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Join a truly mission-driven organization! Independent, nonprofit UCare is recognized as one of the Minnesota's leading health plans. We provide more than 600,000 members across Minnesota and western Wisconsin with the health coverage plans and services they need to maintain and improve their health. The innovative coverage we create makes a difference for Medicare-eligible individuals, individuals and families enrolled in Minnesota Health Care Programs, such as MinnesotaCare and Medical Assistance, and disabled adults with special health care needs.

UCare is growing in size, membership, products, geographic coverage, and employees. We're an organization that's going places. Be part of a team that cares about you, be part of UCare.

Rewards

Enter a highly collaborative environment where people are truly engaged, and feedback is valued. You'll enjoy a competitive salary and benefits, as well as a host of other perks, including a nationally recognized wellness program, and a bright, open, award-winning office space in Northeast Minneapolis just minutes from major freeways and retail centers.

At UCare, we welcome and employ a diverse employee group committed to meeting the needs of UCare, our members, and the communities we serve.

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ABOUT UCARE

UCare offers Medicare, Medicaid, Individual and Family health plans - powered by the hardest working people in the industry. Our people powered teams de-complicate, advocate and always go the extra mile to help our members. We serve with integrity, compassion and commitment to do right by members, providers and government partners. Above all, we come to work excited to provide members a path for the best health of their lives.

WORKING AT UCARE

Working at UCare is more than a career; it's a mission. A mission that defines us as professionals, unites us as an organization and shapes how we interact with our members and each other. Employees join UCare and stay because of the opportunity to have a purpose-driven job.

Our strong culture has established UCare as a Star Tribune Top 200 Workplace for 14 consecutive years since the awards program began. It's a culture that embraces innovative ideas, strategic partnerships, and exemplary customer and provider experiences. Working at UCare is being a part of a people powered team dedicated to making a real difference in the lives of our members and communities.

HEALTH EQUITY PROJECT MANAGER

Work Location: Office for Your Day

Position Description

As the Health Equity Project Manager, you will be responsible for organizing, monitoring, and evaluating quality and health equity projects to improve health outcomes for the members we serve. In addition, you will help analyze, interpret, and recommend actionable insights to design programs and tailor interventions to engage those most burdened by health and racial disparities. You will serve as a trusted business partner to departments as they develop and implement health equity processes, policies, and procedures in their department work plans.

• Examine complex organizational issues to identify, develop, execute, and evaluate action plans to achieve organizational health equity priorities.

• Facilitate multifaceted quality and health equity improvement projects, working across the organization to develop sustainable improvements and monitoring outcomes.

• Strengthen health equity strategies within the population health assessments, including analyzing and interpreting a wide variety of research data and developing actionable insights that reduces health disparities and improve health outcomes.

• Coordinate all implementation and evaluations of demographic data to identify populations experiencing disparities to include sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data collection, storage, and retrieval.

• Support the development of a coordinated community engagement model approach through facilitation of decision-making processes between the community and UCare leaders to capture and implement input that improves health services for UCare members.

• Create and manage the health equity dashboard to monitor progress towards organizational health equity priorities.

• Utilize health equity tools to understand health equity efforts, identify opportunities for improvement and implement action plans to improve health equity.

• Create and maintain the Health Equity SharePoint for resources, professional development, trainings, and educational outreach for UCare staff.

• Other projects and duties as assigned.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Business, Social Work, Public Administration, Public Relations, Urban Studies, or a closely related field; demonstrated experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

Required Experience

At least five years of related experience in healthcare work focused on health equity, health disparities, quality management and/or population health.

At least two years' experience leading the design, implementation, and evaluation of multi-level quality management and health strategies and programs to improve business and health outcomes.

Strong project management experience with an understanding of project management concepts and methodologies.

Strong understanding of healthcare quality models (e.g., STARS, HEDIS, CAHPS)

Strong communication skills (written and oral) to build consensus amongst various stakeholders with different viewpoints to co-create initiatives designed on advancing equity and anti-racism.

Preferred Experience

Experience navigating and negotiating organizational change in large, complex organizations.

THE UCARE DIFFERENCE

The UCare difference is our people power - employees actively working on the behalf of our members to get them access to the health care they need. We value and respect each individual's ideas and contributions, and provide the freedom to grow both personally and professionally. We are centrally located, and offer onsite education, equipment and wellness resources, and a myriad of volunteer activities. If you're looking for an inclusive environment that celebrates your people power, helps you build on your strengths and gives you the opportunity to truly make a difference, we invite you to apply.

As an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, we welcome and employ a diverse employee group committed to meeting the needs of UCare, our members, and the communities we serve.

JOB POST DATE: 8/31/2023