Project Manager (Healthcare Systems)

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JOB DETAILS:
Position:Program Manager (Healthcare Systems)
JOB REF#:43923
Duration:6 Months (Contract)
Location:HYBRID - Hartford, CT 06105
Pay Rate:$79.00 (W2) or $89.00 (INC) per hour

We are only considering LOCAL CANDIDATES, who can work ONSITE 2 days (WED/THUR) per week (HYBRID)

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

** Program Manager who can work as Chief of Staff, supporting different project initiatives. They will act in a support role, in helping each project team to develop project plans, issues resolutions, define conflicts, track project budgets. Helping other project managers to resolve issues and decisions. They will not have any direct reports for this role.

Program Manager will support Health Strategy (OHS) IT Unit by contributing to multiple Health IT programs and initiatives. This role involves coordinating and monitoring activities across several concurrent, long-term, and on-going projects led by various program leads. Key responsibilities include tracking deliverables, ensuring deadlines are met, and fostering effective team collaboration. This individual will also play a critical role in advancing both agency and statewide initiatives. This includes supporting the redevelopment of the statewide Health IT Strategic Plan through a structured stakeholder engagement process. Additional responsibilities may involve facilitating the implementation of standardized race, ethnicity, and language (REL) data collection across healthcare providers, and supporting or monitoring initiatives related to designated Health Information Exchange. This position is essential in aligning these efforts with OHS s mission to promote equitable access to high-quality healthcare, control cost growth, and improve healthcare outcomes particularly through enhanced data sharing and system coordination.

Looking for a strategic advisor, project integrator, and operational leader responsible for coordinating statewide health IT initiatives, advancing regulatory and legislative priorities, and ensuring effective governance and execution across the APCD, HIE, AI governance, and interoperability programs. This role requires HIT knowledge, strong stakeholder engagement skills, and the ability to drive complex multi-agency initiatives to implementation. Handle multiple projects at a high level dealing with issue resolution, coordination.

REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:
** Ideal Candidate: Program Manager (3+ yrs)/ Project Manager (5+ yrs)
** Experience using various project tools: MS Excel, PPT and MS Project
** PMP Certified (desired)
Technical Skills: Implementing healthcare IT systems.
Soft Skills: Ability to understand the impact of technology on patient care and provider workflows). Accuracy and attention to detail in documentation. Balance competing priorities between programs.
Cross Program Coordination & Project Management: Ability to prioritize requirements across multiple programs based on impact, feasibility, and urgency. Develop scopes of work, including project plans, schedules, and Gantt charts.
Coordinate with cross-functional teams to meet milestones. Ability to document requirements, progress, and deliverables, assessing for overlap and alignment. Ability to align and map goals to state priorities and agency mission.
Stakeholder Engagement: Ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders: healthcare providers, carriers, policy makers, legislators, consumers, insurers, and associations. Ability to develop an engagement strategy, gather and synthesize
data, develop reports and presentations based on analysis, and implement recommendations.
Skilled in project management software and collaboration tools (MS Excel, Word, PPT).
Experience using MS Project to manage and track projects
Ability to effectively present updates and concepts in public-facing settings such as council meetings, through various presentation modes, including PowerPoint.
Ability to identify opportunities for improvements and enhancements and engage a team collaboratively towards achieving desired goals.

Educational Requirements:
Relevant education may be substituted with equivalent professional experience.
Bachelor s degree in business administration, healthcare management or administration, health informatics, or public health.
A health focused Master of Business Administration.

Desired Skills/Nice To Have's:
Healthcare Domain Knowledge: Any experience understanding Electronic Health Record (EHR) type of health systems, health IT ecosystems, and regulations such as HIPAA, HITECH, and CMS is highly desired.
Knowledge of health IT systems, interoperability (HL7, FHIR), data sharing, and patient privacy, security, and consent laws.
PMP Certification
SQL or Tableau skills for data analytics
Experience working with state government agencies and/or programs.
Familiarity with transparency laws and best practices.
Knowledgeable about emerging technologies, healthcare laws/regulations such as HIPAA, HITECH, and CMS, and interoperability standards such as HL7, FHIR.

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Calance Consultant Benefits Offerings:
- EPO/PPO Medical Plans
- HMO/PPO Dental programs
- Vision - VSP (Vision Plan Summary)
- 401K Retirement vesting program (VOYA)
- Paid Bi-Weekly/Direct Deposit
- Flex Spending Plan
- Voluntary Life, AD&D, STD or LTD plans