Job Postings
HealthTeamWorks currently has the following job opportunities available.
Electronic Health Record (EHR) Implementation Consultants
We are searching for well rounded EHR consultants to join our Regional Extension Center team for challenging, diverse and interesting work along the path to Meaningful Use. We will be working in small to medium sized Practices and are looking for individuals who are comfortable performing in a combined Project Manager / EHR analyst role.
PM duties include:
- Develop project plans, schedules, and other scope definition documents for assigned projects from provided project management templates
- Manage the scope of work, objectives, and other project management activities of assigned projects
- Act as the primary project contact teaming with the Project Sponsor
- Identify and develop change orders
- Maintain project management information and tracking systems
- Issue management and resolution
- Weekly status reporting
- Able to manage multiple implementation sites at once
- Must be detail oriented, organized, and have strong multi-tasking ability
EHR Analyst / Implementation Consultant duties include:
- Partner with the selected vendor to provide consultation services to Physicians practices from pre-implementation through post-implementation project phases
- Facilitate analysis, requirements gathering and current state to future state process work
- Create requirements documents and system workflow documentation
- Understand and be able to effectively communicate data integration requirements to Physician Practices and vendors
- Maintain customer relations during the course of the project in order to attain product acceptance and adoption
- Design and build reports based on multiple user needs and requests
- Support “go-live” activities within the Practice
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience.
- 3+ years of proven Project Management/Business Systems Analysis experience OR direct clinical environment engagement with an EMR
- Strong Healthcare/EMR/Clinical Background or Experience
- Knowledge of HIPAA Privacy & Security regulations
- Understanding of integration, data flow and HL7 interfaces
- Database knowledge including SQL Reporting
- Working knowledge of reporting tools such as Crystal Reports
- Desire to work in a small, empowered, high-performing team
- Comfortable in teaching and learning from team-mates
- Good work ethic, ability to learn quickly
- Enjoy a fast paced, changing environment
Please send your resume to jobsrec@coloradoguidelines.org for consideration. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.
Quality Improvement Coach
GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES: As a member of the HealthTeamWorks Practice Transformation Team the Quality Improvement Coach manages a caseload of practices involved in improvement activity sponsored by HealthTeamWorks. The QIC utilizes an evidence-based approach to facilitating multi-discipline quality improvement work both directly in the practices and within this organization, applying new foundational principles as the knowledge base for quality improvement coaching in healthcare evolves. The QIC maintains accountability for the facilitation of practice measure reporting as well as individual assessment of practice progress toward desired transformational change.
FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY: Reports to a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Manager and is responsible for working with practices to facilitate redesign efforts, supporting their achievement of improved patient outcomes; increased patient, provider and health care team satisfaction; and, efficiency within the practice.
POSITION TYPE: Full-time, Exempt
Essential Job Functions:
• Serve as the primary liaison, teacher, coach, and facilitator for practices participating in HealthTeamWorks-sponsored practice transformation activity.
• Establish and maintain a supportive, collegial role with HealthTeamWorks practices engaged in improvement activity, particularly including assigned practices and their individual improvement team members.
• Coach practices using a standardized approach based on HealthTeamWorks’ programs.
• Utilize the associated Change Package and subsequent related high-leverage changes in supporting the practice in establishing its overall improvement aim and tests of change.
• Assist the practice in maximizing use of available health information technology resources in order to accomplish improved patient outcomes and increased office efficiency focusing on such areas as:
o Population management and registry functionality
o Planned care
o Care management and coordination of care
o Goal setting and action planning with patients
o Reporting of measures
o Patient safety
• Assess and document practice progression throughout the transformation process.
• Facilitate efficient, effective improvement team meetings. Role model these skills in order that improvement team leaders will also be able to effectively manage improvement team meetings with increasing independence over the course of time.
• Maintain databases directly associated with role.
• Link practices to available external resources, such as consultants and group learning opportunities, to meet specific needs which extend beyond those that are met by the QI Coach’s role.
• Participate in the planning, hosting and presenting of HealthTeamWorks’ Learning Collaboratives
• Effectively collaborate within and across HealthTeamWorks teams.
• Assist and support HealthTeamWorks and the Practice Transformation Team in summarizing and disseminating experience-related learning by way of team updates, written reports/articles, and/or presentations as called for by directors.
• Maintain collegial relationships with HealthTeamWorks’ external partners including, but not limited to, collaborating organizations, funders, and vendors.
Physical: Position requires ability to work in an office environment with the flexibility to work remotely, potentially travel throughout the country, and manage the stress of meeting multiple deadlines and handling interruptions to on-going work activities.
Communication Skills: This position relies very heavily on having strong interpersonal and communication skills. Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and group facilitation skills required. The QIC role requires effective remote communication as well. Strong critical thinking skills necessary to evaluate and respond to team progress and related team dynamics.
Computer Knowledge: Excellent computer skills particularly related to Microsoft applications including Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Comfort with exploring and learning to use new or unfamiliar applications or databases. Ability to teach practices how to maximize technology.
Education: A minimum of BA/BS in health care or related field. (Masters preferred) Course work in Quality Improvement, practice management and /or facilitation skills preferred.
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Preferred Experience: Minimum five years experience in health care. Ideal candidate will have had experience in a primary care practice that successfully implemented quality improvement initiatives or have functioned as a practice manager.
To apply, please send a resume and cover letter (include salary requirement) to resumes@healthteamworks.org. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.