IT Epic Project Manager

Job Summary

The project management roles are key contributors in the development of the organizations transformation strategy and are responsible and accountable for delivering the best-practice approach designed to successfully plan and prepare for all aspects of project engagement delivery and adoption within the assigned portfolio. They are accountable for the project objectives that drive transformation customer experience and other activities as assigned by the Director.

The Project Managers are responsible to define areas including resource allocations influencing sponsors and managing work prioritization. They play an active role in making decisions involving human resources technical and financial resources necessary to implement change for high impact environments. They design processes and structures to support CommonSpirit Health enterprise wide change.

The project manager is a contributor of early engagement project gap analysis and operational change management. Will include innovation project lifecycle delivery promoting successful relationship management and customer adoption. They are expected to contribute to the continuous improvement of the project management lifecycle methodology. They are assigned to medium or large projects. Will be assigned to multiple projects with rare exceptions and can be assigned as a contributor project manager on programs.

Primary Responsibilities on medium to large scale projects include but are not limited to:

• Key resource for the PMO encompassing the development of relationships between IT and the organizations multiple customer constituencies including: patients consumers providers clinical staff administrators and employees across CommonSpirit Health.
• Responsible for the vital efficient operation of the organizations well-managed systems that will ensure the financial success and ability to cope with the pressures of shrinking revenues and our market strategy to grow and expand into the future.
• Responsible for establishing and maintaining channels of communication between business IT and other relevant stakeholders.
• Responsible for developing medium scale project plans which identify key issues problems approaches performance metrics communication plan resources required and ensuring deliverables of the IT initiatives.
• Responsible for the supervision of the project resources required to deliver each task (i.e. key areas could include: Business Analysts Solution Architects Design Engineers CyberSecurity QACC etc.)
• Responsible for managing all aspects of the project from planning design development/implementation testing training deployment customer adoption and operation turnover of the IT initiatives.
• Tracks assigned budget and resources for each project. Prepares cost estimates and cost recommendations. Monitors expenditures.
• Ensure compliance with all policies financial stewardship by being accountable for the financial integrity around development and maintenance of project budget.
• Proactively prepare reports and/ or documentation providing business details to staff and management identifying business and patient trends defining metrics and recommending solutions.

• Bachelors Degree in a Related Field or Equivalent Professional Experience preferred
• 2-3 years of Project Management experience.
• Project Management experience in Epic EHR delivery
• Experience working with Epic Application modules.

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification preferred

  Scrum/Agile certification preferred

Epic Implementation & Healthcare IT Knowledge

• Demonstrated experience supporting net-new Epic implementations acquisitions or major rebuilds (acute or ambulatory)
• Working knowledge of Epic application domains (e.g. Cadence Prelude Orders ClinDoc Radiant Beaker Resolute) sufficient to coordinate build testing and go-live activities
• Understanding of Epic Foundation System concepts build dependencies and release management
• Familiarity with Epic implementation methodology (e.g. milestones integrated testing dress rehearsal go-live stabilization)
• Experience supporting Community Connect or multi-entity Epic environments (preferred)

Technical & Integration Competency

• Ability to manage cross-functional technical workstreams including:
• Applications
• Network & infrastructure (servers hosting device readiness end-user hardware)
• Interfaces & interoperability (HL7 FHIR Epic Bridges third-party vendors)
• Experience coordinating interface development testing and cutover with internal and external partners
• Understanding of data migration device integration and clinical system dependencies
• Ability to translate technical risks into clear executive-level impacts and mitigation plans

Multidisciplinary Team Leadership

• Proven ability to lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams including:
• Clinical stakeholders (providers nursing ancillary departments)
• Revenue cycle access and operational leaders
• IT application analysts infrastructure network and security teams
• External partners vendors and Epic TS
• Strong facilitation skills for workgroups design sessions and executive readouts
• Ability to drive alignment across organizations with competing priorities and timelines

Healthcare Operations & Regulatory Awareness

• Understanding of clinical and operational workflows across ambulatory and/or inpatient settings
• Awareness of regulatory and compliance considerations (HIPAA CMS Joint Commission impacts on system build and workflows)
• Ability to assess downstream impacts to patient safety revenue and care continuity

Change Management & Adoption

• Experience supporting organizational change management during Epic transitions
• Ability to coordinate training readiness and adoption activities
• Skilled at identifying adoption risks early and driving corrective actions pre-go-live

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