Clinical IT Project Manager - Associate

Job Description

The Clinical Information Technology Project Manager - Associate 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.

Location: Hy-Brid

Responsibilities

• Reinforce project management methodologies and tools across multi-functional IT teams, internal stakeholders, and external vendors.
• Assists with strategic plan oversight, monitoring and adapting based on institutional portfolio, program, or project needs.
• Review project proposals, define business cases, scope & level of effort, identify goals & objectives, determine capital & support costs, outline risks, assumptions & constrains, verify priorities, identify deliverables, create project plans, and set timelines.
• 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.
• Use off-the-shelf project management tools to track project performance and schedule adherence
• Organize and lead project meetings with assigned resources, stakeholders, and vendors to discuss project goals and track progress throughout the project lifecycle.
• 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.
• Hands-on-assistance with ancillary system configurations and validation rounds when necessary
• Apply change control management techniques as part of project work or when necessary to meet project scope variations.
• Summarize and present clear and concise progress updates, findings, or recommendations using verbal, and written communication techniques.
• Document, analyze and apply lessons learned from one project to next improving and refining each iteration as a repeatable process.
• Provide support to cross-functional teams including technical & application teams, training team, and vendor resources.
• Stay informed about Healthcare-IT and Project Management Institute industry trends, technologies, and best practices applicable UTH's organizational objectives.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with project management off-the-shelf tools (Microsoft - Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams, and other tools)
• 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
• Clear understanding of time management and organizational skills
• General ability to communicate under pressure, speak publicly, prepare, deliver presentations, and escalate priority issues
• Friendly, approachable, and open minded to exploring different options and solutions for any given challenge

Experience:

Minimum of one to three (1 to 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


Education:

Bachelor's Degree in a scientific, technical, healthcare informatics, or mathematics field or four (4) years of comparable healthcare experience may be substituted for a degree