Director is responsible to the Designated Institutional Official, the Graduate Medical Education Committee, and to the ACGME's Residency Review Committee for the timely and accurate completion of all tasks and their quality. Program director duties include, but are not limited to:
Oversight of Education
Participation in GME Governance
Compliance with Regulatory Requirements affecting GME
Maintenance of Accreditation
Candidate Description
Ideal candidates will be passionate about resident education and community emergency medicine, demonstrating leadership that fosters a collaborative and supportive training environment. We are seeking applicants with the following qualities:
Strong leadership and team management skills
Excellence in administration, operations, and organization
Effective interpersonal and communication skills across in-person, virtual, and written formats
Demonstrated national-level engagement in emergency medicine and education
Commitment to diversity and inclusive excellence
Qualifications and Responsibilities
MD or DO degree with board certification in Emergency Medicine
At least five years as a core faculty member in an ACGME-accredited residency program
Strong managerial skills
Service orientation and commitment to teamwork
Significant education leadership and scholarship experience
Preferred Qualifications
Familiarity with the ACGME cycle (three years as an APD, or one year as a PD)
Education fellowship or advanced degree (MEd, MPH, etc.)
Evidence of ongoing activity in scholarship, including peer-reviewed publications
Possess or be eligible for a California medical license
What the California Central Valley Has To Offer
A location that is second to none: nestled between the Cascade, Sierra Nevada, and Tehachapi mountains to the east and the California coastal ranges, and the San Francisco Bay Area and Pacific Coast to the west
Mild winters, warm summers, and close to some of our state's most popular recreation destinations, including mountain and road biking, kayaking, and boarding
Nearby California State and National Parks offer great hiking trails, camping, and fishing in pristine lakes and rivers
High quality and attractive lifestyle, including affordable housing costs, shorter commutes, and great schools
Enjoyable community activities, a vibrant arts scene (including lively theater and music performances), sporting events, museums, family and gourmet eateries, fashion malls, and universities
A Few Reasons To Consider A Practice with TPMG
Work-life balance focused practice, including flexible schedules and unmatched practice support
We can focus on providing excellent patient care without managing overhead and billing. No RVUs!
We demonstrate our commitment to a culture of equity, inclusion, and diversity by hiring physicians that reflect and celebrate the diversity of people and cultures. We practice in an environment with patients at the center and deliver culturally responsive and compassionate care to our member populations.
Multi-specialty collaboration with a mission-driven integrated health care delivery model.
An outstanding electronic medical record system that allows flexibility in patient management.
We have a very rich and comprehensive Physician Health & Wellness Program.
We are Physician-led and develop our own leaders.
Professional development opportunities in teaching, research, mentorship, physician leadership, and community service.
EXTRAORDINARY BENEFITS:
Competitive compensation and benefits package, including comprehensive vision, medical, and dental
Interest Free Home Loan Program up to $250,000 (approval required)
Relocation Assistance up to $10,000 (approval required)
Malpractice and Tail Insurance
Life Insurance
Optional Long-Term Care Insurance
Paid holidays, sick leave, and education leave
Shareholder track
Three retirement plans, including a pension plan and 401(k)
Competitive full time starting salary with additional potential incentives. Reduced schedules with protected academic time.
For more information or to apply, please visit our website at: *****************************************
For further details, please contact: Roy Hernandez at ************** or **********************. We are an equal opportunity employer and VEVRAA federal contractor.
Audiologist
Kaiser Permanente job in Modesto, CA
Administers diagnostic audiological tests that allow the differentiation between types of hearing disorders, coordinates and interprets test results and consults with and makes recommendations on hearing disorders to physicians. Essential Responsibilities:
+ Provides diagnostic evaluation of hearing, prevention, habilitation and rehabilitation services for auditory problems and research relating to hearing and attendant disorders.
+ Physically and otoscopically examines the outer structures of the ear.
+ Procedures may include appropriate ear cleaning evaluation, fitting and dispensing of hearing aids; cochlear implant assessment, programming and rehabilitation; and electrophysiologic evaluation of the vestibular and auditory mechanisms, in addition to electroacoustic measures of the peripheral and central auditory systems.
+ Counsels individuals with auditory disorders, their families and other service providers regarding the etiology of the disorder and its management.
+ Provides reports and coordinates audiological results with other diagnostic data such as educational, medical, social and behavioral information.
+ Kaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to reevaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
+ N/A
Education
+ Masters degree or Clinical Doctorate in Audiology (AuD) prior to employment start date.
License, Certification, Registration
+ Audiologist License (California) required at hire OR Temporary Audiologist License (California) required at hire
+ National Provider Identifier required at hire
+ Basic Life Support required at hire from American Heart Association
Additional Requirements:
+ Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
+ If dispensing hearing aids, a Dispensing Audiologist license is required.
Preferred Qualifications:
+ One (1) year of post-licensure experience in the field of audiology.
COMPANY: KAISER
TITLE: Audiologist
LOCATION: Modesto, California
REQNUMBER: 1373401
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.
Family Medicine Physician
Ceres, CA job
Gould Medical Group is looking for a BE/BC Family Medicine physicians in Ceres, CA.
Gould Medical Group is a growing, approximately 400 provider multi-specialty group located about two hours east of San Francisco, California. Our communities offer quick access to the bay area as well as other hot spots such as Napa Valley, Yosemite, and Lake Tahoe.
Organization: Gould Medical Group
Position Details:
Starting base salary: $300,000 - $310,000
Two-year salary guarantee
Loan or mortgage assistance, up to $200,000
Residency stipend available
RVU based compensation model starting in year 2
Sign-on bonus
Up-to $50,000+ RVU Bonus potential during guarantee
Adult and pediatric patient population
Flexible scheduling
100% outpatient
Average of 20 - 25 patients per day in clinic
Additional work available in Urgent Care (possible if interested)
If interested, teaching opportunities possible in 2025. Currently going through accreditation for Family Medicine.
EHR: Epic
Stable and growing group
Standard Benefits:
Annual 12.0% 401(k) gift
Two-year shareholder track
Annual CME allowance
Full health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
Group paid malpractice and tail coverage
Annual profit sharing for shareholders
Individual Performance Bonus
Relocation assistance
Area Details:
Close proximity to the Bay Area but dramatically lower cost of living
Short driving distance to Yosemite, wine country, Lake Tahoe, Monterey
Centrally located with quick access to skiing, hiking, surfing, and entertainment venues of various types
Rapidly growing communities
Excellent school options
Average of 260 days of sunshine annually
Chaplain I
Kaiser Permanente job in Modesto, CA
Identifies and/or tends to spiritual or religious needs for individuals of diverse faiths, backgrounds, and religious, provides spiritual resources, and evaluates the quality and satisfaction of spiritual care services to ensure patients, loved ones, and staff receive the appropriate spiritual care. Provides counseling services by applying spiritual care assessment models to evaluate spiritual needs, issues, and concerns and recommend appropriate spiritual counseling services and/or care interventions accordingly. Leverages crisis intervention methods and techniques to help patients, loved ones, and staff experiencing a crisis event or emotional, spiritual, and/or existential distress and provides during and after end-of-life support, including grief counseling and support group services. Collaborates across the continuum of care as well as with relevant external spiritual care programs, diverse spiritual leaders, and community partners to provide resources and/or care to patients, their families and loved ones, and staff.
Essential Responsibilities:
* Promotes learning in others by proactively providing and/or developing information, resources, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members; builds relationships with cross-functional/external stakeholders and customers. Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; proactively provides actionable feedback to others and to managers. Pursues self-development; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; leads by influencing others through technical explanations and examples and provides options and recommendations. Adopts new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; champions change and helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Facilitates team collaboration to support a business outcome.
* Completes work assignments autonomously and supports business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area and business knowledge to generate creative solutions; encourages team members to adapt to and follow all procedures and policies. Collaborates cross-functionally and/or externally to achieve effective business decisions; provides recommendations and solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate; monitors progress and results. Supports the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; identifies resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines. Identifies, speaks up, and capitalizes on improvement opportunities across teams; uses influence to guide others and engages stakeholders to achieve appropriate solutions.
* Contributes to collaborative efforts in spiritual care by: recognizing the need for an interdisciplinary team, consult services, and departments and collaborating across the continuum of care; and collaborating with relevant external spiritual care programs (e.g., Interfaith Councils, Music Ministry, CPE Centers), diverse spiritual leaders, and community partners to provide resources and/or care to patients, their families and loved ones, and staff.
