Director, Provider Resources-Remote

Lifepoint Health • Brentwood, TN

5d • Remote

About The Position

At Lifepoint Health, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce who can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact across our hospitals and communities. As a member of the Health Support Center (HSC) team, you’ll support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing and providing care to our patients and community members to positively impact our mission of making communities healthier ® . More about our team The Director Provider Resources is responsible for educating, monitoring locums tenens scheduling, re-quest, approval and timecard oversight processes. Additionally, the position will manage a pool of employed and contracted providers available to meet needs at other facilities. This position collaborates closely with HSC Acute and Medical Group Services leadership, market leadership, vendors or partners to ensure optimized utilization of employed, contracted and locums' providers for managing coverage gaps and call schedules

Requirements

• Applicants should have a bachelor’s degree in business or related healthcare field required with 10 yrs previous experience working in scheduling providers or managing providers.

Nice To Haves

• Certifications: CMPE preferred

Responsibilities

• Ensure adherence to guidelines, processes and policies related to the use of locum tenens
• Negotiate best structure and rate to cover the identified need
• Evaluate and present alternative coverage models for the market to determine suitability
• Manage access to locum tenens platform for users
• Train all users of the locum tenens platform
• Review all timecards auto approved for adherence to terms of assignment and required documentation.
• Audit random approved timecards to accuracy and documentation.
• Educate all authorized users about the request for assignment process
• Validate all on call schedules are in place for a rolling six months and twelve months for holidays
• Ensure payor enrollment or billing process in place for all providers
• Review master on call and clinic schedule to ensure appropriate assignment description is aligned with need
• Coordinate with facilities increase or decrease the amount of necessary locum staffing based on changes with resources at the facility
• Communicate regularly with facilities regarding assignments and issues
• Assure all shifts are filled to meet facility requirements
• Manage pool of employed and contracted providers available to cover shifts
• Provide reports related to utilization of physician resources and opportunities for more efficient

Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits : Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Financial Protection & PTO : Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Financial & Career Growth : Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Employee Well-being : Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Professional Development : Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director