Medical Staff Coordinator Senior

RiseMe; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health is seeking a Senior Medical Staff Coordinator to manage governance, credentialing, and privileging across multiple medical staffs. You will ensure regulatory compliance and support education and onboarding of providers, while leading credentialing software training and coordinating with hospitals and clinics.

In this role you will apply strong leadership, organized project management, and knowledge of Joint Commission standards to streamline credentialing processes and

Qualifications

• Three (3) years credentialing/medical staff/payor enrollment related experience or degree in Medical Staff Services Management in lieu of experience.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of The Joint Commission, CMS, and Department of Health standards.
• Proven leadership skills and ability to arbitrate and negotiate between physicians and Medical Staff leaders.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and authenticate credentialing applications for Medical Staff, Advanced Practice Provider, Clinical Assistant, and Medical Scribes across the system.
• Ensure database integrity and currency of credentialing elements for high volume of providers.
• Serve as the technical resource regarding accreditation standards, bylaws, and policies governing the medical staff.
• Educate and serve as the technical assistant to volunteer physician leadership during credentialing evaluations.
• Lead medical staff coordinators and participate in orientation and training of new associates.
• Direct and motivate physician leaders to accomplish tasks supporting the governance system.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Healthcare terminology

Education

High School Diploma

Associate's Degree

Medical Staff Services Management degree

Tools

Credentialing software

Database management

Job description

Where You’ll Work

With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Senior Medical Staff Coordinator, you will effectively manage the Medical Staff's Governance, Credentialing, and Privileging functions for multiple Medical Staffs across various locations, ensuring quality patient care and operational efficiency. Every day you will prioritize multiple departmental tasks and projects, coordinate medical staff governance activities, and perform all aspects of the credentialing/privileging program, while serving as the primary resource for provider education, onboarding, and credentialing software training. To be successful in this role, you will possess strong leadership and organizational skills, a deep understanding of medical staff governance and credentialing processes, the ability to adapt to diverse organizational structures, and excellent communication and problem-solving abilities to manage complex issues and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.

• Responsible for assembling and authenticating credentialing applications for all Medical Staff, Advanced Practice Provider, Clinical Assistant, Medical Scribes across the system in accordance with established department procedures and time frames, including importing applications, primary source verification, direct communications, collection, analysis, and pursuit of additional information.
• Ensure database integrity and currency of all credentialing elements for highvolume of providers, to include licensure, DEA registration, professional liability coverage, specialtyboard certification, health status, etc.
• Serve as the technical resource regarding accreditation standards, bylaws, and policies and procedures governing the medical staff.
• Educate and serve as the technical assistant to volunteer physician leadership in their evaluation of the current clinical competence of applicants and appropriateness of credentialing requests, references/recommendations, delineations of privileges/criteria, etc.
• Serve as a team lead for medical staff coordinators and specialists and participates in orientation and training of new associates.
• Direct, facilitate and motivate physician leaders to accomplish their assigned tasks with matters of significance to department business or in support of the governance system.

Job Requirements

Required

• High School Diploma/G.E.D.
• Three (3) years credentialing/medical staff /payor enrollment related experience or degree in Medical Staff Services Management in lieu of experience
• Demonstrated working knowledge of The Joint Commission, CMS, and Department of Health standards
• Proven leadership skills
• 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
• Strong knowledge of clinical/medical terminology
• Effective organizational skills required to handle voluminous influx of credentialing applications and to prioritize tasks in order to meet cyclical deadlines
• Adeptness at developing multiple productive relationships and balancing requests/needs of multiple facilities

Preferred

• Associate's Degree
• Successful experience with previous accreditation surveys.
• CPMSM or CPCS certification.