Medical Staff Coordinator

Job Summary

You have a purpose, unique talents, and now is the time to embrace it, live it, and put it to work. We value incredible people with incredible skills— but your commitment to a greater cause is something we value even more. This is the heartbeat of our organization and your time will be spent in a supportive, team environment with resources to help you flourish and leaders who care about your success.

Responsibilities

• Coincides medical staff and health professional management to include governance, credentialing, privileging, and department business.
• Supports regulatory readiness.
• Provides education and on-boarding to providers.
• Analyzes essential data within the applications and all additional relevant documentation/information to ensure compliance with all federal and state regulatory requirements, Medical Staff Bylaws and affiliated documents, and TJC standards for initial appointment, reappointment or miscellaneous requests staff membership and clinical privileges in an independent, efficient, and timely manner.
• Educates and serves as the technical assistant to volunteer physician leadership in their evaluation of the current clinical competence of applicants and appropriateness of credentialing requests, document review, privilege form review, and TJC preparedness.
• Serves as the technical resource regarding accreditation standards, bylaws documents, and policies and procedures governing the medical staff.
• Ensures that all information, including but not limited to licensure, certifications, and professional liability insurance for practitioners meets hospital requirements, and is current and accurate.
• Able to deal with multiple tasks and interruptions with minimal supervision.
• Promotes a team environment, willing to assist others, and responds timely to physicians, hospital staff, and various external entities.
• Communicates with physician applicants and appointees, Medical Staff leaders, Executive Staff, Legal and Regulatory Staffs, and numerous external entities regarding demographic and competency information about practitioners.

Job Requirements

• Working knowledge of The Joint Commission, CMS, and Department of Health standards.
• Successful experience with previous accreditation surveys preferred.
• Two years credentialing/medical staff related experience or degree in Medical Staff Services Management in lieu of experience.
• Certified Professional Medical Services Management Preferred CPMSM or CPCS certification, preferred.
• High School Diploma/G.E.D. Required/Associate degree preferred.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of The Joint Commission, CMS, and Department of Health standards.
• Proven leadership skills: ability to develop and sustain trusting work relationships, ability to educate and motivate team members, ability to communicate effectively with various levels of professionals, ability to self-regulate and meet deadlines, ability to use critical thinking and strategic approaches in problem solving, etc.
• Proven abilities in arbitrating and negotiating issues between physicians and Medical Staff leaders/hospital departments.
• Demonstrated computer and database management skills, with previous experience utilizing credentialing software preferred.
• Knowledge of clinical/medical terminology.
• Demonstrated computer and database management skills, with previous experience utilizing credentialing software preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Sedentary work—prolonged periods of sitting and exert up to 10 lbs. force occasionally.