We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Project Manager – Implementation position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by MEDITECH and is in Minnesota.
Here’s a description of the position:
As a Project Manager – Implementation at MEDITECH, your role is to assist customers in meeting target dates of key milestones to ensure the successful go-LIVE of the MEDITECH Enterprise Health Record (EHR) system. As part of our Client Services team, your job would involve:
- Ensuring a high level of communication between MEDITECH staff and their customers through regular project status calls and on-site meetings
- Interacting directly with executive and project management level customers (remotely and otherwise) to ensure project milestones are met
- Acting as the primary contact for customer-escalated issues and help ensure the right resources are put in place to resolve issues
- Working with creating a customer-specific project plan and helping to ensure customers meet deadlines on time in accordance with their identified implementation plan
- Collaborating with customers and certified consulting firm project managers on project planning, defining organizational priorities, goals, and objectives
- Overseeing high level, multi-division projects as needed
- Engaging directly with C-level customer executives, as well as MEDITECH executives
- Garnering support from other groups within MEDITECH
- Exhibiting a thorough understanding of the customer’s strategic direction, needs, and organizational structure, and communicating that information to MEDITECH staff clearly and efficiently
- Understanding MEDITECH’s goals, solutions, and strategic initiatives in order to effectively communicate information to the customer
- Taking initiative to foster collaboration and team building within the Project Manager group and offering new ideas for process improvement, etc.
- Attending prospect/sales visits as needed either on-site or at MEDITECH with the sales team
- Travelling 30-50% to sites within the United States and Canada (months may be less or more, depending on the workload) to attend on-site visits to each customer, involving strategic planning sessions, kick-off visits, status visits, appropriate optimization visits, physician advisory meetings and executive steering committee, or other C-level meetings.
What You Should Have
- PMP Certification and Project Management experience preferred, but not required
- Basic understanding of software architecture and hardware requirements
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills
- Proven presentation skills
- Comfortable interacting with all levels of management
- High level of initiative and ability to work with minimal supervision
- Understanding of healthcare industry practices a plus, but not required
This position requires that you have received a COVID-19 vaccination unless you have a valid religious, medical, or pregnancy-related accommodation.
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. MEDITECH will not sponsor applicants for work visas.
Looks like a great opportunity for those with experience with project management. If this looks like a position that would interest you, check out the full details for the job and how to apply.
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