Administrative Assistant / Med Staff Coordinator

Cornerstone Specialty Hospitals Southwest Louisiana • Lake Charles, LA

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About The Position

The Administrative Assistant / Med Staff Coordinator at ScionHealth plays a crucial role in supporting the medical staff and ensuring compliance with credentialing processes. This position involves administrative and clerical support, coordination of meetings, and maintaining confidential records, all aimed at facilitating quality patient care in a specialty hospital setting.

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Experience with credentialing initial appointment and reappointment applications in an acute care hospital.
• Experience with preparing medical staff department/committee meetings and composing minutes.
• Experience with or direct involvement in a combined accreditation and licensing survey at an acute care hospital.

Nice To Haves

• CMSC certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides administrative/clerical support to one or more departments.
• Coordinates the effective functioning of the credentialing process to ensure compliance with State and Federal requirements, accreditation standards, Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules and Regulations, and applicable policies and procedures.
• Composes and responds by email to routine correspondence.
• Coordinates schedules, makes appointments, and arranges travel.
• Creates and maintains electronic spreadsheets and databases.
• Coordinates and schedules meetings, prepares agendas, reserves, and prepares facilities and records and transcribes meeting minutes.
• Conducts job responsibilities in accordance with the standards set out in the Company's Code of Business Conduct, its policies and procedures, the Corporate Compliance Agreement, applicable federal and state laws, and applicable professional standards.
• Performs all aspects of credentialing, including appointment, reappointment, privileging, and proctoring.
• Responsible for the coordination and effective functioning of Medical Staff clinical department and committee meetings to ensure compliance with the Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules and Regulations, and applicable policies and procedures.
• Maintains confidential credentials files and electronic medical staff database.
• Exhibits a high degree of responsibility for confidential matters.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees