Job: EMR INFORMATICS PROJECT MGR (83894)

Department: MERCY BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION
Employment Type: FULL TIME
Hours per pay period: 80
Shift: DAY
Facility: ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL & MED CTR
Location: PHOENIX, AZ

Facility Information:

Located conveniently off of the Valley's Metro Light Rail in the heart of Phoenix, Arizona, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center is a 690+-bed, not-for-profit hospital that provides a wide range of health, social and support services with special advocacy for the poor and underserved. As one of the Valley's largest hospitals we are extremely proud to be a nationally recognized center for quality tertiary care, medical education and research. It includes the internationally renowned Barrow Neurological Institute, the Heart & Lung Institute, St. Joseph's Children's Health Center and a Level I Trauma Center verified by the American College of Surgeons. The hospital is also a respected center for maternity care, orthopedics, oncology and many other medical services.

St. Joseph's is consistently recognized as a Best Place to Work by the Phoenix Business Journal and is the only Valley hospital to be named to the list six consecutive years. St. Joseph's has also been named a Top 100 Best Place to Work in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare, a Top 25Workplace for Women by ArizonaWoman magazine and a top hospital in Ranking Arizona. U.S News &World Report routinely ranks St. Joseph's among the best hospitals in the United States for neurology and neurosurgery.

Founded in 1895 by the Sisters of Mercy, St. Joseph's was the first hospital in the Phoenix area. The hospital is part of Catholic Healthcare West (CHW), one of the largest healthcare systems in the West with 41 hospitals in Arizona, California and Nevada.

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St. Joseph's Medical Group is seeking a key member of our management team as an IT/EMR Project Manager. The project manager will primarily focus on system wide ambulatory EMR implementation over the next three years including oversight and implementation of the interfaces with the EMR and other existing applications. The project manager will represent SJMG's interests for other large, enterprise wide IT projects and serve as a technical resource for projects requiring technical expertise.

St. Joseph's Medical Group (SJMG) is the employed physician group of St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center located in Phoenix, Arizona. SJMG employs over 165 physicians and over 300 support staff that cover a wide variety of specialties. The medical group has had tremendous success over the past few years and now provides services to over 38 subspecialties. The physicians provide clinical services in their areas of specialty and many serve in pivotal teaching, research, and leadership roles.

The mission of St. Joseph's Medical Group is consistent with Catholic Healthcare West's mission and St. Joseph's guiding principles with a focus on innovative clinical care and pursuit of excellence through scholarly activities. As part of St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, SJMG has full access to the staff and all facilities on campus. This unique relationship with the hospital allows SJMG to provide its patients with state-of-the-art patient services including care of the poor and disenfranchised.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
Minimum of 5 yrs experience in IT Project Management
Minimum of 5 yrs experience managing large clinical, ambulatory and hospital application implementation projects
Extensive experience with ambulatory EMR/EHR implementations with large budgets
Experience with Allscripts EMR
Experience with the GE Centricity Platform (IDX, Logician, etc.)


REQUIRED SKILLS
Project Management -Demonstrated experience in development, maintenance, and completion of standard project management documents including, but not limited to project charters, scope documents, status reporting, project budgets including burn rate, project planning, issue tracking, risk mitigation planning, time tracking, change management, and communication planning.
Business processes development
Ability to effectively manage multiple projects
Ability to communicated and work with front line staff to Sr leadership
Working knowledge of HIPAA and PHI rules and regulations
Excellent written and verbal communication skills required
Strong business analysis
Strong business acumen
- good understanding of healthcare business and how IT supports business


EDUCATION
Bachelor in Computer Science or similar business or healthcare related degree.
PMI certification is a plus