Job: Project Coordinator

Job Description

Option 1 Healthcare Solutions, an Epic Health Services Company, is the leading enteral nutrition provider in the Western United States. We combine outstanding patient care services, clinical excellence and a wide variety of complementary products to support our patients in their ongoing therapies and transition into the home environment. Our primary responsibilities are to our patients, their families and the healthcare providers who use our services, by meeting their needs exceptionally well with prompt and consistently outstanding service and continuity of care.

The Project Coordinator will plan, direct and coordinate activities of designated projects to ensure that goals and objectives are accomplished within prescribed time frame and parameters. 

Essential Functions:

• Reviews and aids in developing project proposal or plan to determine time frame limitations, procedures for accomplishing project and allotment of available resources to various phases of project.
• Established and maintains relationships with supporting departments; Participate in the project proposal process to ensure scope is properly defined and ensure that the project team has a clear understanding of scope, schedule and goals.
• Confers with project staff to outline work-plan and to assign duties, responsibilities and scope of authority. Establishes work plan for each phase of projects. Provides a single point of accountability through the organization on projects.
• Track project against its schedule, budget (when necessary) and define qualitative and quantitative goals.
• Monitor or track project milestones and deliverables and coordinate project activity and communication.
• Review objectives, reporting status to management/sponsor on a regular basis. Escalate issues to management as necessary. 
• Develop and implement recovery plans for off-schedule and unanticipated occurrences.
• Utilize project management methodologies, systems and tools as defined by scope, size, budget and complexity of projects.
• Identify project scope changes and prepares job change notices.
• Create how-to guides, instruction manuals and document policy and procedures.
• Use and grow content expertise to contribute to deliverables.

Experience and Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree, plus 1-3 years relevant work experience; healthcare experience preferred
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred
• Superior communication skills both verbally and written with management, project team and internal stakeholders
• Superior analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong attention to detail, initiative and organizational skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Computer literate; proficient in Microsoft Office, project management software
• Ability to act with Option 1’s Vision and Values of Team, Accountability, Aggressive Improvements, and Delivering Excellence

Option 1 Nutrition is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, religion, citizenship, national origin/ancestry, physical/mental disabilities, military status or any other basis prohibited by law.

Because Option 1 Nutrition believes in providing a safe work environment, we conduct drug and background checks in our recruiting/hiring processes.