* Provides patient, loved ones, and staff counseling services by: applying diverse spiritual care assessment models to evaluate spiritual needs, issues, and concerns and recommend appropriate spiritual counseling services and/or care interventions; leveraging crisis intervention methods and techniques to help patients, loved ones, and staff experiencing a crisis event or emotional, spiritual, and/or existential distress; helping to triage existential and spiritual counseling and creating appropriate care plans while demonstrating sensitivity, respect, and compassion; providing during and after end-of-life support and counseling to patients, loved ones, and staff, including grief counseling and support group services; and documenting spiritual assessments and interventions in the patient care record and following established charting methodologies in accordance with policies and procedures.
* Provides spiritual care by: role modeling cultural sensitivity (e.g., acknowledging diverse belief systems, race, gender, sexual orientation) when interacting with patients, their families and loved ones, and team members; identifying and/or tending to spiritual or religious needs including providing supportive counseling, services, and/or events throughout the year (e.g., Ash Wednesday, Ramadan) for individuals of diverse faiths, backgrounds, religious needs, cultural rituals, and practices; providing spiritual resources to patients, loved ones, and staff (e.g., phone support, home visitations, self-care strategies, literature, memorial services, spiritual practices, and alternative care); and evaluating the quality and satisfaction of spiritual care services, including patient survey responses to ensure patients, loved ones, and staff receive the appropriate spiritual support, comfort, nurturing of well-being, resources, and guidance needed.
Supervisor, Pre & Post Analytic (No CPT)
Livermore, CA job
We are so glad you are interested in joining Sutter Health! Organization: SSL-Sutter Shared Lab-Bay Responsible for day-to-day laboratory non-technical operations. Plans, organizes, directs, controls, staffs and schedules the activities of the laboratory, customer service and lab assistant activities. Establishes policies and procedures for the non-technical operations of the laboratory ensuring that standards are established that are consistent, and monitors and evaluates performance standards. Manages the daily operations to achieve continuous performance improvement and patient/customer satisfaction. Complies with all applicable College of American Pathologists (CAP), Healthcare Finance Administration (HCFA), Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and any other applicable regulatory agency.
Job Description:
EDUCATION:
* HS Diploma or General Education Diploma (GED)
TYPICAL EXPERIENCE:
* 5 years of recent relevant supervisory or lead experience
SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:
* Knowledge of basic laboratory information technology and computer concepts
* Demonstrated application of management theory and practice including systems analysis, human resource management, organizational planning and development
* Proven written and verbal communication skills, demonstrate an ability to effectively interact with medical professionals, and manage personnel in a variety of situations by effectively applying transactional and transitional skills.
* Demonstrated ability in problem solving, coaching for results, and organizing, prioritizing and managing diverse activities in a changing environment.
* Organizational and analytical skills
* Demonstrates ability to build a supportive team environment
Job Shift:
Evenings
Schedule:
Full Time
Days of the Week:
Monday - Friday, Variable
Weekend Requirements:
As Needed
Benefits:
Yes
Unions:
No
Position Status:
Exempt
Weekly Hours:
40
Employee Status:
Regular
Sutter Health is an equal opportunity employer EOE/M/F/Disability/Veterans.
Pay Range is $40.28 to $52.36 / hour
The salary range for this role may vary above or below the posted range as determined by location. This range has not been adjusted for any specific geographic differential applicable by area where the position may be filled. Compensation takes into account several factors including but not limited to a candidate's experience, education, skills, licensure and certifications, department equity, training and organizational needs. Base pay is just one piece of the total rewards program offered by Sutter Health. Eligible roles also qualify for a comprehensive benefits package.
Lic. Masters Mental Health Prof. Adult and Child
Kaiser Permanente job in Modesto, CA
Provides mental health assessment, diagnosis, treatment and crisis intervention services for adult and/or child members who present themselves from psychiatric evaluation with a broad range of mental health needs. Collaborates with treating physician, psychiatric and allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual member treatment program.
Essential Responsibilities:
* Develops, implements, coordinates, and evaluates clinical treatment programs for the diagnosis, treatment, and/or referral of Health Plan members with acute or chronic mental illness. Participates in staff conferences to select, plan, and evaluate treatment programs. Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals, couples, families and groups.
* Instructs and counsels patients and their families regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens and adherence to prescribed medication regimens, within the scope of practice. May administer specialized therapeutic procedures, as appropriate. Provides appropriate support to members family. May develop and conducts psychoeducational classes and groups.
* Prepares intake summaries, treatment plans, and case summaries and maintains ongoing confidential records. Charts members treatment and progress in accord with state and NCQA regulations and in keeping with accepted community standards. May be required to participate in the department on-call rotation.
* Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating patients for psychotropic medications, within the scope of practice. Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the members treatment. May develop, implements, and evaluates behavioral medicine and health psychology programs in a variety of settings, including primary care. Provides consultation to other care providers and health educators on matters relating to mental health, health psychology and behavioral medicine.
* May supervise Post Masters Fellows, Associate Clinical Social Workers, Associate Marriage Family Therapists or Associate Professional Clinical Counselors as needed if supervision course is completed.
* May provide appropriate support to members family, including explanation of treatment, instructions in how to support treatment and interventions to increase acceptance of and adherence to treatment, at members request.
* Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the members treatment to include referral of the member and/or members family to external resources, as appropriate. Participates in departmental program development, implementation and evaluation.
* Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agencies.
Senior Director Product Management (Patient Engagement Technologies)
Kaiser Permanente job in Pleasanton, CA
Upon start, selected candidate must reside in CA, CO, GA, HI, MD, OR, or WA. Also, please note, this position will require reporting to the office 2 days per week. Provide product management leadership to enable capabilities that motivate patients to actively participate in their health care journey by providing easy access to health data, facilitating self-care management, and promoting shared decision-making with providers.
Job Summary:
This senior director role is primarily responsible for directing team(s) in defining product strategy and vision, overseeing product roadmaps from ideation to launch across multiple functional areas, and driving and approving decisions on new products or enhancements to bring to market. This includes reviewing and selecting business cases for new products, improvements to existing products, and/or business ventures; defining, overseeing, and avoiding technical debt; providing direction and oversight to product team(s) and influencing diverse stakeholder groups across the organization throughout the product management life cycle, and building and leveraging partnerships with operations teams and market stakeholders to support product adoption. This role is also responsible for directing internal and external discovery for new and existing products; overseeing end-to-end prototyping and validation with end users; ensuring learnings are funneled to product roadmaps; overseeing the ongoing tracking of outcomes, financials, and key performance indicators; and directing and overseeing product teams to ensure the resolution of complex or high impact user problems.
Essential Responsibilities:
+ Oversees the operation of multiple units and departments by identifying customer and operational needs; analyzing resources, costs, and forecasts and incorporating them into business plans; engaging strategic, cross-functional business units to champion and drive support for business plans and priorities; translating business strategy into actionable business requirements; obtaining and distributing resources; setting standards and measuring progress; anticipating and removing obstacles that impact performance; addressing performance gaps and implementing contingency plans accordingly; ensuring products and/or services meet customer requirements and expectations while aligning with organizational strategies; serving as a subject-matter expert and trusted source to executive leadership; and providing influence and consultation in the development of the larger organizational or business strategy.
+ Models and drives continuous learning and maintains a highly skilled and engaged workforce by aligning cross-functional resource plans with business objectives; overseeing the recruitment, selection, and development of talent; motivating and empowering teams; building organizational capacity and grooming high potentials for growth opportunities and advancement; staying current with industry trends, benchmarks, and best practices; providing guidance and leadership when difficult decisions need to be made; and ensuring performance management guidelines and expectations drive business needs.
+ Directs team(s) in defining product strategy and vision, and oversees product roadmaps from ideation to launch across multiple functional areas by driving and approving decisions on new products or enhancements to bring to market; reviewing the evaluation of potential business process changes, system impacts, and flow concepts to determine the viability of implementing desired enhancements; ensuring the provision of an end-to-end holistic view of how specific business processes and internal system configurations impact the user experience; reviewing and selecting business cases for new products, improvements to existing products, and/or business ventures; defining, overseeing, and avoiding technical debt as appropriate; managing product and operational budgets; ensuring documentation clearly communicates customer/stakeholder needs to the product team; and partnering with team members to clarify features and requirements as necessary.
