Project Manager, Clinical Excellence

Overview

Protect patient trust. Strengthen privacy. Make a lasting impact.

Work Style: Onsite - Hybrid schedule after probationary period
Location: Gainesville, FL
FTE: Full-Time (1.0 FTE)
⏰ Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The Project Manager, Clinical Excellence is responsible for leading the planning, coordination, and successful execution of enterprise-wide Clinical Excellence initiatives that support UF Health's strategic priorities. This role partners with physician, nursing, operational, and executive leaders to implement initiatives focused on quality, patient safety, infection prevention, patient experience, accreditation, and clinical performance improvement across the health system. The Project Manager ensures projects are delivered on time and within scope while promoting standardized project management practices, fostering collaboration across multiple hospitals and departments, and supporting continuous improvement within the Office of the System Chief Quality Officer.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities
• Leads the planning, execution, and successful delivery of enterprise Clinical Excellence initiatives aligned with organizational strategic priorities.
• Develops and maintains comprehensive project plans, timelines, milestones, deliverables, and project documentation.
• Coordinates multidisciplinary clinical, operational, and administrative teams to ensure successful project execution and stakeholder alignment.
• Monitors project progress and proactively identifies, escalates, and mitigates project risks, barriers, issues, and dependencies.
• Partners with physician, nursing, operational, and executive leaders to implement strategic Clinical Excellence initiatives.
• Supports initiatives related to quality, patient safety, infection prevention, patient experience, accreditation, regulatory readiness, and healthcare performance improvement.
• Facilitates communication among stakeholders and provides regular project status updates, milestone reporting, and executive-level presentations.
• Manages project resources, priorities, and timelines to ensure alignment with organizational goals and strategic objectives.
• Promotes standardized project management methodologies, governance, accountability, and best practices across the enterprise.
• Facilitates collaboration across multiple hospitals, departments, and enterprise functions to drive successful project outcomes.
• Supports executive governance committees, multidisciplinary workgroups, and leadership teams through meeting coordination, documentation, and follow-up.
• Drives organizational change management, process improvement, and continuous performance improvement initiatives across the health system.

Qualifications

Education
• Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Health, Nursing, Project Management, Engineering, or a related field required.

✅ Minimum Qualifications
• Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience leading complex projects, programs, or enterprise initiatives.
• Experience developing comprehensive project plans, timelines, status reports, project documentation, and executive presentations.
• Experience presenting project updates, risks, and outcomes to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Demonstrated success coordinating multidisciplinary teams and managing competing priorities across multiple departments and stakeholders.
• Experience working within a healthcare system, academic medical center, consulting organization, or other complex organizational environment.
• Experience supporting executive governance committees, steering committees, and multidisciplinary workgroups.
• Experience facilitating organizational change management, process improvement, and strategic implementation initiatives.
• Experience using project management software such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Monday.com, or similar platforms.
• Excellent organizational, communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities.
• Demonstrated attention to detail with a commitment to operational excellence.
• Proven ability to manage multiple complex initiatives simultaneously while meeting deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

⭐ Preferred Qualifications
• Knowledge of healthcare quality improvement, patient safety, clinical operations, accreditation, regulatory readiness, and healthcare performance improvement.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent project management training preferred.