IT Project Manager – Electronic Health Record (EHR) Implementation

About the role

The primary objective of this engagement is to serve as the IT Project Manager for the Bureau of Community Health Systems (BCHS), leading the implementation of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) for 59 State Health Centers (SHCs) and clinical staff in BCHS, the Bureau of Immunizations (BOI), and the Bureau of Communicable Diseases (BCD). The Project Manager is a senior-level resource with specialized knowledge and experience in EHRs, health informatics, and health IT. The PM will have proven experience leading large-scale projects through successful implementation and experience planning for organizational change management (OCM).

Responsibilities

• Direct, administer, manage, and facilitate enhancement, business process reengineering, or development of high-priority, high-profile, enterprise-wide information technology projects of strategic importance.
• Accountable for activities with delivery cycles of 8 to 12 months.
• Manage, coordinate, and establish priorities throughout the full project lifecycle, including planning, design, programming, testing, and implementation.
• Develop estimates for planning, analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation activities.
• Work with team leads to adjust and revise project estimates as needed.
• Ensure revised project estimates are approved and agreed upon by the client.
• Develop detailed Project Management Plans.
• Obtain approval and sign-off for Project Management Plans from customer representatives and stakeholders.
• Ensure delivery of all tasks identified within the Project Management Plan and Project Schedule.
• Design project plans that identify needs and define major tasks and milestones based on scope, resources, budget, and personnel.
• Ensure tasks provide value, support project strategy, and meet service commitments.
• Manage and track project progress against approved schedules.
• Monitor project milestones and phases, taking corrective action as necessary.
• Monitor and track project budgets and advise stakeholders accordingly.
• Plan, organize, prioritize, and manage multiple work efforts across project teams.
• Communicate project timelines, milestones, target dates, work requests, and approved work packages to team members.
• Schedule and monitor status reviews, project inspections, and software quality assurance reviews.
• Capture and report required project management metrics.
• Analyze and distribute reports on project metrics and improvement measures.
• Ensure all scope changes follow the approved Change Management Plan and are properly documented.
• Create, review, and obtain approval for Communication Plans and Deliverables Matrices.
• Prepare periodic project status reports for project teams, sponsors, leadership, and stakeholders.
• Report status and recommendations to senior leadership as needed.
• Follow HHS DC IT PMO methodology, standards, and procedures.
• Provide input to support continual improvement efforts within the HHS DC IT PMO.
• Conduct final project management evaluation reviews with stakeholders.
• Provide weekly project updates following HHS DC Daptiv guidelines.
• Mentor less experienced project management staff when needed.
• Work closely with HHS DC IT