+ Provides direction and oversight to product team(s) and influences diverse stakeholder groups across the organization throughout the product management life cycle by driving the resolution of inter-squad, cross-product and external dependencies, roadblocks and constraints; building and leveraging partnerships with operations teams and market stakeholders to support product adoption; overseeing the development of strategic training efforts to build readiness for production support and operational readiness teams; leading feature demos for executive stakeholders; providing advanced product expertise, peer training, and consultation as appropriate; ensuring adherence to enterprise compliance standards; and managing technology risks as appropriate.
+ Directs the internal and external discovery for new and existing products by leveraging partnerships with key stakeholders to identify business needs; ensuring the identification and selection of best in class marketplace innovation; overseeing prototyping and validation with end users with support from UX design and research, engineering, and other stakeholders as appropriate; and ensuring learnings are funneled to the product roadmap.
+ Oversees the ongoing tracking of outcomes, financials, and key performance indicators by reviewing KPIs and performance metrics (e.g., speed, quality, etc.); reviewing key metrics and verifying KPI alignment; and directing the development and maintenance of ad hoc reports, status updates, and presentation decks for key stakeholders and executive leadership.
+ Directs and oversees product team members to ensure the resolution of user problems for complex and high impact issues by ensuring the work backlog is prioritized and balanced across new development, non-functional requirements, and technical work (e.g., maintenance, support, technical debt, etc.); and overseeing competitive and user research/testing, experimentation, and design thinking initiatives.
Minimum Qualifications:
+ Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Information Systems Management, Data Analytics, Engineering, Social Science, or related field and minimum twelve (12) years experience in product management, project management, IT consulting, product development or support, business/system analysis, or a directly related field. Additional equivalent work experience in a directly related field may be substituted for the degree requirement. Advanced degrees may be substituted for a portion of the work experience requirements.
+ Minimum six (6) years experience working in product management, including product discovery and developing short-term and long-term product strategies.
+ Minimum two (2) years experience developing and validating business cases, including identifying value of investment projects.
+ Minimum three (3) years experience working with agile teams, including familiarity with scrum ceremonies and agile best practices.
+ Minimum four (4) years experience in strategic planning and building product roadmaps.
+ Minimum five (5) years supervisory experience managing direct reports.
+ Four (4) years experience managing operational or project budgets.
Additional Requirements:
Preferred Qualifications:
+ Master's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Information Systems Management, Data Analytics, Engineering, Social Science, or related field.
+ Five (5) years stakeholder management experience.
COMPANY: KAISER
TITLE: Senior Director Product Management (Patient Engagement Technologies)
LOCATION: Pleasanton, California
REQNUMBER: 1395625
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.
Consultant IV - Strategic Initiatives & Projects Team
Kaiser Permanente job in Modesto, CA
The Consultant IV - Strategic Initiatives & Projects Team will support the Central Valley in achieving its goals and strategic initiatives through consultation and project management. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience managing projects from start to finish and possess in-depth knowledge of performance improvement and project management. Additionally, the candidate must be willing to travel throughout the Central Valley Area facilities to support work in various locations.
Job Summary:
Serves as a consultant to ensure the alignment, buy-in, and coordination of diverse stakeholders to drive the implementation of successful business initiatives and projects. Provides insight and supports the development and implementation of business initiatives, systems, and/or processes to a desired future state. Contributes to business strategy and supports organizational alignment and prioritization of business initiatives. Manages complex projects or project components, participates in and may lead change management activities, and performs data analyses in support of business initiatives. Supports vendor management as required. Monitors compliance of work activities by ensuring business plans and team members adhere to relevant policies and procedures.
Essential Responsibilities:
* Promotes learning in others by proactively providing and/or developing information, resources, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members; builds relationships with cross-functional/external stakeholders and customers. Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; proactively provides actionable feedback to others and to managers. Pursues self-development; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; leads by influencing others through technical explanations and examples and provides options and recommendations. Adopts new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; champions change and helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Facilitates team collaboration to support a business outcome.
* Completes work assignments autonomously and supports business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area and business knowledge to generate creative solutions; encourages team members to adapt to and follow all procedures and policies. Collaborates cross-functionally and/or externally to achieve effective business decisions; provides recommendations and solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate; monitors progress and results. Supports the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; identifies resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines. Identifies, speaks up, and capitalizes on improvement opportunities across teams; uses influence to guide others and engages stakeholders to achieve appropriate solutions.
* Serves as a consultant to ensure the alignment, buy-in, and coordination of diverse stakeholders to drive the implementation of successful business initiatives and projects across one or more functional tracks or workstreams by identifying and ensuring representation and inclusion of appropriate stakeholders; building rapport and partnerships with stakeholder teams, third party vendors, and senior management; working with stakeholders to develop goals and set the prioritization of deliverables; discussing involvement of business processes (e.g. project change management, communication) and facilitating decisions necessary for the delivery of business initiatives; communicating tough issues to stakeholders while maintaining an independent perspective; and making formal presentations and providing reports to various senior level audiences.
* Develops requirements for complex business, process, or system solutions within assigned business domain(s) by interfacing stakeholders and cross-functional teams as appropriate; leveraging multiple business requirements gathering methodologies to identify business, functional, and non-functional requirements; developing and documenting comprehensive business cases to assess the costs, benefits, and ROI of proposed solutions; and leading team members in the development process as appropriate.
* Provides insight and supports the development and implementation of business initiatives, systems, and/or processes to a desired future state by maintaining a comprehensive understanding of how current processes impact business operations across multiple domains; mapping current state against future state processes; identifying the operational impact of requirements on upstream and downstream solution components; providing options and recommendations to management and business stakeholders on how to integrate solutions and deliverables with current systems and business processes across regions or domains; and identifying and validating value gaps and opportunities for process enhancements or efficiencies.
* Contributes to business strategy and supports organizational alignment and prioritization of business initiatives by defining, developing, and evaluating performance metrics, standards, and methods to establish business success; collaborating with multiple stakeholders, often with competing/conflicting objectives, to ensure cohesive and reachable metrics; refining strategic plans and performance metrics as appropriate; and managing assigned initiatives or portfolio to ensure delivery of measurable results and alignment with strategic objectives.
* Serves as a advocate of continuous learning and professional development by keeping abreast of industry practices, standards, and benchmarks; attending and participating in roadshows, conferences, and speaking events; contributing to the ongoing enhancement and innovation of consulting practices, standards, and methods across KP; serving as an advocate to ensure continuous learning and improvement is championed as a people strategy; providing training and guidance to stakeholders as appropriate; and providing ongoing coaching to build a continuous improvement mindset and build capabilities that drive results.
* Manages complex projects or project components by coordinating stakeholder contacts; recommending or assigning team resources based on project needs and team member strengths; consulting in the development, analysis, and management of project plans; coordinating project schedules and resource forecasts; proactively monitoring and identifying project or business initiative risks, issues, and trigger events; developing mitigation plans and strategies; and resolving or escalating risks or issues as appropriate.
* Participates in and may lead change management activities associated with business initiatives by engaging stakeholders to obtain support and buy in for changes; partnering with management, project champions, and business owners to communicate and align improvement initiatives with business objectives; identifying appropriate change management method and approach; and ensuring stakeholders embrace a change management mindset, understand intent and purpose, and foster a culture of change.
* Performs data analyses to support business initiatives by identifying appropriate data analysis tools and approach to assess business performance; determining suitable data gathering and analysis methods (e.g., process observation, hard data, etc.); defining data requirements and obtaining customer agreements, including customer requirements as appropriate; conducting analyses and performing experimental tests to evaluate the effectiveness of business solutions; and identifying and alleviating risks through data-driven analysis.
* Supports vendor management as required by assisting with reviews of vendor performance levels; ensuring service level agreements are met; managing vendor invoices; and partnering with Procurement and/or Legal to develop service level and/or scope of work agreements as appropriate.
* Monitors compliance of work activities by ensuring business plans and team members adhere to KP, departmental, and/or business line policies and procedures.
Managerial Consultant V - Outside Medical Services Optimization
Kaiser Permanente job in Pleasanton, CA
Position will support development, execution, and monitoring of ongoing Outside Medical Services strategic plan. Strong program and project management skills preferred as well as experience working with senior clinical and administrative leaders to solve complex issues.
