IT Epic Sr Project Manager

About the role

Inspired by faith. Driven by innovation. Powered by humankindness. CommonSpirit Health is building a healthier future for all through its integrated health services. As one of the nation’s largest nonprofit Catholic healthcare organizations, CommonSpirit Health delivers more than 20 million patient encounters annually through more than 2,300 clinics, care sites and 158 hospital-based locations, in addition to its home-based services and virtual care offerings.

Job Responsibilities

• Key resource for the organization encompassing the development of relationships between IT and the organization’s 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 large 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, Testing, etc.)
• Responsible for managing all aspects of the project from planning, design, development/implementation, testing, training, deployment, customer adoption and operation turnover of the ITD initiatives.
• Tracks assigned budget and resources for each project. Prepares cost estimates and cost recommendations. Monitors expenditures.
• Ensures compliance with all policies, financial stewardship by being accountable for the financial integrity around development and maintenance of project budget.
• Oversee and coordinate technical aspects of the Epic implementation, including data conversions, and integration of medical devices, ensuring data integrity and system functionality.
• Collaborate with clinical and operational stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into project deliverables.
• Provide guidance and support to project team members on Epic best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent professional experience, upon hire.
• 7+ years of experience in project management within the healthcare industry, with a focus on Epic implementations required.
• 7+ years with strong functional understanding of hospital, clinic and billing operations.
• 3+ multi-hospital and large project management experience.
• Project Management experience in a Health care environment.
• Experience in Project Management methodologies and tool sets – waterfall/agile/scrum, planning, issue escalation, problem resolution, conflict and collision management, metrics and reporting, communications, etc.
• Possess thorough understanding of Healthcare Business and Care Delivery processes.
• Possess strong understanding of digital technology, clinical information systems, and how clinical information is integrated into the patient, consumer, and provider digital experience.