Medical Staff Services Coordinator

Driscoll Children's Hospital•Corpus Christi, TX

20h

About The Position

This role supports departmental activities including Credentials, Education, Advance Practice, and CME. The coordinator serves as a resource and collaborates with others to enhance practitioner quality and patient safety. Key responsibilities include providing support for medical staff services, credentialing functions, meeting facilitation, and database management. Maintaining confidentiality of all departmental functions is a critical aspect of this position.

Requirements

3-5 years’ experience in hospital and/or CVO credentialing.
High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
Certified Provider Credentialing Specialist (CPCS) Certification through NAMSS required within 2 years of hire or promotion.
Must have a clear unrestricted Driver’s License.

Nice To Haves

Bachelors degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Supports Credentialing department with initial and reappointment credentialing for eligible practitioners.
Applies clearly defined credentialing and privileging processes to all practitioners/providers.
Determines applicant’s initial eligibility for membership/participation and initial privileging criteria.
Determines reapplicant’s eligibility for membership/participation and maintenance of privilege criteria.
Obtains and evaluates information from primary and secondary sources.
Recognizes, investigates, and validates discrepancies and adverse information obtained from the application primary source verifications and other sources.
Verifies and documents expirables using acceptable verification sources to ensure compliance with accreditation and regulatory standards.
Collaborates with physician leaders and administrators.
Assigns completed files to the applicable department and advanced practice reviewers.
Analyzes application and supporting documents for completeness and informs applicants and reapplicants of the application status including the need for additional information.
Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.
Performs and coordinates meeting logistics, agenda, calendar invites, and transcribes meeting minutes.
Demonstrates business practices and personal actions that are ethical and adhere to corporate compliance and integrity guidelines.
Performs other duties as delegated/assigned.
Must have reliable transportation as travel to other locations is required upon request.