Senior Patient Access Analyst – Project Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Lead and manage large-scale Epic Patient Access projects, encompassing scheduling, registration, and referral-related initiatives.

• Develop and implement detailed project plans, timelines, milestones, and deliverables.

• Collaborate with IT, clinical, operational, revenue cycle, and executive stakeholders to ensure alignment on project objectives.

• Provide expert knowledge in Epic Cadence, Prelude, and/or Referrals applications.

• Assess current workflows, pinpoint areas for improvement, and assist in the development of future workflows.

• Oversee project risks, dependencies, resource coordination, issue resolution, and communication with stakeholders.

• Manage readiness for implementation, conduct system testing, oversee go-live activities, and stabilize post-implementation.

• Facilitate project meetings, track progress, and deliver regular status updates to leadership.

• Assist with enterprise-level change management and the operational adoption of new workflows.

• Contribute to large-scale healthcare technology and operational transformation initiatives for healthcare organizations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of project management experience, ideally within healthcare IT, Patient Access, or revenue cycle operations.

• Current Epic certification in Cadence, Prelude, and/or Referrals.

• Proven experience in managing or leading large-scale, complex healthcare projects.

• Strong understanding of patient registration, scheduling, referrals, and associated operational workflows.

• Experience with Epic implementations, optimization projects, upgrades, or enterprise transformation initiatives.

• Ability to work independently while managing multiple workstreams and meeting stakeholder expectations.

• Excellent communication, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving abilities.

• Willingness to travel approximately 25% of the time.

• Availability to work during Central Time business hours, regardless of location.

• Multiple Epic certifications across Patient Access applications (preferred).

• PMP or other recognized project management certification (preferred).

• Previous consulting experience with large hospital systems, academic medical centers, or multi-facility healthcare organizations (preferred).

• Experience supporting enterprise-wide Epic implementations and optimization initiatives (preferred).

🏝️ Benefits

• W2 contract employment.

• Contract duration of 6+ months.

• Remote work arrangement.

• Coverage for travel expenses/arrangements related to approximately 25% travel (not explicitly detailed).