Product Utilization Manager

Additional Information About the Role

BJC HealthCare is seeking a Product Utilization Mgr to join our supply chain team!

Ideal applicants will have a clinical background, medical sales, or supply chain knowledge.

This individual will need to ability to:

• discuss complex products and communicate with providers/clinicians
• manage multiple product types, follow ups and internal processes
• utilize tools and resources available to educate themselves on products, how they are used,, and specification requirements of clinicians 
• strong customer service/relationship management/communication
• critically review and assess the need for specific supplies and use their knowledge/experience to assess if similar products are available 

Applicants must be within Mo or Il as this is a hybrid role 

Overview

BJC HealthCare is one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States, delivering services to residents primarily in the greater St. Louis, southern Illinois and southeast Missouri regions. With net revenues of $6.3 billion and more than 30,000 employees, BJC serves patients and their families in urban, suburban and rural communities through its 14 hospitals and multiple community health locations. Services include inpatient and outpatient care, primary care, community health and wellness, workplace health, home health, community mental health, rehabilitation, long-term care and hospice.

BJC is the largest provider of charity care, unreimbursed care and community benefits in the state of Missouri. BJC and its hospitals and health service organizations provide $785.9 million annually in community benefit. That includes $410.6 million in charity care and other financial assistance to patients to ensure medical care regardless of their ability to pay. In addition, BJC provides additional community benefits through commitments to research, emergency preparedness, regional health care safety net services, health literacy, community outreach and community health programs and regional economic development.

BJC’s patients have access to the latest advances in medical science and technology through a formal affiliation between Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital with the renowned Washington University School of Medicine, which consistently ranks among the top medical schools in the country.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Drives physician and clinician engagement through relationship building, analytical, and educational efforts to achieve maximum value to the organization specifically throught presentations, promotions, and utilization of preferred medical products, both at the HSO level and across the BJC system. Provides strategic, operational, and tactical support to HSO executives, physicians, surgeons, clinicians, and operational leaders for identifying, evaluating, and executing supply opportunities to support the SupplyPlus mission of superior outcomes with better value, in a transparent and collaborative manner.

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain and grow effective relationships with physicians and clinicians within the HSO to engage in the identification, evaluation, pilot and execution processes for ensuring clinical efficacy of product being evaluated while maintaining or reducing total supply costs.

Engage physicians before, during and after a Clinical Expert Council forum to drive active participation, address analytic questions, provide 'trade off' opportunities, and assist with quantifying savings of utilization changes in physician practice.

Integrate into existing leadership forums to support and drive the cultural change necessary to achieve supply savings while maintaining superior outcomes

Ability to apply and implement expertise and advance knowledge in building total solutions by analyzing surgeon utilization patterns to identify new savings opportunities to decrease surgical case cost and quantify achieved savings

Develop long term strategies for managing vendors locally as it pertains to introduction of new products, pilot opportunities and education, and compliance with vendor policies

Minimum Requirements

Education

Bachelor's Degree

- Business/Healthcare related

Experience

5-10 years

Supervisor Experience

No Experience

Preferred Requirements

Education

Master's Degree

Benefits and Legal Statement

BJC Total Rewards

At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer