UVA Department of Public Health Sciences

Project Manager

• Responsible for the development and project management of initiatives that enhance patient safety.
• Manage and improve patient safety and human factor engineering principles by collaborating with various departments.
• Work collaboratively with the Patient Safety Manager to support the patient safety program.
• Lead and manage specified patient safety projects from initiation through completion.
• Analyze patient safety electronic submissions surveys, and other data sources to identify trends and issues.
• Assist in the development and refinement of policies and procedures related to patient safety.
• Design and deliver training programs for staff on patient safety and human factor and error prevention skills.

Patient Safety Project Manager

Growth Marketing

• Reporting to Directors for Growth and Development in a dyad reporting structure, the primary responsibilities and essential functions the Project Specialist will perform include: This role will support execution on various high priority, high visibility multiple projects that span across the organization and/or division.
• Responsible for maintaining an overall project inventory and detailed task lists for the Growth and Development Team.
• Assist with the development of work plans and task trackers.
• Provides a consolidated view of team deliverables by week/sprint cycle to assist leaders with the simultaneous execution of parallel strategic initiatives.
• Produce progress reports or status updates as requested.
• Responsible for project management and support which includes the collection, management and distribution of project information.
• Coordinates, consolidates and maintains project materials in regard to coordinating meetings, preparing agendas, recording meeting minutes, coordinating of presentation material and developing/coordinating/ managing data reports by project deadlines.
• Responsible for follow up of action items to continue to advance on priorities.
• Coordinates proper approval of information. Ensures follow-up is completed and communication occurs on next steps.
• Drives task management and follow-up to ensure projects are current and accurately reflects the project state as well as deadlines are met.
• Responsible for collaborating with project leads/team members to ensure they are updated of any potential issues and risk and provided with that information in a timely manner.
• Projects assigned could involve committees, data analysis/reporting, and/or executive type document projects and would require research to obtain knowledge base and understanding on how to meet the expectations of those projects.
• Obtains, consolidates and maintains project materials, reports.
• Develop detailed project schedules and follow-ups with project team members and/or project leaders to ensure completion of tasks and action items to ensure project stays on schedule.
• Identify, communicate and problem solve potential issues with projects and keep stakeholders informed in a timely manner.
• Utilizes a variety of reporting tools and methodologies as needed to produce reports (i.e. Excel, Access, Power Point, Other databases as assigned).
• Manages multiple complex projects simultaneously.
• Comply with project standards/ expectations.
• Execute tasks as defined by customer(s) in order to achieve the project goals.

Patient Safety Project Manager

Project Specialist – Growth & Development