Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Emerus Holdings, Inc. is the leader in small-format hospitals, partnering with respected health systems to provide care in local neighborhoods. The Clinical Project Manager coordinates projects from initiation through completion, focusing on hospital openings and enterprise-wide initiatives by collaborating with various departments to ensure readiness and operational success.
Responsibilities
- Develop, track, communicate project schedules for assigned projects
- Be the point of contact and coordinate all departments that must come together throughout the projects; depending upon the project, this could include Management, Construction, Staffing, HR, IT, Supply Chain, Licensing, Lab, Radiology, Pharmacy, Quality, Marketing, Compliance, Physician Staffing, Credentialing, Policies & Procedures, Forms, etc
- Manage resources with peers and functional managers
- Identify and manage project risks and issues
- Ensure that all required contracts are in place
- Report on project budgets
- Provide frequent project status to management and project teams, including reporting and meetings
- Make informed and effective decisions when presented with multiple options on how to progress with the project
- Ability to adapt to a changing environment and handle multiple priorities with minimal oversite
- Create long- and short-term plans, including setting targets for milestones and adhering to deadlines
- Develop and manage Activation and Operations Readiness plans for new hospital openings
- Lead end-to-end project management for new hospital openings from initial agreements through operational launch
- Develop and execute readiness plans including Activation/move-in and operational startup
- Partner with JV stakeholders and leadership to ensure scope, timeline alignment
- Lead enterprise-wide projects including clinical programs, operational improvements, and capital/equipment upgrades
- Partner across Finance, Nursing, Marketing, IT, and Compliance
- Translate strategic priorities into actionable plans with measurable outcomes
- Support initiatives to enhance system performance and scalability
- Develop and manage project plans, schedules, and budgets
- Serve as primary coordinator across all stakeholders
- Identify and mitigate project risks
- Provide consistent status updates to leadership
- Facilitate structured meetings and decision-making
- Capture lessons learned for continuous improvement
- Act as liaison between internal teams, JV partners, and executive leadership
- Build strong relationships and drive alignment
- Communicate clearly and concisely to diverse audiences
- Manage competing priorities in high-visibility environments
- Participate in review of blueprints for new hospital opening projects regarding layout and electrical placement, clinical requirements for the building, etc
- Work with regional CEO, CNO and functional and clinical departments to perform audits before hospital openings to validate hospital is ready to see patients
- Coordinate development of punch list of items for Construction to be corrected in the new hospital prior to opening; work with the team to prioritize and track completion
- Work with Supply Chain to confirm supplies are delivered to new hospitals before opening, as required
- Travel to all hospital locations as required; be on-site at hospitals at pivotal times during process including Operations walk-throughs, Turnover, Move-in, etc
- Attend staff meetings or other company sponsored or mandated meetings as required
- Collect lessons learned and track completion in future projects
- Take initiative to keep abreast of developments in Project Management and pursue continuous education
- Fill in for the supervisor when requested
- Perform additional duties as assigned
- Ability to work off-hours and on call when required
Skills
- 4+ years experience as a project manager in healthcare, strongly preferred
- Bachelor's Degree or higher required
- PMP required
- Clinical licensure or relevant clinical credential required (e.g. RN, LVN, ARRT, RRT/CRT, CPhT, etc.)
- Demonstrated ability to successfully lead teams on complex project completion
- Organizational skills with the ability to identify and manage priorities
- Strong critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Addresses challenges effectively even in uncharted territory
- Self driven, capable of making informed decisions with minimal guidance
- Achieves objectives without the need for rigid guidelines
- Communicates well both verbally and in written form
- Able to maintain clear and concise documentation
- Demonstrated ability to hold successful meetings
- Balances driving details and keeping an eye on completion of the end goal
- Takes initiative
- Shows an interest in learning new things
- Follows through on commitments and expects the same of others
- Proficient in MS Office, including MS Project
- Strong customer service focus required
- Fluent in English; written and oral communication required
- 25% travel as needed
- Experience with Smartsheet preferred
- Strong spatial skills preferred
- Familiarity with DNV Interpretive Guidelines, CMS CoP, ISO and NIAHO or other regulatory standards and accreditation organizations is advantageous
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