Medical Staff Credentialing Assistant-HSO Medical Staff Services-Mount Sinai Hospital-Full Time-Days

About the role

The Medical Staff Credentialing Assistant-HSO position within the Medical Staff Services at Mount Sinai Hospital is responsible for providing support for all credentialing functions within the Medical Staff Office.

Responsibilities

• Affords support for the coordination of the application and reapplication process for all practitioners seeking to be granted membership and/or clinical privileges at MSHS.
• Verifies all relevant information via the primary source.
• Reviews and analyzes potential issues and concerns.
• Prepares files for routing to the appropriate medical staff leaders, committees, and the governing body.
• Serves as a support to credentialing teams and the credentialing and privileging process to ensure compliance with medical staff bylaws and accrediting agencies (e.g., The Joint Commission, CMS, NCQA, etc.).
• Maintains all credentialing related databases in accordance to medical staff policies and procedures.
• Supports all other functions of the medical staff office and performs other duties as assigned by department leadership.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in a health care related field or equivalent work experience, preferred.
• Experience: Minimum of 1 year of credentialing experience is required, preferably in a hospital setting. Experience in an academic medical center, multi-entity health system, and/or a CVO is strongly preferred.