Sr Clinical Consultant – Procedure Card Optimization

Job description

Cardinal Health™ WaveMark™ Solutions is a scalable, enterprise-level Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that integrates with clinical and financial systems for healthcare customers. Through a strong portfolio of tools, WaveMark™ provides healthcare organizations with supply chain visibility and control using proprietary software technology and advanced data-capture solutions to manage supplies ranging from low-cost commodities to high-cost devices, implants, and tissue. These capabilities streamline workflows, deliver actionable insights, and support the delivery of cost-effective, high-quality care. Job Summary The Sr Clinical Consultant – Procedure Card Optimization manages, grows, and develops relationships with supply chain, clinical, and operational leaders across a large New Jersey health system consisting of 10 hospitals. This dedicated on-site consultant uses WaveMark’s data, analytics, and optimization tools to drive clinical, financial, and operational improvements within the Operating Room (OR) by enhancing the accuracy and efficiency of procedure (preference) cards. This role blends data-driven analytics, clinical operations consulting, and change management. The Sr Consultant will not only identify optimization opportunities through analytics but will also work directly with clinicians and leadership to validate recommendations, build adoption, standardize products, and establish sustainable processes for implementing and maintaining procedure card improvements—including changes inside the EMR. Location: This position requires you to be on-site at various customer locations within Central and Northern New Jersey. Responsibility Support and develop strong relationships with clinical and supply chain stakeholders; actively listen, understand, and articulate client needs. Serve as an on-site OR operational partner - working closely with nurses, surgeons, service line leaders, and supply chain teams to ensure recommendations are clinically sound and workable. Lead clinician-facing discussions to validate analytics, confirm clinical appropriateness, and refine proposed changes. Drive adoption of procedure card changes through facilitation, education, and engagement with clinical end-users. Run WaveMark analytics to identify optimization opportunities related to utilization, outliers, variability, product standardization, and preference card accuracy. Translate data outputs into meaningful clinical and operational narratives that highlight impact on patient care, workflow, and cost Develop and present findings to key system leaders Establish and refine new processes for obtaining clinical approvals, updating procedure cards, and operationalizing changes within the EMR Identify barriers to change and lead efforts to mitigate risks Partner with internal WaveMark teams—Product Management, Account Management, Sales, and Operations Predict emerging analytics and operational needs and engage with client to obtain feedback Work closely with Product Management and other entities within the WaveMark family to support product enhancements Support internal and external data & analytics education initiatives Qualifications Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of healthcare or analytics experience preferred. 3+ years supporting client engagements or large healthcare projects preferred. Operating room experience, understanding of clinical product standards and OR inventory requirements preferred. Experience with Epic EHR and preference card workflows preferred. Experience with Microsoft Office and Business Intelligence dashboards (Google Looker preferred). Ability to derive insights and articulate business and clinical implications from analytics preferred. Strong planning, coordination, communication and stakeholder management skills preferred. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver work independently preferred. Ability to interface with customers and other stakeholders in supporting role preferred. Daily travel required - expected to be on-site at hospitals and work flexible hours as needed. Some overnight travel required – approximately 25%. Customer/Vendor credentialing may be required (this may include vaccinations). More details will be provided if you are selected for an interview. Anticipated salary range : $117,700 - $168,100 Bonus eligible : Yes Benefits : Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being. Medical, dental and vision coverage Paid time off plan Health savings account (HSA) 401k savings plan Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay Flexible spending accounts (FSAs) Short- and long-term disability coverage Work-Life resources Paid parental leave Healthy lifestyle programs Application window anticipated to close : 09/20/26. *If interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible. The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity. Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply. 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