Medical Staff Coordinator

About the role

Medical Staff Coordinator at Advocate Health is responsible for facilitating all Medical Staff functions. Key responsibilities include coordinating and facilitating medical staff and advanced practice professional credentialing and privileging, ensuring continuous adherence to regulatory requirements, and managing the onboarding and orientation of newly appointed practitioners.

Responsibilities

• Critically analyzes data to create informed recommendations for credentialing, re-credentialing, and privileging for Medical Staff leaders and committees, ensuring adherence to accreditation standards, state and federal law, and Medical Staff bylaws.
• Ensures continuous knowledge of and adherence to regulatory requirements, accreditation standards, Medical Staff Bylaws and Medical Staff and organizational policies and procedures.
• Develops, establishes, and enforces Medical Staff bylaws, rules and regulations, and policies that govern the activities of the Medical Staff and coordinates the activities of the self-governing organized Medical Staff.
• Coordinates and manages the onboarding and orientation of newly appointed practitioners to the Medical Staff, including development, implementation, and maintenance of the regulatory and legally required education.
• Creates monthly reports for the Governing Bodies on credentialing and privileging, and other Medical Staff actions and matters.
• Collaborates with the quality management department to develop and distribute quality data for the Focused Professional Practice Evaluation (FPPE) process and the Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE).
• Serves as a liaison between the medical staff, administration, ancillary departments and patients.
• Establish and maintain systems to facilitate committee meetings and communication for the Medical Staff governance structure, adhering to Robert’s Rules of Order.

Requirements

Typically requires 3 years of experience in a health care setting that includes experiences in privileging and credentialing processes.

Qualifications

• High School Graduate.
• Excellent communication, organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Maintain upward communication with leadership regarding development within areas of assigned responsibilities and perform special projects as required or requested.
• Ability to represent the department effectively with supporting teams.
• Demonstrate problem solving, critical thinking, and process analysis skills to support teams.
• Possess willingness to learn and develop understanding of configuration best practices.
• Willingness to escalate issues that may impact team productivity or confusion on priorities.
• Strong knowledge of medical terminology.
• Must have proven track record of effective interactions with physicians and other health care professionals.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Word) or similar products.
• Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision and manage multiple priorities.

Skills

• Excellent communication, organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to represent the department effectively with supporting teams.
• Demonstrate problem solving, critical thinking, and process analysis skills to support teams.
• Possess willingness to learn and develop understanding of configuration best practices.
• Willingness to escalate issues that may impact team productivity or confusion on priorities.
• Strong knowledge of medical terminology.
• Must have proven track record of effective interactions with physicians and other health care professionals.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Word) or similar products.
• Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision and manage multiple priorities.

Benefits

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards including:

• Compensation - Base compensation within the position’s pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training.
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Opportunities for annual increases based on performance.

Pay

$25.30 – $37.95

Schedule

This role offers a work-from-home option; however, the teammate will be required to be on-site as needed. The frequency of on-site attendance may vary from day to day based on departmental needs.