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 HeartCARE 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 stake holders.  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 communication and coordination in all areas noted below:
  • EHR Implementation & Optimization
  • Quality and Research Application Implementation & Optimization     
  • Application Upgrades & Development
  • Integration
  • Data Analytics
  • Software Procurement
  • Change Management
  • Vendor Management
• Works with project leaders concerning clinical, financial and quality reporting, ensuring data integrity and appropriateness.
• Sets expectations and accountabilities for team activities and allocates internal and external resources to accomplish goals.
• Makes decisions based on appropriate research, utilization of key contributors and sound judgment.
• Completes tasks within timeline and ensures deliverables for all aspects of the implementation escalating issues to appropriate individuals in a timely manner.
• Ensures compliance with all regulatory agencies and legal requirements.
• Serves as a mentor and role model to internal physician network services managers and staff to promote consistent best practice related project management
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our employees and their families:

• Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits 
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one.  LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary 
• Adoption assistance
• LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan forgiveness

Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Lexington Health to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Lexington Health strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. Lexington Health endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee's desires and abilities and the hospital's needs.