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+ **Department:** Change Enablement & Organizational Readiness

+ **Schedule:** Monday - Friday, Days, flexibility required closer to implementation (evenings/weekends)

+ **Location:** Will support Ascension facilities within the Nashville and Murfreesboro Tennessee area. Travel will be required to sites in those areas (up to 75%). Opportunity for more remote work prior to go-live.

+ Temporary position with potential to end December 2026

Benefits

Paid time off (PTO)

Various health insurance options & wellness plans

Retirement benefits including employer match plans

Long-term & short-term disability

Employee assistance programs (EAP)

Parental leave & adoption assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Ways to give back to your community

_Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance, location and salary range at the time of the offer._

Responsibilities

The Organizational Readiness Specialist serves as the critical liaison between system office strategy and local market execution. The system office defines the Organizational Readiness strategy, the specialist ensures the strategy is understood, adopted, and successfully implemented within each market by translating Ministry-level decisions into market-specific readiness actions. This includes assessing local impacts, preparing stakeholders, coordinating communications and training, and ensuring effective implementation across the market(s).

+ Leads stakeholder engagement and conducts change impact assessments to understand and address readiness needs in local markets to serve as a connector with Ministry-driven changes.

+ Reinforces system office communication strategies to ensure clarity, alignment, and awareness across impacted groups.

+ Converts system office training plans, materials, and delivery to enable successful adoption of new systems or processes.

+ Provides hypercare and floor support during rollout to guide end users and resolve issues quickly.

+ Facilitates alignment between system office, change leaders, and local teams to ensure feedback flows both ways and deployment is consistent, effective, and timely.

Requirements

Education:

+ High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate'sdegree/Bachelor's degree OR 4 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.

Additional Preferences

Additional Preferences:

+ 2-5 years+ of change management experience is strongly preferred.

+ 2-5 years of human resources and oracle experience is strongly preferred.

+ Experience working with varying levels of leadership across a large, matrix organization.

+ Strong communication skills.

+ Knowledge of training and implementations.

Why Join Our Team

Ascension associates are key to our commitment of transforming healthcare and providing care to all, especially those most in need. Join us and help us drive impact through reimagining how we can deliver a people-centered healthcare experience and creating the solutions to do it. Explore career opportunities across our ministry locations and within our corporate headquarters.

Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of over 134,000 associates and 2,600 sites of care, including more than 140 hospitals and 40 senior living communities in 19 states.

Our Mission, Vision and Values encompass everything we do at Ascension. Every associate is empowered to give back, volunteer and make a positive impact in their community. Ascension careers are more than jobs; they are opportunities to enhance your life and the lives of the people around you.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

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As a military friendly organization, Ascension promotes career flexibility and offers many benefits to help support the well-being of our military families, spouses, veterans and reservists. Our associates are empowered to apply their military experience and unique perspective to their civilian career with Ascension.

Please note that Ascension will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Ascension will not solicit money or banking information from applicants.

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