The primary role of the Portfolio Project Manager will be the management of a focused portfolio of initiatives and project work for one or more assigned clinical or non-clinical domain(s) areas - (OR/Periop, Women’s Health, Psychiatry, ICU, Inpatient, Emergency Services, Procedural, Diagnostic, Ambulatory or Finance, HR, Supply Chain, etc.) The portfolio of work will include multiple concurrent moderate to highly complex projects.
Focus on priorities that the clinical and non-clinical systems identify for the organization to move towards the goal of becoming a top performing health system using the UC Health Performance Improvement Way (quality/performance) as the foundation to achieve this goal.
Collaboration across the health system is critical and this role will be responsible for regularly connecting with various financial, operational, and clinical / non-clinical leaders across the organization to ensure consistency and alignment of operational and management priorities. Meet with project sub teams as needed to help teams remain on task and on time with their initiatives and projects.
The Portfolio Project Manager will serve as the primary point of contact for clinical and non-clinical domain areas and project work as assigned. This includes regular connects with leadership, clinical units and teams, and other project team members to escalate barrier(s) and ensure necessary follow-up is completed to mitigate identified barrier(s). Develop a project review process that works for Clinical Domain Leaders to be regularly updated on initiative and project status. Management of meeting cadence to facilitate leadership awareness about capital requests, new staff, program/department development, system constraints, system growth, comments/concerns, etc.
With a focus on the core areas of:
Quality
Safety
Experience
Efficiency
Equity
Readmissions
Population Health
Financial performance
Additional responsibilities of a Portfolio Project Manager will include typical project management skills (scope project work, define and track milestones, ensure accountability, etc.), but also the ability to work across departments, sites and clinical/non-clinical domains to provide access to internal expertise and resources, and incorporate leading practices and innovative solutions.
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