Clinical Project Manager (Non-IT)

Emerus Holdings, Inc. is a leader in small-format hospitals, partnering with health systems to provide individualized patient care. The Clinical Project Manager is responsible for coordinating hospital openings and enterprise-wide projects, ensuring they are completed on time and within budget while collaborating with various departments.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, track, communicate project schedules for assigned projects
• Be the point of contact and coordinate all departments that must come together throughout the projects; depending upon the project, this could include Management, Construction, Staffing, HR, IT, Supply Chain, Licensing, Lab, Radiology, Pharmacy, Quality, Marketing, Compliance, Physician Staffing, Credentialing, Policies & Procedures, Forms, etc
• Manage resources with peers and functional managers
• Identify and manage project risks and issues
• Ensure that all required contracts are in place
• Report on project budgets
• Provide frequent project status to management and project teams, including reporting and meetings
• Make informed and effective decisions when presented with multiple options on how to progress with the project
• Ability to adapt to a changing environment and handle multiple priorities with minimal oversite
• Create long- and short-term plans, including setting targets for milestones and adhering to deadlines
• Develop and manage Activation and Operations Readiness plans for new hospital openings
• Lead end-to-end project management for new hospital openings from initial agreements through operational launch
• Develop and execute readiness plans including Activation/move-in and operational startup
• Partner with JV stakeholders and leadership to ensure scope, timeline alignment
• Lead enterprise-wide projects including clinical programs, operational improvements, and capital/equipment upgrades
• Partner across Finance, Nursing, Marketing, IT, and Compliance
• Translate strategic priorities into actionable plans with measurable outcomes
• Support initiatives to enhance system performance and scalability
• Develop and manage project plans, schedules, and budgets
• Serve as primary coordinator across all stakeholders
• Identify and mitigate project risks
• Provide consistent status updates to leadership
• Facilitate structured meetings and decision-making
• Capture lessons learned for continuous improvement
• Act as liaison between internal teams, JV partners, and executive leadership
• Build strong relationships and drive alignment
• Communicate clearly and concisely to diverse audiences
• Manage competing priorities in high-visibility environments
• Participate in review of blueprints for new hospital opening projects regarding layout and electrical placement, clinical requirements for the building, etc
• Work with regional CEO, CNO and functional and clinical departments to perform audits before hospital openings to validate hospital is ready to see patients
• Coordinate development of punch list of items for Construction to be corrected in the new hospital prior to opening; work with the team to prioritize and track completion
• Work with Supply Chain to confirm supplies are delivered to new hospitals before opening, as required
• Travel to all hospital locations as required; be on-site at hospitals at pivotal times during process including Operations walk-throughs, Turnover, Move-in, etc
• Attend staff meetings or other company sponsored or mandated meetings as required
• Collect lessons learned and track completion in future projects
• Take initiative to keep abreast of developments in Project Management and pursue continuous education
• Fill in for the supervisor when requested
• Perform additional duties as assigned
• Ability to work off-hours and on call when required

Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience as a project manager in healthcare, strongly preferred
• Bachelor's Degree or higher required
• PMP required
• Clinical licensure or relevant clinical credential required (e.g. RN, LVN, ARRT, RRT/CRT, CPhT, etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to successfully lead teams on complex project completion
• Organizational skills with the ability to identify and manage priorities
• Strong critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Addresses challenges effectively even in uncharted territory
• Self driven, capable of making informed decisions with minimal guidance
• Achieves objectives without the need for rigid guidelines
• Communicates well both verbally and in written form
• Able to maintain clear and concise documentation
• Demonstrated ability to hold successful meetings
• Balances driving details and keeping an eye on completion of the end goal
• Takes initiative
• Shows an interest in learning new things
• Follows through on commitments and expects the same of others
• Proficient in MS Office, including MS Project
• Working knowledge of Smartsheet a plus
• A strong customer service focus required
• Fluent in English; written and oral communication required
• 25% travel as needed
• Experience with Smartsheet preferred
• Strong spatial skills preferred
• Familiarity with DNV Interpretive Guidelines, CMS CoP, ISO and NIAHO or other regulatory standards and accreditation organizations is advantageous