PNS Project Manager

Lexington Health, Inc.; West Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day-one medical, dental and life ins.

403(b) match plan day one

Employer paid life insurance

Disability coverage after 90 days

Adoption assistance

Student loan forgiveness

Job summary

Lexington Health, Inc. is seeking a Physician Network Project Manager to oversee projects within the Physician Network Services Department. You will advocate for the project team and align with Physician Network Executive Leadership on plans and goals.

You’ll drive comprehensive project plans, manage timelines and budgets, and remove barriers to ensure a quality delivery. The role also focuses on KPIs, change management initiatives, and regular updates to the executive steering committee.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Business Management, Health Administration or related field.
• 5+ years of project management experience leading large teams in a medium to large healthcare organization.
• Certified Project Manager (PMP) certification; prior EHR certification for Lexington Medical Center Physician Network Services or willingness to obtain.

Responsibilities

• Serve as communication focal point for Physician Network Services projects to sponsors and leadership.
• Prepare comprehensive project plans with scope, timelines and budgets.
• Monitor budgets with justification for requests and changes.
• Coordinate with leaders to remove barriers and allocate resources.
• Develop KPIs and change management initiatives for network services.
• Provide status updates to the Executive Steering Committee.
• Mentor staff and promote best practices in project management.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Budgeting

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT / Business / Health Admin or related field

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcareand was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as bestin the Columbia Metroarea by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Healthdelivers more than 4,000babies each year, performs more than 34,000surgeries annually and isthe region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center.Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

Job Summary

The Physician Network Project Manager will be responsible for managing all projects associated with the Physician Network Services Department. The Physician Network Project Manager serves as an
advocate and liaison for the project team and Physician Network Executive Leadership ensuring common vision, plan, and goal. The Physician Network Project Manager will work with physician
network leadership and team members to develop a comprehensive project plan. The Physician
Network Project Manager manages the activities of all projects by removing barriers, identifying
resource needs, and ensuring delivery of a quality product according to timeline, scope and budget.

The Physician Network Project Manager oversees development of Key Performance Indicators and
Change Management initiatives associated with Physician Network Services and Physician Network
Population Health and Quality initiatives. The Physician Network Project Manager provides regular
status updates to the Physician Network Executive Steering Committee.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Business Management, Health Administration or related clinical field.
Minimum Years of Experience: 5 Years of Project Management experience leading large teams in a medium to large healthcare organization
Substitutable Education & Experience: None.
Required Certifications/Licensure: Certified Project Manager (PMP Certification);
Previous certification in EHR specific to Lexington Medical Center Physician Network Services or Physician Network Quality and/or must be willing to obtain certification.
Required Training: Previous experience with strategic planning, implementing and managing large scale clinical software solutions within ambulatory environments;
Experience with MS Project;
A thorough knowledge of healthcare workflows including Patient Access, Ambulatory Environment Work Flows, Health Information Management, Facility and Professional Billing, and Electronic Health Record components;
Excellent written/oral communication skills required. Must be able to work effectively with diverse group of people and communicate effectively with all levels of hospital staff, physicians, vendors, and consultants;
Excellent analytical, negotiation, consulting and problem solving skills;
Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills and ability to document and communicate dynamic project plans with a high level of detail.

Essential Functions

• Serves as the communication focal point of the Physician Network Services and Physician Network Quality projects to all stake holders. Works with project sponsors, marketing, implementation leaders to develop effective tools to: Communicate target objectives and contain scope:
  • Identify decision points for steering executives
  • Track milestones
  • Maintain project visibility within the organization
• Prepares comprehensive project plans outlining scope, timelines, and budgets for all project deliverables.
• Responsible for developing, monitoring and maintaining budget with comprehensive justification for requests.
• Ability to make decisions based on expertise and collaboration with team leadership.
• Provides supportive documentation for variations.
• Advocates for issues and decisions that are in the best interest of the entire project while demonstrating listening and understanding of unique issues and concerns that may require creative solutions to meet the needs of Lexington Medical Center’s requirements.
• Functions as key liaison for the Physician Network Project by removing barriers, determining resource needs and promoting collaborative teamwork.
• Listens to issues and concerns and offers solutions and options to resolve issues.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Anticipates critical junctures and proactively addresses potential conflicts through fact finding and objective facilitation processes.
• Manages concurrent projects and serving as central communication and coordination in all areas noted below:
  • EHR Implementation & Optimization
  • Quality and Research Application Implementation & Optimization
  • Application Upgrades & Development
  • Integration
  • Data Analytics
  • Software Procurement
  • Change Management
  • Vendor Management
• Works with project leaders concerning clinical, financial and quality reporting, ensuring data integrity and appropriateness.
• Sets expectations and accountabilities for team activities and allocates internal and external resources to accomplish goals.
• Makes decisions based on appropriate research, utilization of key contributors and sound judgment.
• Completes tasks within timeline and ensures deliverables for all aspects of the implementation escalating issues to appropriate individuals in a timely manner.
• Ensures compliance with all regulatory agencies and legal requirements.
• Serves as a mentor and role model to internal physician network services managers and staff to promote consistent best practice related project management
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our benefit eligible employees and their families:

• Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
• Adoption assistance
• LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
• Student loan forgiveness

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of Lexington Health to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Lexington Health strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. Lexington Health endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee’s desires and abilities and the hospital’s needs.