Program Director, Wellconnected

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Work Shift



Day (United States of America)



Job Summary



The Program Director, WellConnected position will own and lead the process of programmatic development and implementation of Wellstar Health System's EPIC Community Connect Program. The program is a business unit at Wellstar that will serve as a strategic vehicle to improve patient care and bring affiliate providers on to the same instance of EPIC. The program will have work across many service units, including Wellstar Clinical Partners, IT, legal, branding, compliance, Wellstar Medical Group, and marketing. This position reports to the VP, Population Health. The person in this role will serve as the primary contact for the WellConnected program. He/ she will serve as the liaison between external parties (Affiliate clients) and internal Functional area leadership (Legal/ HIM/ Revenue Cycle/ IT/ Compliance).



In this role, the individual is responsible for developing and standardizing re-usable processes and templates for efficiently estimating, organizing and managing WellConnected roll-outs to affiliates. This includes Community Connect Program framework development comprising of Resource models, Cost estimation techniques, Governance and organization structures, offerings, pricing, contracting details. The role also entails developing a strategic roadmap of major simultaneous initiatives to provide a bird's eye view for the leadership and help understand overlaps/ dependencies/ conflicts and areas for synergies/ efficiencies.



This position will be responsible for overall leadership, administration and implementation of the WellConnected program. Specifically, he/she will work on program maintenance, project implementation leadership (detailed management by assigned Project Manager), and account management oversight (detailed management by Account Manager).



As a liaison, the individual in this role must be able to communicate effectively and with a high level of regard for leadership positions and affiliate partners of the System. He/she will craft key messages in a manner that gains consensus and thoroughly explains the purpose of the information. He/ she will attend various external/ internal meetings including steering committee meetings, client demo, project kick-off, etc and will be the escalation point for issues. This role will work in close collaboration with the IT team to successfully implement Epic at affiliate practices.



In addition to the responsibility for WellConnected Program, the Program Director may provide oversight to special initiatives for Wellstar Clinical Partners and Population Heatlh



Implementation Oversight



Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:



Affiliate demo



Project governance



Affiliate site assessments and third party needs



Workflow walkthroughs and information gathering



Project timeline development and kick-off



Status tracking and issue resolution through the project implementation (build/test/go-live)



Go-live and go-live support



Programmatic Development And Maintenance



Wellstar Community Connect governance structure and guiding principles



Wellstar Community Connect offerings including third party applications



Coordination maintenance/updates in TPA contracts via contract owners



Affiliate contracting with Wellstar legal/finance



Wellstar compliance standards



Wellstar branding standards



Wellstar HIM standards



Communications processes, escalation channels, SLAs



Affiliate readiness criteria evaluation with the steering committee



Wellstar Wellconnected governance committee



Developing and maintaining a strategic roadmap of major simultaneous initiatives to provide a bird's eye view for the leadership and help understand overlaps/dependencies/conflicts and areas for synergies/efficiencies



Account Management Oversight



Initial coordination with identified affiliates



Hand holding and spokesperson for the affiliate



Setting and managing affiliate expectations during initial implementation and post go-live phases



Post go-live stabilization and relationship management



WCP and Population Health initiatives



Performs other duties as assigned



Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.



Required Minimum Education





- Bachelors Information Technology or Masters Information Technology-Preferred





Required Minimum License(s) And Certification(s)



All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.



Additional License(s) And Certification(s)



PMI - certified project manager Upon Hire Preferred or



Program & Project Management\Certified Project Manager (IAPM) Upon Hire Preferred or



Required Minimum Experience



Minimum 10 years Managing large and complex programs in a health care setting. Demonstrated knowledge of and success in implementing EHR systems while working collaboratively with clients and multiple teams Required



Required Minimum Skills



Ability to self-direct and appropriately delegate. High



Ability to exercise judgment, problem solve, and make decisions consistent with Wellstar philosophy, goals and objectives.



Demonstrated strong leadership, communication, project management and team building skills.



Excellent communication skills (written and oral) and the ability to present one's self and/or ideas with clarity and compassion.



Ability to create and maintain solid relationships with care providers and advocate for the voice of the patient.



Strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.



Excellent organizational skills and the ability to work within all levels of the organization.



Skills to manage and succeed in an ambiguous environment, build consensus, manage stakeholder expectations.



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