Healthcare IT Project Manager

ON SITE POSITION

Healthcare IT Project Manager
Location: Granville Health System, Oxford NC

About Granville Health System:

For over a century, Granville Health System has been at the forefront of quality healthcare. To cater to the evolving needs of its community, Granville Health System has extended its services throughout Granville County, ensuring convenient medical care access for its residents. The Granville Health System main campus can be found at 1010 College Street, Oxford, North Carolina. For more details, visit GHS online at www.ghsHospital.org.

About Oxford, NC

Oxford, NC is a charming and welcoming community that offers a perfect blend of small-town charm and modern convenience, making it an ideal place to live and work. Located just about 30 miles north of Durham and 40 miles from Raleigh. The region enjoys a mild, four-season climate with warm summers, crisp autumns, blooming springs, and gentle winters—perfect for enjoying the area's outdoor activities year-round. With a thriving local economy, excellent healthcare facilities, and a strong sense of community, its historic downtown, scenic parks, and proximity to the Research Triangle ensure a balanced lifestyle with both professional and personal fulfillment.

Position Overview:

'Under the general direction of the Director of Information Technology, the IT Project Manager is responsible for overseeing the planning, implementation, and maintenance of information technology projects at a healthcare facility. This role will work closely with executive leadership to align IT strategies with the organization's clinical, operational, and regulatory objectives, ensuring the smooth delivery of patient care and compliance with healthcare standards.

Position Highlights:

• Starting Rate: $35.32 + per hour (commensurate with experience)
• Retirement Benefits: NC Local Government Pension Plan (5-year vesting period)
• Loan Forgiveness: Eligible employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
• Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and various supplemental benefits available

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Planning: Develop and implement IT strategies that support the organization's overall business goals.

• Infrastructure Management: Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of the organization's IT infrastructure, including hardware, software, networks, and security systems.

• Team Management: Lead a team of multidisciplinary professionals, including clinicians, financial, IT professionals, MSPs, VARS, vendor specific support engineers, systems administrators.

• Budget Management: Develop, Review and manage IT project budgets, ensuring that resources are allocated effectively and efficiently.

• Vendor Management: Negotiate and manage contracts with IT vendors and service providers.

• Project Management: Oversee the planning, execution, and completion of IT projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and to the desired quality standards.

• Security Management: Develop and implement security policies and procedures to protect the organization's IT systems and data from threats.

• Compliance: Ensure that the organization's IT projects and practices comply with relevant industry standards and regulations.

• Direct experience working with Physicians/Providers, Fiscal Services, and Technical Stakeholders.

• Problem Solving: Identify and resolve IT-related issues in a timely and effective manner.
• Schedule and conduct weekly status review meetings to address the progress, accomplishments, work planned, and problems encountered for all tasks and subtasks

• Review contractual requirements with project team, key stakeholders, and other shareholders

• Develop weekly reports on the progress of project status deliverables. Status reporting shall focus on service levels, significant events and open action items requiring immediate attention, project issues, staffing issues and budget

• Develop a monthly report of the status of quality assurance, configuration management, and security management applied to the contract

• Maintain knowledge of all tasks and subtasks to a detailed level that will allow proper management of staffing resources to meet deliverables within agreed timeframe

• Implement a communications plan across task/subtasks that will reduce duplicative work and ensure consistent implementation of data standards and application development methods

• Inform key stakeholders of project issues identified that may negatively affect the successful completion of required deliverables

• Participate in weekly team meetings with agency leaders and contract staff to provide updates on system development, documentation, training, and technical assistance activities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Healthcare Informatics or a related field.

• Strong understanding of IT infrastructure, including hardware, software, networking, and security.

• Proven experience managing IT projects and budgets.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Five plus years of result-oriented project management

• Ability to lead and motivate a team.

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

IT experience in healthcare or hospital setting. Familiarity with healthcare regulatory requirements (e.g., HIPAA, CMS, Joint Commission). Experience with electronic health records (EHRs) and other clinical systems.

Knowledge of healthcare data standards and interoperability.

Certification in IT management or a related field (e.g., ITIL, PMP) is preferred

Apply Today:
If you're a dedicated professional looking for a position with a focus on work-life balance and the opportunity to make a difference, we encourage you to apply for this position with Granville Health System.