Job Summary:
Serves as a lead consultant to ensure the alignment, buy-in, and coordination of diverse stakeholders to drive the implementation of strategic business initiatives and projects/programs across multiple functional tracks or workstreams. Drives business strategy, organizational alignment, and prioritization of business initiatives. Leads the work of project/program team members. Provides expertise and drives the development and implementation of business initiatives, systems, and/or processes to a desired future state. Manages complex, cross-functional projects/programs, and serves as an expert in the proactive monitoring and identification of client, project, program, and/or business risks. Designs, leads, and serves as an expert for change management plans associated with business initiatives. Leads assessment of strategic performance metrics to support business initiatives. Participates in vendor management as required. Monitors compliance of work activities by ensuring business plans and team members adhere to relevant policies and procedures.
Essential Responsibilities:
* Promotes learning in others by communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; builds relationships with cross-functional stakeholders. Listens, responds to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides actionable feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentors junior team members. Practices self-leadership; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas; influences team members within assigned team or unit. Adapts to competing demands and new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback. Models team collaboration within and across teams.
* Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promotes adherence to all procedures and policies. Partners internally and externally to make effective business decisions; determines and carries out processes and methodologies; solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate; monitors progress and results. Develops work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; coordinates and delegates resources to accomplish organizational goals. Recognizes and capitalizes on improvement opportunities; evaluates recommendations made; influences the completion of project tasks by others.
* Serves as a lead consultant to ensure the alignment, buy-in, and coordination of diverse stakeholders to drive the implementation of strategic business initiatives and projects/programs across multiple functional tracks or workstreams by identifying and ensuring representation and inclusion of appropriate stakeholders; building rapport and partnerships with key stakeholder teams, third party vendors, and executive management; working with stakeholders to develop goals and set the prioritization of deliverables; developing a menu of solutions for complex, competing, or ambiguous requests; discussing involvement of business processes (e.g. change management, communication) and facilitating decisions necessary for the delivery of business initiatives; communicating and resolving tough issues with stakeholders while maintaining an independent perspective; and making formal presentations and providing reports to executive level audiences.
* Drives business strategy, organizational alignment, and prioritization of business initiatives by working closely with senior executives to facilitate the development, refinement, and articulation of the business strategy; defining, developing, and evaluating performance metrics, standards, and methods to establish business success; leading the development of strategic roadmaps for solution development and deployment; collaborating with senior cross-functional stakeholders, often with competing/conflicting objectives to ensure cohesive and reachable metrics; refining strategic plans and performance metrics as appropriate; and managing complex initiatives or portfolio to ensure delivery of measurable results and alignment with strategic objectives.
* Leads the work of project/program team members by requesting and coordinating internal and/ or external resources based on the alignment of team member skills and project/program demands; delivering and promoting strategic vision and objectives to team members; and delivering performance feedback to team members supervisors and leadership as appropriate.
* Develops requirements, or leads a team of consultants in the development of requirements for large-scale, complex, or specialized business, process, or system solutions across business domain(s) by partnering with stakeholders and cross-functional teams as appropriate; leveraging multiple business requirements gathering methodologies to identify business, functional, and non-functional requirements; and leading and overseeing the development and documentation of comprehensive business cases to assess the costs, benefits, and ROI of proposed solutions.
* Provides expertise and drives the development and implementation of business initiatives, systems, and/or processes to a desired future state by maintaining a comprehensive understanding of how current processes impact business operations across multiple domains; mapping current state against future state processes; leveraging stakeholder partnerships to identify the operational needs and impact of requirements on upstream and downstream solution components; providing options and recommendations to executive management and business stakeholders on how to integrate solutions and deliverables with current systems and business processes across regions and domains; identifying and validating value gaps and opportunities for process enhancements or efficiencies; and leading the establishment of appropriate governance and workgroup infrastructures to accomplish strategic outcomes.
* Manages complex, cross-functional projects and/or programs by coordinating stakeholders; recommending or assigning team resources based on project needs and team member strengths; consulting in the development, analysis, and management of project/program plans; collaborating on the coordination of project/program scope, schedules, and resource forecasts; proactively monitoring and identifying project/program/business initiative risks, issues, and trigger events; developing mitigation plans and strategies; and resolving or escalating risks or issues as appropriate.
* Serves as an expert in the proactive monitoring and identification of client, project, program, and/or business risks, issues, and trigger events by leading the development of mitigation plans and strategies; and resolving or escalating risks or issues as appropriate.
* Designs, leads, and serves as an expert for change management plans associated with business initiatives by engaging stakeholders to obtain support and buy in for changes; partnering with executive management, project/program champions, and business owners to communicate and align improvement initiatives with business objectives; identifying appropriate change management method and approach; and ensuring stakeholders embrace a change management mindset, understand intent and purpose, and foster a culture of change.
* Leads the assessment of strategic performance metrics to support business initiatives by building partnerships with data analytic teams to ensure the translation of business requirements into analytic specifications; identifying appropriate data analysis tools and approach to assess business performance; determining suitable data gathering and analysis methods (e.g., process observation, hard data, etc.); defining data requirements and obtaining customer agreements, including customer requirements as appropriate; conducting advanced statistical analyses and/or testing to evaluate the effectiveness of business solutions; and identifying and alleviating risks through data-driven analysis.
* Serves as a lead advocate for continuous learning and professional development by keeping abreast of cutting edge industry practices, standards, and benchmarks; attending and presenting at roadshows, conferences, training seminars, and/or speaking events as appropriate; leading the ongoing enhancement and innovation of consulting practices, standards, and methods across KP; serving as an advocate to ensure continuous learning and improvement is championed as a people strategy; providing training and guidance to stakeholders as appropriate; and providing ongoing coaching to build a continuous improvement mindset and build capabilities that drive results.
* Participates in vendor management as required by reviewing vendor performance levels; ensuring service level agreements are met; managing vendor invoices; and partnering with Procurement and/or Legal to develop service level and/or scope of work agreements as appropriate.
* Monitors compliance of work activities by ensuring business plans and team members adhere to KP, departmental, and/or business line policies and procedures.
Dermatologist
Turlock, CA job
Gould Medical Group (GMG) is looking for BE/BC Dermatologist in Turlock, CA.
Gould Medical Group is a growing, approximately 400 provider multi-specialty group located about two hours east of San Francisco, California. Our communities offer quick access to the bay area as well as other hot spots such as Napa Valley, Yosemite, and Lake Tahoe.
Position Details:
Starting base salary: $590,000
RVU based compensation model starting in year 2
Two-year salary guarantee
RVU Bonus potential during salary guarantee
Loan or Mortgage Assistance, up to $200,000
Residency Stipend available
Sign-on bonus
General Medical Dermatology
4-day work week
Subspecialty training welcome
Biopsies, excision of cancers, light treatments
Biologic for psoriasis, Accutane, Methotrexate, Cell Cept
Stable and growing group
EHR: Epic
Standard Benefits:
Annual 12.0% 401(k) gift
Two-year shareholder track
Annual CME allowance
Full health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
Group paid malpractice and tail coverage
Annual profit sharing for shareholders
Individual Performance Bonus
Relocation assistance
Area Details:
Close proximity to the Bay Area but dramatically lower cost of living
Short driving distance to Yosemite, wine country, Lake Tahoe, Monterey
Centrally located with quick access to skiing, hiking, surfing, and entertainment venues of various types
Rapidly growing communities
Excellent school options
Average of 260 days of sunshine annually
IT Applications Engineer IV - Full-stack Developer
Kaiser Permanente job in Pleasanton, CA
Department: Kp.org Account and Access Management, Business Capabilities Engineering(BCE), ITSO - Digital Technologies * Account Management: (Registration, authentication and account recovery): This feature enables seamless and secure access to digital services, supporting over 650,000 member registrations in 2024 and playing a critical role in driving digital engagement and accessing healthcare services. The authentication module ensures secure and effortless sign-in across all digital channels, with two-factor authentication (2FA) available as an added layer of protection to enhance security while maintaining a smooth user experience. Account recovery module provides self-service tools for users to retrieve their User ID and reset their password across both web and mobile platforms, ensuring continuous access to their accounts. Additionally, entitlements allow feature access based on role, aligned with MyChart, and are configured by this product.
