Cerner EHR IT Project Manager – 100% Remote
$70.00–$83.00/hour W2 | Healthcare IT | 3 Openings
Location:
100% Remote – United States
Schedule:
Central Time business hours
Contract Duration:
Initial 6 months, with potential 6-month extensions or conversion
Travel:
None
Industry:
Healthcare / Hospital IT
IMPORTANT EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS – PLEASE READ
THIS POSITION IS STRICTLY W2 EMPLOYMENT ONLY.
NO C2C / CORP-TO-CORP
NO 1099 / INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS
NO VISA SPONSORSHIP
NO VISA TRANSFERS
Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship, now or in the future.
Third-party staffing agency submissions will not be accepted.
Position Overview
We are seeking experienced
Cerner EHR IT Project Managers
to support a major national healthcare organization's technology initiatives involving new hospital and clinic openings, facility expansions, relocations, renovations, and application deployments.
This position focuses on the
IT application and clinical technology components of healthcare facility projects
, ensuring that the necessary applications, systems, workflows, and technical dependencies are properly coordinated and ready for operational go-live.
The ideal candidate brings extensive IT Project Management experience, a strong healthcare background, and direct experience managing projects involving
Cerner EHR / Cerner Millennium / Oracle Health applications
.
This is not a construction Project Manager position or an infrastructure-only IT Project Manager role.
Key Responsibilities
Healthcare IT Project Management
Lead multiple concurrent healthcare IT application projects from initiation through implementation, go-live, and transition to operational support.
Manage project scope, schedules, milestones, dependencies, deliverables, risks, and issues.
Develop and maintain project plans, implementation schedules, status reports, action logs, and project documentation.
Coordinate resources across clinical applications, IT infrastructure, technical teams, operational leadership, and external vendors.
Facilitate project meetings and communicate project status, risks, escalations, and decisions to leadership.
Cerner EHR and Clinical Application Coordination
Manage and coordinate IT projects involving Cerner EHR and related clinical applications.
Partner with clinical informatics, application support, technical teams, and hospital stakeholders to identify implementation requirements.
Coordinate application readiness activities, testing schedules, integration dependencies, and deployment timelines.
Support EHR application implementation, configuration coordination, upgrades, migrations, and go-live activities as applicable.
Ensure clinical applications and related workflows are ready to support hospital and clinic operations.
New Facility Openings and Expansion Projects
Support IT application deployment and readiness for new hospitals, outpatient clinics, facility expansions, renovations, and relocations.
Coordinate application-related workstreams with facility project teams and operational stakeholders.
Identify dependencies between clinical applications, infrastructure readiness, equipment, connectivity, and operational workflows.
Track project milestones to ensure applications and supporting technology are ready before facility activation.
Coordinate cutover planning, go-live readiness, issue resolution, and transition to support teams.
Stakeholder and Vendor Management
Work with hospital leadership, clinical operations, IT application teams, vendors, and other project stakeholders.
Facilitate cross-functional meetings and resolve project dependencies.
Provide clear reporting on schedules, resource requirements, implementation progress, and outstanding issues.
Escalate project risks and barriers appropriately to ensure timely resolution.
Required Qualifications
10+ years of IT Project Management experience.
3+ years of experience in healthcare or hospital IT environments.
Direct Cerner EHR / Cerner Millennium / Oracle Health project experience – REQUIRED.
Bachelor's degree.
Demonstrated experience managing complex IT application implementations, deployments, or enterprise healthcare technology initiatives.
Experience coordinating multiple technical and business workstreams.
Strong knowledge of project planning, risk management, resource coordination, stakeholder communications, and implementation readiness.
Experience working with clinical application teams and hospital operations.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects independently in a fully remote environment.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting new hospital or clinic openings, expansions, relocations, or facility activation projects.
Experience with EHR go-live readiness, cutover planning, and clinical application deployment.
Experience coordinating enterprise clinical applications across multiple hospital facilities.
PMP certification or comparable formal Project Management training.
Experience working within large, multi-facility healthcare organizations.
Compensation and Contract Details
Pay Rate: $70.00–$83.00/hour W2
Initial 6-month contract.
Potential additional 6-month extensions or conversion.
100% remote, with no travel required.
Must be available during Central Time business hours.
How to Apply
Interested candidates should submit their
most current resume
, highlighting their Cerner EHR project experience, healthcare IT background, and application implementation responsibilities.
W2 candidates only. No C2C, no 1099, no sponsorship, and no third-party agency submissions.
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