Manager – Health Equity Strategy and Innovation

2000 16th St, Denver, Colorado, 80202-5117, United States of America

Compensation Range ($80,000 - $100,400)

DaVita’s vision is to have an unwavering pursuit of a healthier tomorrow, and an integral part of that is ensuring that all of our patients are empowered to have that opportunity.  Beyond the moral imperative for health equity, it is increasingly imperative to DaVita’s business success, both in terms of being able to achieve our clinical goals and in the context of where the healthcare industry is headed.  Health equity at DaVita is not a side initiative – we aim to weave it into everything we do.  Join DaVita’s Health Equity team and contribute to a cutting-edge area of healthcare while having a tangible impact on underserved patient communities! 

The Manager, Health Equity Strategy and Innovation will work on high priority, high visibility initiatives in a rapidly evolving area within DaVita and in healthcare more broadly.  Collaborate with a cross-functional team of clinical, operating, and business leaders across DaVita, and help chart the path toward a healthier tomorrow for all. This position plays a key role as a thought partner, executor, and internal consultant in developing solutions to reduce outcome disparities between patient populations.  Topics will likely include:

• Insight generation through a rigorous understanding of data, trends, and qualitative information

• Development and operationalizing of national and local health equity strategies, potentially including supporting/leading pilot and program launches

• Initiation and/or support of national partnerships to impact barriers within DaVita’s scope of influence (potentially including but not limited to social drivers of health)

• Advancement of DaVita’s health equity policy strategy in partnership with other teams

Responsibilities (including but not limited to)

• Works closely with clinical teammates and develops long-standing relationships with operators, clinicians, and others

• Leverages hypotheses-based approach to identify, validate and quantify opportunities in partnership with clinical and business leadership

• Analyze data, provide insights, and structure presentations to tell a meaningful story and support decision making

• Leverages continuous improvement tools to structure and incubate improvement opportunities

• Organize follow up, documentation, and tracking to ensure progress and proactively identify risks and opportunities

• Begins to manage and coordinate new initiatives from idea generation to implementation: new clinical program/ initiative design and development, training and communication materials development, pilot facilities support (training, communication, tracking and follow-up), pilot results review and evaluation, development of field and physician communications, training tools and the facilitation of Village wide implementation

• Synthesize quantitative and qualitative data to make meaningful proactive and reactive policy/advocacy recommendations

• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Project and program management skills

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to motivate via influence

• Personal values in line with DaVita’s values of Service Excellence, Integrity, Team, Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Fulfillment & Fun

• Presentation skills: Comfortable putting together storylines in PowerPoint

• Communication skills: Ability to synthesize and convey research/analyses to senior management

• Organizational skills:  ability to drive multiple work lanes, prioritize, and manage programs

• Problem solving skills: Ability to structure ambiguous problems, think creatively, generate and test hypotheses

• Data Analysis & Interpretation skills: Ability to do basic data manipulation and digest information in available dashboards to assess performance and opportunities, and structure additional analytical asks

• An awareness and appreciation of the spectrum of circumstances DaVita patients face, and the various factors that contributed to their occurrence

• High energy and ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment

• Bachelor’s degree required

• Desire to be part of a fun and hard-working team

• Dedication, above all, to caring for patients suffering from chronic kidney failure across the nation.

What We’ll Provide:

More than just pay, our DaVita Rewards package connects teammates to what matters most. Teammates are eligible to begin receiving benefits on the first day of the month following or coinciding with one month of continuous employment. Below are some of our benefit offerings.

• Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out

• Support for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more

• Professional development programs: DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning.

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Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Salary/ Wage Range

Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience and may fall outside of the range shown. DaVita offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Learn more at https://careers.davita.com/benefits  

Colorado Residents: Please do not respond to any questions in this initial application that may seek age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You may also redact this information from any materials you submit during the application process.  You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.