* Act for Family Member (proxy Access): Empowers Kaiser Permanente members and non-members to securely manage the healthcare needs of loved ones through proxy access. A key benefit of this feature is its contribution to digital access for child members who cannot have their own accounts and for teen members, among whom registration rates are low, ensuring their healthcare needs are managed seamlessly by authorized caregivers. By allowing caregivers to schedule appointments, view medical records, and manage prescriptions on behalf of family members, this feature enhances care coordination, reduces administrative burdens, and improves health outcomes-all while maintaining strict security and privacy measures.
* Profile, Preferences: Enhances the Kaiser Permanente (KP) member experience by enabling customized profile management, secure digital access to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant health plan (HP) documents, and tailored communication preferences complying regulatory opt-in/out options across various modalities. It streamlines workflows by offering helpful reminders, notifications, document delivery preferences, document translation options, third-party access, and self-service tools for requesting certifications and forms, reducing call volume and administrative costs associated with printing and mailing. By increasing digital document delivery rates and simplifying the user experience, this feature empowers members to stay in control of their data while enjoying a more efficient, customized, and seamless healthcare journey.
This individual contributor is primarily responsible for translating business requirements and functional specifications into software solutions, for assisting in contributing to and leveraging the technical direction for the development of integrated business and/or enterprise application solutions, and for providing consultation to help ensure new and existing software solutions are developed.
Essential Responsibilities:
* Completes work assignments and supports business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area; supporting the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; ensuring team follows all procedures and policies; coordinating and assigning resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines; collaborating cross-functionally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating high priority issues or risks, as appropriate; and recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities.
* Practices self-development and promotes learning in others by proactively providing information, resources, advice, and expertise with coworkers and customers; building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders; influencing others through technical explanations and examples; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; providing feedback to others and managers; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; supporting team collaboration; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.
* As part of the IT Engineering job family, this position is responsible for leveraging DEVOPS, and both Waterfall and Agile practices, to design, develop, and deliver resilient, secure, multi-channel, high-volume, high-transaction, on/off-premise, cloud-based solutions.
* Provides insight into recommendations for technical solutions that meet design and functional needs.
* Translates business requirements and functional specifications into physical program designs, code modules, stable application systems, and software solutions by partnering with Business Analysts and other team members to understand business needs and functional specifications.
* Assists in identification of specific interfaces, methods, parameters, procedures, and functions, as required, to support technical solutions.
* Leads systems incident support and troubleshooting for complex and non-complex issues.
* Supports component integration testing (CIT) and user acceptance testing (UAT) for application initiatives by providing triage, attending test team meetings, keeping the QC up-to-date, performing fixes and unit testing, providing insight to testing teams in order to ensure the appropriate depth of test coverage, and supporting the development of proper documentation.
* Builds and maintains trusting relationships with internal customers and third party vendors to ensure the alignment, buy-in, and support of diverse project stakeholders.
* Reviews and validates technical specifications and documentation.
* Identifies specific interfaces, methods, parameters, procedures, and functions to support technical solutions while incorporating architectural designs.
* Collaborates with architects and/or software consultants to ensure functional specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable solution designs.
* Provides implementation and post-implementation triage and support of business software solutions by programming and/or configuring enhancements to new or packaged-based systems and applications.
* Reviews and makes changes to technical specifications and documentation.
* Develops and executes unit testing to identify application errors and ensure software solutions meet functional specifications.
* Writes technical specifications and documentation.
* Ensures new and existing software solutions are developed with insight into industry best practices, strategies, and architectures.
* Builds partnerships with IT teams and vendors to ensure written code adheres to company architectural standards, design patterns, and technical specifications.
* Leads, mentors, and trains other technical resources to develop software applications.
* Develops, configures, or modifies basic to moderately complex integrated business and/or enterprise application solutions within various computing environments by designing and coding component-based applications using programming languages.
* Participates and coaches others in all software development lifecycle phases by applying and sharing an in-depth understanding of company and industry methodologies, policies, standards, and controls.
* Assists with project estimation throughout the PLC.
* Develops and maintains specialist knowledge of database concepts, object and data modeling techniques and design principles, and a detailed knowledge of database architectures, software, and facilities. Analyses data requirements to establish, modify, or maintain object/data models. Evaluates potential solutions, demonstrating, installing, and commissioning selected products.
* Takes responsibility for the accessibility, retrievability, and security of specific subsets of information. Provides advice on the transformation of information from one format/medium to another, where appropriate. Maintains and implements information handling procedures. Enables the availability, integrity, and search ability of information through the application of formal data structures and protection measures. Manipulates specific data from information services to satisfy local or specific information needs.
Psychologist - Adult Generalist
Kaiser Permanente job in Pleasanton, CA
Provides mental health assessment, diagnosis, treatment and crisis intervention services for adult and/or child members who present themselves from psychiatric evaluation with a broad range of mental health needs. Collaborates with treating physician, psychiatric and allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual members treatment program.
Essential Responsibilities:
* Develops, implements, coordinates, and evaluates clinical treatment programs for the diagnosis, treatment, and/or referral of Health Plan members with acute or chronic mental illness. Participates in staff conferences to select, plan, and evaluate treatment programs. Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals, couples, families and groups. Instructs and counsels patients and their families regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens and adherence to prescribed medication regimens, within the scope of practice. May administer specialized therapeutic procedures, as appropriate. Provides appropriate support to members family. May develop and conducts psychoeducational classes and groups.
* May conduct psychological assessments, including test administration, interpretation, and recommendations. Prepares intake summaries, treatment plans, and case summaries and maintains ongoing confidential records. Charts members treatment and progress in accord with state and NCQA regulations and in keeping with accepted community standards. May be required to participate in the department on-call rotation.
* Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating patients for psychotropic medications, within the scope of practice. Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the members treatment. May develop, implements, and evaluates behavioral medicine and health psychology programs in a variety of settings, including primary care. Provides consultation to other care providers and health educators on matters relating to mental health, health psychology and behavioral medicine. Provides clinical supervision to psychology doctoral interns, psychology postdoctoral residents, and other mental health trainees/fellows as necessary.
* May supervise Post Masters Fellows, Associate Clinical Social Workers, Associate Marriage Family Therapists or Associate Professional Clinical Counselors as needed if supervision course is completed.
* May provide appropriate support to members family, including explanation of treatment, instructions in how to support treatment and interventions to increase acceptance of and adherence to treatment, at members request.
* Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the members treatment to include referral of the member and/or members family to external resources, as appropriate. Participates in departmental program development, implementation and evaluation.
* Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agencies
Category Management Specialist III
Kaiser Permanente job in Pleasanton, CA
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Management Science, Business, Finance, Accounting, Contract Administration, Procurement or a directly related field and minimum two (2) years experience category management, strategic sourcing, or a directly related field. Additional equivalent work experience in a directly related field may be substituted for the degree requirement. Advanced degrees may be substituted for the work experience requirements.
Additional Requirements: Job Summary: This individual contributor position is responsible for developing category/spend strategies for assigned categories by leveraging knowledge of the markets, suppliers and stakeholder needs; building long-term relationships with internal clients and suppliers; owning end-to-end delivery of business needs for categories under management; identifying and understanding key initiatives of internal clients and short, medium, and long-term goals; ensuring alignment of initiatives and strategies with client expectations; adopting change practices with customers, suppliers and stakeholders to drive strategic programs; and interacting with leadership to review and drive decisions. This position is also responsible for participating in the RFP process and/or supplier negotiations; developing and executing RFPs; leveraging analytics and insights to ensure data-driven decisions; analyzing category spend to understand price drivers and trends; applying cost and supply market analytics; and applying a digital mindset to adopt new technologies in the source to pay space. Essential Responsibilities:
Pursues effective relationships with others by proactively providing resources, information, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members. Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides mentoring to team members. Pursues self-development; creates plans and takes action to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; influences others through technical explanations and examples. Adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Supports and responds to the needs of others to support a business outcome.
Completes work assignments autonomously by applying up-to-date expertise in subject area to generate creative solutions; ensures all procedures and policies are followed; leverages an understanding of data and resources to support projects or initiatives. Collaborates cross-functionally to solve business problems; escalates issues or risks as appropriate; communicates progress and information. Supports, identifies, and monitors priorities, deadlines, and expectations. Identifies, speaks up, and implements ways to address improvement opportunities for team.
Develops category/spend strategies for assigned categories by leveraging knowledge of the markets, suppliers and stakeholder needs; driving clear, informed decisions based upon a multi-year strategy; owning end-to-end delivery of business needs for categories under management; keeping current on external and internal influences that may impact the larger organization (e.g., Healthcare Reform, macroeconomic issues, etc.); and interacting with leadership to review and drive decisions.
