Clinical IT Project Manager - Intermediate

Job Summary

Reporting to the IT Clinical PMO manager. The Clinical Information Technology Project Manager - Intermediate will champion, establish, and reinforce Project Management Industry best practices focused on proposal & business case development, requirements gathering, schedule development, oversight & status updates, and related project management practices through the lifecycle with the goal of furthering the missions of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

 

Job Duties

1.      Implement and reinforce project management methodologies and tools across multi-functional IT teams, internal stakeholders, and external vendors.

2.      Oversees and assists with strategic plan, monitoring and adapting based on institutional portfolio, program, or project needs.

3.      Review project proposals, define business cases, scope & level of effort, identify goals & objectives, determine capital & support costs, outline risks, assumptions & constraints, verify priorities, identify deliverables, create project plans, and set timelines.

4.      Adhere to The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio standard operating policies & procedures such as Information Security vendor Person of Interest (POI) process, Request for Proposal (RFPs) processes and other processes.

5.      Use off-the-shelf project management tools to track project performance and schedule adherence.

6.      Organize and lead project meetings with assigned resources, stakeholders, and vendors to discuss project goals and track progress through the project lifecycle.

7.      Document current and future technical workflows as well as end-user workflows with the objective of capturing a summary overview, listing all relevant steps, and identifying potential gaps while offering recommendations to support institutional improvements.

8.      Hands-on-assistance with ancillary system configurations and validation rounds when necessary.

9.      Apply change control management techniques as part of project work or when necessary to meet project scope variations.

10.   Summarize and present clear and concise progress updates, findings, or recommendations using verbal, and written communication techniques.

11.   Document, analyze and apply lessons learned from one project to the next improving and refining each iteration as a repeatable process.

12.   Provide support and guidance to cross-functional teams including application teams, training team, less experienced project members and vendor resources.

13.   Stay informed about Healthcare-IT and Project Management Institute industry trends, technologies, and best practices applicable UTH’s organizational objectives.

14.   Performs other duties as assigned.

 

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a scientific, technical, healthcare informatics, or mathematics field is required. Four (4) years of comparable healthcare experience may be substituted for a degree.

 

Experience

-        Minimum of three (3) years of experience in project management in a Healthcare or related setting working with Epic, leading industry Electronic Health Records (I.e., Cerner, McKesson, Meditech) or ancillary clinical systems.

-        Hands on experience with project management off-the-shelf tools (Microsoft – Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams, and other tools) and with data visualization tools (Excel, PowerBI, Tableau and others).

-        General supervisory experience and aptitude for applying analytical thinking, problem-solving skills, and the ability to predict clinical, business, or technical challenges and looks to proactively head-off obstacles.

Preferred:

-        Epic EMR experience preferred.

-        Epic integration experience preferred.

 

Additional Licenses and Certifications

 Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification from an accredited institution is preferred.

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