Rural Health Transformation Program Manager

Oregon Primary Care Association; Portland (OR); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dog-friendly office

Job summary

Oregon Primary Care Association (OPCA) in Oregon is seeking a Rural Health Transformation Program Manager to lead the RHTP FQHC Transformation program in partnership with the Oregon Health Authority and participating FQHCs.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree with 5-7 years of project management or health care operations experience; English fluency is essential. OPCA offers a dog-friendly office and a hybrid work model with two days in the downtown office and three days remote.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and/or 5-7 years of progressively responsible experience in project management, healthcare operations, or a related field.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day coordination of the RHTP program in partnership with OHA, FQHCs, and tribal health organizations.
• Support onboarding, participation tracking, and implementation activities for direct payments.
• Develop and maintain resources, workflows, and communication materials for stakeholders.
• Track milestones, deliverables, deadlines, and participation requirements; address barriers.
• Coordinate technical assistance, trainings, and engagement activities for successful implementation.
• Prepare reports, dashboards, and briefings for leadership and stakeholders.

Skills

Project management

Healthcare operations

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

What We Need:

*The Rural Health Transformation Program Manager is a limited duration (1 year) position funded through the Oregon Health Authority. Funding for future years has not yet been determined, though there is a possibility that this role and its associated work may continue beyond the initial year.

This position is open to Oregon and SW Washington candidates only. Please note that we are a dog-friendly office.

Who We Are:

OPCA is a nonprofit membership association for all of Oregon’s community health centers (CHCs), also known as federally qualified health centers (FQHCs). Our mission is to lead the transformation of primary care to achieve healthcare for all through our values of data-driven integrity, collaboration, and innovation.

To accomplish our shared goals, we support health centers and key partners by facilitating peer network gatherings, trainings, site visits, learning collaboratives, and data-driven improvement projects. In addition, we work with policymakers and partners to share the impact health centers have in their communities and advance policy to improve patients’ lives and the ability of health centers to serve them.

OPCA celebrates both individual contributions and powerful teamwork. We support one another as healthy human beings who balance work with the rest of life. Join our team to advance OPCA's mission of health access for all, as we lead the community health center movement with passion, vision and courage.

Who You Are:

A highly skilled program manager with:

• Impeccable communication skills and alignment with OPCA's non-profit mission and values.
• Demonstrated experience managing grants, complex projects involving multiple organizations, stakeholders, vendors, and/or technology systems.
• Familiar with a variety of project management concepts, practices, and tools.
• Excellent organizational skills with demonstrated ability to successfully manage long-term and short-term projects simultaneously and to anticipate upcoming events, deadlines, and expectations to prioritize multiple tasks.
• Able to integrate best practices and emerging information.
• Able to work comfortably and competently with health center leaders and staff at every level .
• Able to develop and maintain effective relationships with participating organizations, and program partners, including the Oregon Health Authority.
• Able to work with people who think, act, look, and/or live in a manner different from oneself.
• Familiarity with project or program management methodologies.
• An understanding of health care, FQHCs, and/or tribal health.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.

What You’ll Do At OPCA:

• Lead day-to-day coordination and implementation of the OPCA RHTP FQHC Transformation program in partnership with the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), participating Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), and tribal health organizations. .
• Support recipient organization onboarding, participation tracking, and implementation activities necessary to facilitate timely and accurate direct payments.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for participating organizations, coordinates collection, validation, and submission of required organization financial, and operational data to support payment calculations and program administration.
• Develop and maintain implementation resources, guidance documents, FAQs, workflows, and communication materials to support participating organizations and stakeholders.
• Track program milestones, deliverables, deadlines, and participation requirements, proactively addressing barriers and implementation challenges.
• Coordinate technical assistance, office hours, training, and engagement activities to ensure successful implementation across participating organizations.
• Monitor program performance and recipient organization trends and develop recommendations for process improvement and operational efficiencies.
• Collaborate with OHA and external partners to identify, resolve, and elevate operational issues related to payment implementation and administration.
• Support budget tracking, funding allocation processes, and reporting activities associated with RHTP Direct Payments.
• Prepare reports, presentations, dashboards, and briefings for OHA, OPCA leadership, participating organizations, and other stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with grant requirements, reporting obligations, payment methodologies, program policies, and applicable state and federal requirements..
• Work directly with health center staff, OPCA staff, and independent contractors to ensure project tasks are completed and goals are met on time within the applicable scope and budget.
• Facilitate and attend relevant stakeholder, workgroup, implementation, and project meetings.

Minimal Qualifications:

• Professional with advanced level of proficiency. Generally, requires a bachelor’s degree and/or 5-7 years of progressively responsible experience in project management, health care operations, or a related field; equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.

Starting Range:

$65,000 - $81,000

What Else You Should Know:

• What excites you most about this position and/or OPCA?
• How does your work and/or lived experience connect with this position and OPCA's mission?

OPCA works a hybrid schedule of two days in our downtown office and three days remote.