Develops and maintains relationships with key internal clients and suppliers by building strong, collaborative relationships with internal clients across the business to gain buy-in and deliver value; identifying and understanding key initiatives of internal clients and short, medium, and long-term goals; working with suppliers to identify and pursue opportunities to drive improved quality and delivery performance; assuring alignment of initiatives and strategies with client expectations to drive value, innovation, service/supply resiliency, quality of care and governance; and partnering with cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., Portfolio Leads, Sourcing, Procurement Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, etc.) to advance Category Management capabilities.
Participates in RFP process and/or supplier negotiations and facilitates contracting to deliver strategic value by applying appropriate negotiation strategies, tactics, and processes in line with situational demands; assisting with contract negotiations in partnership with Legal; and developing and executing RFPs to drive the strategic sourcing process.
Leverages analytics and insights to support data-driven decisions by analyzing category spend to understand price drivers and trends; applying cost and supply market analytics to create category strategies; and applying a digital mindset to adopt new technologies in the source to pay space.
Adopts change practices with customers, suppliers and stakeholders to drive the implementation and/or modification of new or existing strategic programs (e.g., Source to Pay transformation, Category Management training programs, etc.).
Contributes to KPs Sustainability and Environmental goals and serves as an advocate to further advance results in Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP).
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Auto-ApplyHealth Educator I - IBCLC Certification Required
Kaiser Permanente job in Manteca, CA
Assesses, designs, implements, presents, and evaluates health education programs and services.
Essential Responsibilities:
Conducts needs assessments, establishes priorities, designs, implements, and evaluates basic health education programs, protocols, and standards. Coordinates a wide range of health education services, including establishing effective referral and publicity systems, monitoring quality and documentation, providing scheduling and logistical support, and facilitating use of community services to promote the delivery of cost-effective health education services. Provides direct group or one-to-one health education services to members and the public. Reviews, develops, and recommends high quality, culturally appropriate, written and audio-visual health education materials. Consults with physicians and staff regarding related health education services. Coordinates health information projects such as program catalogs, newsletter, informational displays, community health events, etc. Specializes in a specific area of health education (e.g. HIV, nutrition, chronic disease, health promotion) as required. Monitors performance of health education instructors and counselors. Prepares reports, grants, proposals, and documentation, as assigned. Participates in establishing department strategic goals and priorities. Supervisory Responsibilities\: This job has no supervisory responsibilities Corporate Compliance Accountability\: Consistently supports the precepts of Corporate compliance and Principles of Responsibility by maintaining confidentiality, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with integrity, reporting observed fraud and abuse and complying with applicable state, federal and local laws and program policies and procedures. Competencies\: To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies\: Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; gathers and analyzes information skillfully; develops alternative solutions. Customer Service - Interpersonal Skills - Maintains confidentiality; treats co-workers, patients and facility visitors with respect. Oral Communication - Listens and gets clarification to ensure that instructions and requests are fully understood.
Grade 586
Basic Qualifications: Experience Previous experience in providing and coordinating health education services (usually 1 year). Previous experience in uncomplicated curriculum and materials development. Demonstrated knowledge of behavior change, adult learning, group process theory and application. Strong interpersonal and written communication skills. Knowledge of PC applications required. Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment. Education
BA/BS in Health Education or in another health related field. For specialization - content expertise or certification required.
License, Certification, Registration
N/A
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Auto-ApplyResearch Specialist III, Support- Field Interviewer
Kaiser Permanente job in Pleasanton, CA
We are seeking an enthusiastic, communicative, and detail-oriented individual to work as a field interviewer for our Life Course/Cognitive Aging Research Group. This interviewer may work across any one of our active field studies but will likely specialize in the recruitment and retention of aging Black participants in the Oakland and the surrounding Bay Area for the Study of Healthy Aging in African Americans (STAR). The ideal candidate will be someone with experience working with this population and be committed to furthering research in aging populations. Our field studies seek to evaluate how lifecourse risk and protective factors affect cognitive decline later in life. The 3 field studies include: Study of Healthy Aging in African Americans (STAR), Kaiser Healthy Aging and Diverse Life Experiences (KHANDLE), and Life After 90 (LA90).
The RSIII will screen, recruit and schedule participants for clinic- and home-based in-person interviews. The RSIII will administer a structured interview including a detailed questionnaire about life experiences, a cognitive test battery, and the collection of physical measurements. The RSIII will also assist with in-office administrative support for the team as needed in the Division of Research located in Pleasanton, CA. The interviewer should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Evening and weekend work required (as recruitment dictates) to accommodate working participants. This may require regular communication with participants in the early evening and the ability to complete study visits outside of regular working hours including Saturdays.
Assists with research support by implementing day-to-day operations of projects, monitoring resources for research studies, and following federal and local regulations, standard operating procedures, and Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved protocols. Contributes to the execution of research by independently conducting data gathering activities, preparing data reports for accuracy and identifying inconsistencies in data, and performing complex tasks related to the recruitment, enrollment, consenting, follow-up with participants, and answering participant questions. Contributes to the development of research materials and procedures by drafting study materials (e.g., recruitment, data collection, retention) in a variety of formats including online. Assists in the documentation and reporting of research study activities by assisting the development of tools, systems, and forms for project tracking and documentation, documenting study progress, and escalating issues to project managers or investigators.
Essential Responsibilities:
* Pursues effective relationships with others by proactively providing resources, information, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members. Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides mentoring to team members. Pursues self-development; creates plans and takes action to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; influences others through technical explanations and examples. Adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Supports and responds to the needs of others to support a business outcome.
* Completes work assignments autonomously by applying up-to-date expertise in subject area to generate creative solutions; ensures all procedures and policies are followed; leverages an understanding of data and resources to support projects or initiatives. Collaborates cross-functionally to solve business problems; escalates issues or risks as appropriate; communicates progress and information. Supports, identifies, and monitors priorities, deadlines, and expectations. Identifies, speaks up, and implements ways to address improvement opportunities for team.
* Contributes to the execution of research studies by: independently conducting research surveys, focus groups, qualitative interviews, or other data gathering activities for moderately complex projects; training others on project support activities (e.g., data collection, administering informed consent, conducting procedures); preparing open-ended/qualitative data for analysis and building analytical datasets; preparing data reports and identifying data quality issues; performing complex tasks related to the recruitment, enrollment, consenting, and follow-up with participants; and answering participant questions regarding basic and/or complex studies and escalating issues if necessary.
* Contributes to the development of research materials and procedures by: drafting study materials (e.g., recruitment, data collection, retention) in a variety of formats including online.
* Assists in the documentation and reporting of research study activities by: assisting the development of tools, systems, and forms for project tracking and documentation; and documenting the progress of study activities and escalating issues to project managers or investigators.
* Assists with research support operations by: implementing day-to-day operations of projects; monitoring resources for research studies; contributing to and/or assisting the management of project budgets; performing literature reviews and/or contributing to the development of grant proposals; contributing to drafts of Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocols, amendments, continuing reviews, and other documentation; contributing to drafts of Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocols, amendments, continuing reviews, and other documentation; and following federal and local regulations, standard operating procedures, and IRB approved protocols and maintaining compliance for handling research data.
IT Infrastructure Engineer V - Cloud Kubernetes Developer
Kaiser Permanente job in Pleasanton, CA
About the Team The Container Platform and Adoption Services team at Kaiser Permanente (KP) accelerates enterprise application modernization by enabling tenants to adopt container platforms such as OpenShift (on-prem) and Azure AKS (cloud). We partner with application teams across the enterprise to containerize workloads, design cloud-native deployment patterns, and implement automation for CI/CD, high availability, and failover.
Our mission is to simplify the developer experience, reduce onboarding friction, and ensure enterprise applications are production-ready with best-in-class resiliency, security, and compliance. The team also provides L3 engineering support and leads offshore engineers delivering platform enhancements and operational improvements.
Role Summary
The Cloud Developer (Cloud Native Application Developer) plays a hybrid technical-lead role at the intersection of DevOps and platform engineering. The developer will be hands-on in designing and implementing platform feature enhancements, onboarding automation, and container adoption solutions while also leading offshore engineers to deliver high-quality platform capabilities.
This role requires flexibility to collaborate across time zones (overlapping IST) and participation in 247 on-call rotations for production escalation support. The right candidate will thrive in a dynamic environment that balances technical design, implementation, mentorship, and operational excellence.
