Clinical Project Director

Bronson Healthcare

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Project Director (CPD) is responsible for overseeing the successful implementation of strategic and operational improvement projects. Responsibilities include developing plans, business cases or business plan, creating the implementation plan, executing and successfully transitioning to operations. Working directly with the project Executive sponsor, Operational Leaders and the Organized Medical Staff, the CPD manages a project team, sets deadlines, communicates, ensures projects stay on track and on budget, and adjusts if necessary, to meet new requirements. The CPD also supports other System Strategic Management functions or projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Minimum five years progressive healthcare planning, business development or project management experience with deep industry knowledge.
• Superior verbal, written and interpersonal skills as well as high EQ and meeting management skills.
• Demonstrated experience with strategic project development and implementation, operational improvement, business planning and lean process improvement.
• Experience leading collaborative teams through change to achieve successful completion of projects that include executive and physician stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical skills in interpreting, analyzing, and utilizing data, both clinical and financial, to guide decision making, innovative problem solving using information management and analytical skills, and an understanding of risk management and mitigation.

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree in Business, Healthcare Administration or healthcare related field strongly preferred or must obtain within 3 years of hire.
• Clinical background strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• In coordination with key stakeholders, develop case/plans for assigned projects in conjunction with key stakeholders.
• Gather internal and external key stakeholder input
• Understand the customer experience and referral patterns
• Assess relevant industry, technology, competitor and best practices
• Evaluate current quality, service and cost performance across all care sites across the system
• Develop strategic advantage and challenges
• Ensure alignment with organizational strategy
• Partner with Finance to complete financial analysis
• Determine the implementation plan
• Direct project implementation as assigned:
• Define the project scope, goals, budget and timeline and adjust as needed
• Create long- and short-term plans, including setting targets for milestones, adhering to deadlines and allocating resources
• Manage a project team, delegating tasks on the project to team members best positioned to complete them
• Identify and manage potential risks and barriers
• Collect and identify key data to evaluate options
• Make effective decisions when presented with multiple options for how to progress with the project
• Perform qualify control on the project throughout development to maintain the standards expected
• Motivate the project team to complete tasks on time
• Communicate with key stakeholders to ensure project alignment

Benefits

• Bronson Healthcare is a community-owned, not-for-profit health system that has been serving southwest Michigan since 1900.
• Today, with a workforce of 9,000 people and 1,500 medical staff members, it is the area’s largest employer and leading healthcare system.
• Bronson provides care in virtually every specialty and offers a full range of services from primary care to critical care at more than 100 locations.
• Bronson’s exceptionally high quality standards enable us to do what’s right for our patients and their families.
• We are empowered as individuals and as teams, to apply our skills and experience so that every patient receives safe, timely and effective treatment.
• This unwavering commitment to serving others combined with our unique healing environment helps make the patient experience here an exceptional one.
• The excellence and Positivity of our employees and medical staff has contributed to Bronson Healthcare being ranked by Forbes as one of America’s Best-In-State Employers (2022-23), by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023) and by the National Association for Business Resources as one of the 2023 Top 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior