Project Director

Ascension • Full-time • Remote (United States) • 3w ago

Details

Department: Clniical Experience
Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8 hour shift
Location: Remote

Benefits

Paid time off (PTO)
Various health insurance options & wellness plans
Retirement benefits including employer match plans
Long-term & short-term disability
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Parental leave & adoption assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Ways to give back to your community

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Responsibilities

Ascension Technologies is seeking a highly experienced leader to support Ascension’s goals. This Project Director will partner with clinical, operational and technology leaders to oversee and facilitate our Clinical Throughput and Case Management Portfolio. Portfolios are the mechanism Ascension technology leaders and business/operations leaders use to ensure we are pursuing and delivering initiatives that directly underpin our clinical and operational strategic direction. This Project director will be responsible for representing Ascension Technologies to our internal business partners, while leading and influencing Ascension Technologies teams to organize, design and deliver programs and projects to improve the patient and clinical experience.

Clinical or healthcare background for this position is preferred with a special focus on case management and knowledge regarding optimized patient throughput processes- transfer centers, inpatient flow/LOS and discharge planning.

This Project director will report to the CNIO and be a member of Ascension’s national clinical informatics team which is part of the larger Clinical Experience division of Ascension Technologies.

Responsibilities:

Drives clarity around objectives and relative prioritization with business & operational lead, and resulting in Portfolio Definitions, Goals, Plans, Roadmaps and Timelines
Dot Connector: Coordinates & aligns cross-functionally with multidisciplinary teams to ensure solution delivery achieves intended outcomes
Business facing, responsible for establishing a strategically-aligned portfolio of initiatives in partnership with clinical and/or business leaders that run the corresponding operational area
Communicator: Establishes broad, inclusive and efficient communication across teams including executives, business partners, ministry-wide functions, and markets
Team Player: Partners with senior management and senior users on strategic issues, including technology issues
Resource + Budget Allocator: Ensures technology, data & experience resources ($, people + platforms + external resources) are aligned with expected solution delivery and ensures the department operates in compliance with allocated funding.
Simultaneously comfortable with ambiguity and adept at bringing clarity to the team on what & why
Systemic thinker - always focused on end to end solution realization
Builds & maintains 100% alignment with the business and user community stakeholders

Requirements

Education:

High School diploma equivalency with 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree with 3 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management.

Additional Preferences

5+ years clinical/ hospital background preferred in large, complex healthcare organizations
Working knowledge of healthcare applications with special attention to case management and patient/ hospital throughput processes (transfer centers, inpatient flow/ LOS and discharge planning) highly recommended
Program or Project Management experience in healthcare
High-level management and leadership skills
Financial management and budgeting skills
Conflict resolution and problem-solving skills
Written and verbal communication skills
Teamwork and motivational skills
Organizational and multitasking skills

Why Join Our Team

When you join Ascension, you join a team of over 134,000 individuals across the country committed to a Mission of serving others and providing compassionate, personalized care to all. Our inclusive culture, continuing education programs, career coaches and benefit offerings are just a few of the resources and tools that team members can use to create a rewarding career path. In fact, Ascension spent nearly $46 million in tuition assistance alone to support associate growth and development. If you are looking for a career where you can grow and make a difference in your community, we invite you to join our team today.

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