Clinical Informatics Project Manager

Company Description

At Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, we know world-renowned care begins with world-class caring. That's why we combine advanced technologies and breakthrough discoveries with family-centered care. It's why we provide our caregivers with continuing education and state-of-the-art facilities, like the newly remodeled Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. And it's why we need caring, committed people on our team - like you. Join us on our mission to heal humanity, one child and family at a time.

Job ID: LP_00021975-2658115

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY

This paragraph summarizes the general nature, level and purpose of the job.

In collaboration with appropriate clinical departments, relevant support departments, and information technology, the Clinical Informatics Project Manager develops, implements, and supports the core functions of the enterprise clinical information system to enable cost-effective, high quality, and safe patient care. This position leads physicians, nurses, and other clinicians in design, implementation, workflow optimization, change management, and issue resolution related clinical applications. The incumbent integrates user needs, collaborates with Technical specialists, makes assessments and implements project plans. The Project Manager manages Clinical Informatics Projects and assists with system selection, design, database building, training, testing, activations and post activation activities.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

The essential functions listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.

Employees must abide by all Joint Commission Requirements including but not limited to sensitivity to cultural diversity, patient care, patient rights and ethical treatment, safety and security of physical environments, emergency management, teamwork, respect for others, participation in ongoing education and training, communication and adherence to safety and quality programs, sustaining compliance with National Patient Safety Goals, and licensure and health screenings.

Must perform all duties and responsibilities in accordance with the hospital's policies and procedures, including its Service Standards and its Code of Conduct.

* Acts as a leader and consensus builder for broad, multidisciplinary groups including the clinical community, other hospital departments, and IT analysts as appropriate, clearly communicating and translating information and concepts between and across the different groups and driving outcomes.
* Creates system specifications and workflow documents for new projects and/or features and maintains/updates existing specifications and project documents for complex clinical initiatives that include technical details, user expectations, project goals, work effort, accountability, and deliverables.
* Develops project timelines, demonstrating flexibility in adjusting to the fluctuating needs of the department.
* Identifies system optimization and enhancements and collaborates with vendors and IT analysts in order to design and implement.
* Organizes, participates in, and frequently leads departmental user groups and other meetings, and maintains appropriate meeting records.
* Provides oversight to complex projects.
* Researches issues and uses independent analysis and judgment to produce solution options (including alternative solutions when necessary to address system limitations) to complex and/or controversial matters, including pros, cons, risks, benefits, costs, and unintended consequences.
* Reviews system configuration and design options in order to make appropriate recommendations for system maintenance requests.
* Selects and determines optimal solution from among various options, communicates reasoning, and influences others to achieve adoption.
* Serves as backup to the Director of Clinical Informatics.
* Collaborates with User Groups to maintain an ongoing understanding of business issues and needs.
* Creates project organization structure and team composition; facilitates communication between project team members on deliverables
* Determine project scope and deliverables, sets project expectations; develops and manages project plans e.g., identification of user requirements, analysis and design, buy/ proposals, contract negotiations, risk assessment, specification development, development and implementation, installation, configuration, testing, training, documentation, policy and procedure development, issue resolution, marketing and go-live customer support
* Monitor project schedule and budget; facilitate discussions on t