Statewide EHR Director – Epic & Health IT Leader (Hybrid)

Washington State Health Care Authority; Olympia (WA); Hybrid; USD 150.000 - 190.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Remote work options

Paid time off

12 paid holidays

Medical and dental

Zusammenfassung

The Washington State Health Care Authority seeks an Electronic Health Records (EHR) Project Director to lead the statewide implementation as part of the HCMACS program. This full-time hybrid role requires onsite presence as needed to support implementation and operations, with funding through 06/30/2027 and potential continuation pending legislative approvals.

You will direct all phases of the project lifecycle, manage budgets and governance, and ensure compliance with federal requirements while

Qualifikationen

• Demonstrated knowledge and skills in complex electronic health record systems, including implementation, optimization, and system development.
• Demonstrated skills in successfully supervising staff.
• Demonstrated skills in IT systems manager within a healthcare environment, consulting, project management, strategic planning, and/or business development.
• Demonstrated skills in quality/process/operational improvement and project management as it relates to project performance.
• Demonstrates skills in written and verbal communication, consensus building, meeting facilitation, conflict management, and process mapping.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and communicate with multidisciplinary and multiprofessional teams to gain consensus.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain relationships among internal and external stakeholders to include vendor and consultant contract management.
• An initiative-taker and team player with the demonstrated ability to build trust with the internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrates strategic critical thinking and analytical skills with ability to develop and assess strategic, business, risk, financial, and marketing plans.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, organize and manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
• Demonstrate skills in healthcare operations management, to include maintaining CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) conditions of participation and accreditation by external bodies such as the Joint Commission.
• Demonstrated ability to be innovative and creative.

Aufgaben

• Direct all phases of the project lifecycle, including scope, schedule, risk, and quality management.
• Develop and manage the project charter, work plans, staffing models, and status reports.
• Align HCA implementation activities with the overall HCMACS Roadmap and strategic goals.
• Serve as HCA’s primary representative to HCMACS governance bodies.
• Ensure compliance with federal funding requirements and enterprise reporting expectations.
• Direct all phases of Epic Community Connect implementation including planning, design, workflow validation, build oversight, testing, training, go-live, and optimization.
• Oversee affiliate onboarding processes including readiness assessments, implementation planning, and operational integration.
• Ensure Epic configurations support diverse care models including rural health, behavioral health, Tribal health, and community-based care delivery.
• Lead operational planning for hosting models, shared services, release management, upgrade coordination, and system maintenance activities.
• Direct technical operations supporting Community Connect including infrastructure planning, system environments, identity management, security, and performance monitoring.
• Oversee interoperability and integration strategies and ensure compliance with interoperability standards.
• Build trust-based partnerships and maintain ongoing communication with affiliate executive leadership, clinicians, operational leaders, and community stakeholders.
• Develop and manage program budgets, affiliate financial models, implementation funding strategies, vendor contracts, and operational sustainability plans.

Kenntnisse

Complex EHR systems

Staff supervision

IT systems management

Quality/process improvement

Written and verbal communication

Stakeholder management

Contract management

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in health administration or IT or related field

Tools

SharePoint

Epic Community Connect

Jobbeschreibung

The Washington State Health Care Authority seeks an Electronic Health Records (EHR) Project Director to lead the statewide implementation as part of the HCMACS program. This full-time hybrid role requires onsite presence as needed to support implementation and operations, with funding through 06/30/2027 and potential continuation pending legislative approvals.

You will direct all phases of the project lifecycle, manage budgets and governance, and ensure compliance with federal requirements while