JOB DESCRIPTION

The Project Manager is a highly-motivated and meticulous individual with excellent problem-solving and communication skills looking to join a vibrant work environment in a maturing and evolving Health System. He/she will focus on new and existing initiatives and work collaboratively with leadership and staff across hospitals, departments and service lines to manage projects aligned with the Health System’s quality, patient safety and overall patient experience goals. The Project Manager will work closely with internal team members, stakeholders, collaborators, and participating facilities to ensure that projects are conducted in a timely manner in order to achieve goals. The Project Manager will plan, manage and execute performance improvement plans and activities in support of the Health System Chief Medical Officer.

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Provide project management support to system-wide projects related to the quality, patient safety and patient experience outcomes of the member hospitals of Mount Sinai Health System. Identify major phases, implementation sub-steps, key stakeholders, timelines, resource needs, and potential obstacles for each project to build a comprehensive project plan. Utilize project management tools and methodologies to track and communicate status of projects.

2. Provide direction and regular updates to the project team, ensuring the team is informed of all project changes, decisions and metrics that may affect the success of the project. Develop appropriate communication plans and strategies to ensure information is openly communicated.

3. Serve as an operational resource for internal team members for expedited problem identification and resolution, provision of project-specific updates, and team interactions and deadlines.

4. Develop and oversee the processes associated with process and outcomes measurement, data tracking and data reporting. Ensure the utilization of clinical and administrative data to support the identification of quality issues and improvement opportunities, drive prioritization and enhance decision-making and monitoring. Perform ad hoc analyses as needed to support project planning and implementation.

5. Establish and maintain collaborative relationships within the system in order to obtain information and content from leaders and front-line staff to foster successful project completion.

6. Develop and manage best-practices and tools for improvement, plan execution, and project management.

7. Coordinate project site monitoring activities, and may participate in site monitoring associated with initiation, closeout, and audit visits as required.

8. Adhere and assist with clinical operations and project specific quality documents (for example: SOPs, work plans/practices, training guides

QUALIFICATIONS

• Completion of Master?s Degree (preferred)

MINIMUM RELATED EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Five (5) years of relevant experience

• Project management experience in clinical environment with an operational focus preferred

GENERAL SKILS:

• Demonstrated success in the use of data-driven methodologies, analytics and statistics to meet goals

• Strong understanding of and ability to perform in a data-driven environment

• Excellent organizational skills, analytical in nature with a curiosity towards solving complex problems, and strong attention to detail

• Demonstrated agility in an ever growing and fast paced work environment

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written

• Professional attitude ? comfortable working in a corporate setting populated by diverse types of people and able to maintain poise and a sense of humor in stressful situations

• Proven ability to work both independently on projects and as part of the larger team

• Proven track record of delivering measurable results

• Makes good decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, experience, and judgment in a timely manner.

• Demonstrates resourcefulness and a "can-do" attitude when faced with challenges or problems.

• Organizes and prioritizes work to ensure focus on high impact/value-added activities.

• Consensus builder among teams and cross functional groups with differing objectives and priorities

Non-Bargaining Unit, 192 - CMO Quality Initiatives - MSH, Mount Sinai Hospital

REQUIRED SKILLS

MS Project

Microsoft Office Suite

ABOUT US

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.

• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.

• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization. We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.

Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history!

“About the Mount Sinai Health System:

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”

EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans

Requisition ID : 3016836