Responsibilities
* Partner with tenant application teams to analyze existing monolithic workloads and guide them through refactoring and migration to container platforms.
* Design and implement Dockerfiles, Kubernetes/OpenShift manifests, Helm/Kustomize configurations, and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD).
* Enhance and maintain platform capabilities by enabling new Kubernetes features and improving container platform adoption and onboarding efficiency.
* Develop and integrate CI/CD workflows and GitOps automation across multiple toolchains and environments.
* Provide technical guidance on resiliency, scalability, HA, and failover design for both stateless and stateful applications.
* Support S3 Object Store and Operator-based workload onboarding, automation, and lifecycle management.
* Lead and mentor offshore engineers, ensuring delivery of platform enhancements, adherence to standards, and quality engineering practices.
* Provide L3 engineering support-including troubleshooting complex production issues, root cause analysis, and performance optimization.
* Collaborate with Platform Engineering, SRE, and Security teams to ensure all solutions meet compliance, monitoring, and operational readiness standards.
* Participate in 247 on-call rotations for production support escalations and incident response.
* Drive continuous improvement through documentation, reusable frameworks, and automation of onboarding processes.
This senior level employee is primarily responsible for providing expert technical advice on IT infrastructure for assigned systems, setting the technical direction for infrastructure solutions, and for serving as a technical expert for project teams while mentoring and advising others in all system development lifecycle phases.
Essential Responsibilities:
* Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promoting adherence to all procedures and policies; developing work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; determining and carrying out processes and methodologies; coordinating and delegating resources to accomplish organizational goals; partnering internally and externally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating issues or risks, as appropriate; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; evaluating recommendations made; and influencing the completion of project tasks by others.
* Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; influencing team members within assigned unit; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentoring junior team members; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.
* As part of the IT Engineering job family, this position is responsible for leveraging DEVOPS, and both Waterfall and Agile practices, to design, develop, and deliver resilient, secure, multi-channel, high-volume, high-transaction, on/off-premise, cloud-based solutions.
* Provides consultation and expert technical advice on IT infrastructure planning, engineering, and architecture for assigned systems by assessing the implications of IT strategies on infrastructure capabilities.
* Provides some recommendations and input on options, risks, costs, and benefits for systems designs.
* Leverages partnerships with IT teams and key business partners to troubleshoot complex systems.
* Serves as a functional expert and collaborates with architects and software engineers to ensure functional specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable system designs.
* Translates business requirements, and functional and non-functional requirements, into technical specifications that support integrated and sustainable designs for complex or high impact infrastructure systems by partnering with Business Analysts to understand business needs and functional specifications.
* Ensures system designs adhere to company architecture standards.
* Builds partnerships with counterparts in various IT Teams (e.g., database, operations, technical support) throughout system development and implementation.
* Serves as a technical expert for project teams throughout the implementation and maintenance of assigned enterprise infrastructure systems by defining and overseeing the documentation of detailed standards (e.g., guidelines, processes, procedures) for the introduction and maintenance of services.
* Mentors other technical resources throughout infrastructure systems development.
* Reviews and validates technical specifications and documentation for complex or multi-dimensional solutions.
* Leads the development and modification of solutions by identifying technical solutions to business problems.
* Collaborates with business leaders, Solutions, and lead enterprise architects to review business drivers, and establish a foundation for enterprise systems planning.
* Reviews benchmarking results, and provides information to support current and future infrastructure needs and projects to IT leadership. Provides preliminary conclusions.
* Benchmarks and evaluates IT trends and technologies to identify opportunities and considerations that impact ROI.
* Makes recommendations on resources required to maintain service levels and meet new demands.
* Guides and drives physical architecture design for new initiatives.
Tech - EEG Tech
Modesto, CA job
An EEG Technologist is a specialized healthcare professional responsible for performing electroencephalograms (EEGs) to measure and record electrical activity in the brain. These tests are primarily used to diagnose neurological disorders such as epilepsy, sleep disorders, and brain injuries. EEG Technologists work closely with neurologists, physicians, and other healthcare professionals to ensure high-quality EEG readings while providing excellent care and support to patients during the procedure.
Key Responsibilities:
Pre-Procedure Preparation:
Review patient medical history and physician orders to determine the appropriate EEG procedure.
Explain the EEG procedure to the patient, ensuring they understand the process, its purpose, and any necessary preparations.
Verify the patient's identity and ensure informed consent is obtained if required.
Prepare and check the EEG equipment, ensuring that all equipment is functioning correctly and calibrated for use.
Clean and prepare the patient's scalp by removing oils, gels, or lotions that may affect the electrode attachment.
Position the patient properly for the EEG procedure and ensure they are comfortable throughout the test.
Performing EEG Procedures:
Apply electrodes to the patient's scalp using a conductive gel or paste to ensure proper electrical contact.
Monitor the patient during the EEG procedure to ensure proper electrode placement and signal quality.
Operate EEG equipment, ensuring the system is recording the brain's electrical activity accurately.
Observe and record the patient's responses during the test, making note of any events such as seizures or other irregularities in brain activity.
In certain cases, conduct sleep studies or long-term monitoring EEGs as ordered by the physician.
Adjust equipment settings (e.g., filter, sensitivity, etc.) as necessary to obtain clear and accurate recordings.
Patient Comfort and Safety:
Ensure the patient's safety and comfort during the EEG procedure, particularly if they are required to remain still or follow specific instructions (e.g., breathing patterns).
Address any patient concerns or discomfort and provide reassurance throughout the procedure, especially for patients who may feel anxious about the test.
Ensure patient privacy and dignity while positioning them for the test.
Monitor the patient for signs of discomfort, confusion, or distress and communicate with the healthcare team as necessary.
Image and Data Quality:
Review and monitor the EEG recording in real-time to ensure it is of sufficient quality for accurate diagnosis.
Troubleshoot any issues with the equipment or electrode connections that may affect the quality of the recording.
Ensure that the EEG recordings are of diagnostic quality, making adjustments or repeating parts of the test as necessary.
Document all relevant information regarding the procedure, including the duration, electrode placement, and any patient reactions during the test.
Post-Procedure Care:
Remove the electrodes from the patient's scalp carefully and clean the scalp area to remove any conductive gel or paste.
Ensure that the patient is stable, comfortable, and ready to leave the testing area.
Provide the patient with post-procedure instructions, including any follow-up steps or appointments.
Assist the patient with dressing or getting ready to leave the facility if necessary.
Equipment Maintenance and Troubleshooting:
Regularly inspect, clean, and maintain EEG equipment to ensure it is functioning properly and safely.
Troubleshoot basic technical issues, such as poor electrode contact or equipment malfunctions, to ensure high-quality results.
Report any significant equipment malfunctions to the appropriate staff for further repair or replacement.
Documentation and Record-Keeping:
Accurately document all procedure details, including patient information, electrode placement, test duration, and any significant events or observations.
Ensure that EEG data and findings are stored appropriately in the electronic health record (EHR) or imaging system for easy access by physicians.
Maintain accurate records of all EEG procedures, ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations and patient confidentiality standards (e.g., HIPAA).
Collaboration with Medical Team:
Work closely with neurologists, physicians, and other healthcare professionals to ensure that EEG results are accurately interpreted and used to guide patient care.
Communicate effectively with the medical team about any issues with the procedure, including poor-quality data or patient reactions that may require further investigation.
Provide support during the review and analysis of EEG data, assisting physicians in identifying key findings and areas of concern.
Professional Development and Training:
Stay current with the latest advancements in EEG technology and best practices by participating in continuing education programs and workshops.
Obtain and maintain certifications from professional organizations, such as ABRET (American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential Technologists).
Assist in the training and mentorship of new EEG Technologists, students, or interns in the proper techniques, equipment use, and patient care protocols.
Compliance Consultant V - PCI DSS Compliance
Kaiser Permanente job in Pleasanton, CA
Minimum Qualifications:
Minimum four (4) years in an informal leadership role working with business or technical teams.
Bachelors Degree in MIS, Information Security, Accounting, Finance, Audit, or related field and Minimum eight (8) years experience in IT risk management, compliance, auditing, or information security. Additional equivalent work experience in a directly related field may be substituted for the degree requirement.
Additional Requirements:
Compliance Consultant V - PCI DSS Compliance
This position requires you to be based in our NCAL Region (Northern California).
