PNS Project Manager

IT Services
Full Time
Day Shift
M-F

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 Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care.

Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first Heart

CARE 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.

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 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.

• Serves as the communication focal point of the Physician Network Services and Physician Network Quality projects to all stakeholders. 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.

• Anticipates critical junctures and proactively addresses potential conflicts through fact finding and objective facilitation processes.
• Manages concurrent projects and serving as central…