Compliance Consultant V - PCI DSS Compliance will report to the Privacy Security and Technology Compliance Director and work alongside members of the PCI Sustainment team conducting compliance readiness functions and facilitation of the annual Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) external assessment. This role will work closely with various stakeholders across markets, business and enterprise security/IT functions, including front line operations, as well as other stakeholders which support payment applications.
The CCV PCI DSS will directly be responsibility to provide subject matter expertise on the PCI DSS and to maintain a comprehensive and integrated program that monitors PCI readiness and performs assessments where necessary. The individual will be responsible for monitoring a broad portfolio of IT systems and business processes that are part of our cardholder data environment in scope for the annual PCI report on compliance (ROC). This role will directly support the annual PCI ROC assessment, liaising with our external qualified security assessor (QSA) and ultimately ensuring successful & timely delivery of the ROC while contributing to projects and initiatives that will improve sustainment “Business as Usual” and the overall maturity of the PCI compliance at Kaiser Permanente.
Job Summary:
This position drives ITRM process and/or methodology for designated ITRM initiatives by leading or directing team members in the documentation of process and/or service requirements and guiding and influencing leadership in the development of the ITRM strategy. This role partners with leadership to help define goals, objectives, deliverables, and guardrails within the governance framework to ensure the development and implementation of efficient, effective, measurable, and sustainable ITRM processes and controls. This role also executes and plans ITRM compliance assessments, drives and manages the design and implementation of appropriate controls, and manages large-scale ITRM service delivery and engagements from planning to completion, including financials.
Essential Responsibilities:
Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promoting adherence to all procedures and policies; developing work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; determining and carrying out processes and methodologies; coordinating and delegating resources to accomplish organizational goals; partnering internally and externally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating issues or risks, as appropriate; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; evaluating recommendations made; and influencing the completion of project tasks by others.
Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; influencing team members within assigned unit; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentoring junior team members; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.
Drives ITRM processes and/or methodology for designated ITRM initiatives by leading or directing team members in the documentation of process and/or service requirements and acceptance criteria from process owners and key stakeholders; guiding and influencing leadership in the development of the ITRM strategy; partnering with leadership to help define goals, objectives, deliverables, and guardrails within the governance framework to ensure the development and implementation of efficient, effective, measurable, and sustainable ITRM processes and controls; and collecting, analyzing, and reporting performance metrics using company software and reporting tools.
Executes and plans ITRM compliance assessments and consulting projects by leading intake, planning and coordination activities for new or revisions to technology systems or services; and driving and managing the design and implementation of appropriate controls through the sustainment phase.
Manages large-scale ITRM service delivery and engagements from planning to completion by managing multiple workstreams, including stakeholder communications and team mentorship; and managing and monitoring financials for assigned initiatives.
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Auto-ApplyNurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, Internal Medicine (Modesto, CA)
Modesto, CA job
Opportunity Information Gould Medical Group is looking for a board-certified Internal Medicine Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in Modesto, CA. * Starting base salary: $150,000 * Established primary care practice
* Experience required
* Supportive/collaborative APC/physician team environment valuing top of licensure practice
* Support consists of receptionists and CMA's
* Lab and imaging on site
* Stable and growing group
* EHR: Epic
Requirements
Board certified Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
We Offer / Join Us and Enjoy
Standard Benefits:
* Annual 12.0% 401(k) gift
* Annual CME / business expense allowance
* Full health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
* Group paid malpractice and tail coverage
* Individual Performance Bonus
* Relocation assistance
Medical Group Details
Gould Medical Group is a growing, 525+ clinician multi-specialty group located about two hours east of San Francisco, California. Our communities offer quick access to the bay area as well as other hot spots such as Napa Valley, Yosemite, and Lake Tahoe.
Community Information
Area Details:
* Close proximity to the Bay Area but a lower cost of living
* Short driving distance to Yosemite, wine country, Lake Tahoe, Monterey
* Centrally located with quick access to skiing, hiking, surfing, and entertainment venues of various types
* Rapidly growing communities
* Excellent school options
* Average of 260 days of sunshine annually
Equal Opportunity Statement
It is the policy of Sutter Health and its partners to provide equal employment for all qualified individuals; to prohibit discrimination in employment because of basis of race, color, creed, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, registered domestic partner status, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, national origin (including possession of a driver's license issued to individuals who did not present proof of authorized presence in the U.S.), age, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military or protected veteran status, political affiliation, pregnancy or perceived pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical condition, genetic information or any other characteristic made unlawful by local, state or federal law, ordinance or regulation. We promote the full realization of equal employment opportunities through a positive continuing program within each medical group, company, hospital, department, and service area. Equal employment opportunities apply to every aspect of Sutter's employment policies and practices.
Principal IT Solutions Consultant, Oracle/HCM
Kaiser Permanente job in Pleasanton, CA
We are seeking a seasoned IC-6 HR Technology Leader who will serve as a key architect and execution leader within the HRConnect ecosystem. This role requires a strong HR domain expert who can design and deliver large-scale, enterprise-wide solutions, provide end-to-end solution architecture, and lead complex, multi-year programs across Payroll, Absence, Timekeeping, Benefits, and related capabilities. The ideal candidate brings deep HR functional knowledge, strong technical acumen in Oracle HCM and integration platforms, and demonstrated experience driving large programs from strategy through deployment. This is a hands-on, high-visibility role that requires strategic thinking, cross-functional leadership, and the ability to operate in a fast-paced, transformational environment.
Job Summary:
In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position is responsible for managing support for customers (users), assigned applications, and/or information systems, including software implementation, integration across functions and regions, complex configuration, system testing, and customization of software utilities. Additional responsibilities also include leading complex solution design support efforts and research initiatives for translating requirements into workable technical solutions, and supporting the evaluation of third-party vendors as directed.
Essential Responsibilities:
+ Drives the execution of multiple work streams by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and updating new procedures and policies; gaining cross-functional support for objectives and priorities; translating business strategy into actionable business requirements; obtaining and distributing resources; setting standards and measuring progress; removing obstacles that impact performance; guiding performance and developing contingency plans accordingly; solving highly complex issues; and influencing the completion of project tasks by others.
+ Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by soliciting and acting on performance feedback; building collaborative, cross-functional relationships; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership; influencing, mentoring, and coaching team members; fostering open dialogue amongst team members; evaluating and responding to the strengths and weaknesses of self and unit members; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.
+ Leads a team of IT consultants in the development of requirements, for process or system solutions which may span multiple business domains by leveraging partnerships with stakeholders and appropriate IT teams (for example, Solutions Delivery, Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture).
+ Leverages multiple business requirements gathering methodologies to identify business, functional, and non-functional requirements (for example, SMART) across the enterprise.
+ Leads and oversees the development and documentation of comprehensive business cases to assess the costs, benefits, ROI, and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of highly unique or complex solution proposals.
+ Leads the evolution of applications, systems, and/or processes to a desired future state by translating how current processes impact business operations across the enterprise.
+ Leads teams of IT Consultants in the mapping of current state against future state processes.
+ Defines the impact of requirements on upstream and downstream solution components.
+ Provides insight and influence to executive management and business leaders on how to integrate requirements with current systems and business processes across the enterprise.
+ Reviews, evaluates, and prioritizes value gaps and opportunities for process enhancements or efficiencies.
+ Leads solution design by translating requirements into workable business solutions and leading in design sessions with IT teams.
+ Recommends and advocates for additional data and/or services needed to address key business issues related to process or solutions design.
+ Leads the evaluation of third-party vendors as directed.
+ Drives continuous process improvement by leading the development, implementation, and maintenance of standardized tools, templates, and processes across the enterprise.
+ Recommends and advocates for regional and national process improvements which align with sustainable best practices, and the strategic and tactical goals of the business.
Minimum Qualifications:
+ Minimum three (3) years experience in software or system testing across multiple IT environments.
+ Minimum two (2) years software or application development experience.
+ Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, CIS or related field and Minimum ten (10) years experience in IT consulting, business analysis, or a related field. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.
Additional Requirements:
Preferred Qualifications:
+ Five (5) years experience in large scale software implementations
+ Three (3) years experience in the development of imaging solutions and the maintenance of imaging repositories.
COMPANY: KAISER
TITLE: Principal IT Solutions Consultant, Oracle/HCM
LOCATION: Pleasanton, California
REQNUMBER: 1394568
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.