Medical Staff Coordinator, Per Diem

Title: Medical Staff Coordinator

Location: Long Beach

Department: Medical Staff

Status: Per Diem

Shift: Day

Pay Range*: $42.20/hr

Memorial Care is a nonprofit integrated health system that includes four leading hospitals, award‑winning medical groups – consisting of over 200 sites of care, and more than 2,000 physicians throughout Orange and Los Angeles Counties. We are committed to increasing access to patient‑centric, affordable, and high‑quality healthcare; your personal contributions are integral to Memorial Care's recognition as a market leader and innovator in value‑based and other care models.

Across our family of medical centers, we support each one of our bright, talented employees in reaching the highest levels of professional development, contribution, collaboration, and accountability. Whatever your role and whatever expertise you bring, we are dedicated to helping you achieve your full potential in an environment of respect, innovation, and teamwork.

Responsible for coordinating all medical staff activities and acts as a liaison between the medical staff and administration. Provides oversight for credentialing and privileging and is responsible for the timely and accurate processing of all applications and related documents.

• Manages, assesses and analyzes the credentialing and privileging processes. Responsible for timely and accurate processing of applications, reappointments, and database management. The ability to analyze/assess verified information and data on both initial applications, reappointments and Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE) to assure appropriate qualifications and current clinical competence is met. File maintenance of initial applications with updated profiles tracking progress of application;
  
  timely oversight on provisional members regarding proctoring.
• Coordinates all medical staff activities including meeting preparation and post‑meeting follow‑up to include agenda formulation, pre‑meeting preparation of materials and notices, documentation of proceedings, meeting minutes, maintenance of records and follow‑up on action items which are tracked to completion.
• Creates and prepares reports to document the findings, conclusions, recommendations, and actions taken at various medical staff committees (may include Peer Review or Professionalism) with timely follow‑up with action items. Reviews the effectiveness of the actions taken.
• Provides education and assistance in the development of mechanisms to assess physician performance. Identifies potential risks, and consults on disciplinary action when appropriate, using knowledge of regulatory agency requirements, medico‑legal history, medical staff issues, respective hospital departmental, section rules, regulations, bylaws or policies and procedures.
• Establishes and maintains courteous, cooperative relations when interfacing with the medical staff, administration, ancillary departments, physician office staff and other healthcare providers. Interacts and coordinates with Quality, Medical Records, Risk Management and fellow medical staff professionals as it relates to medical review functions and reappointment or reappraisal.
• Initiates and formulates annual review of department or section rules and regulations, for compliance with medical staff hospital‑wide rules and regulations or bylaws and outside regulatory bodies for assigned areas of responsibility. Creates, analyzes and maintains department or section related rules and regulations, and clinical privilege forms. Assesses clinical privilege forms related to areas of responsibilities for appropriate bundling, qualifications, current clinical competence, reappointment maintenance criteria and clarity to assist with the credentialing/privileging process.
• Maintains and adheres to all processes as identified in regulatory agency standards, medical staff bylaws, rules and regs and governing body bylaws to assure patient quality and safety and a successful passing of The Joint Commission survey with no areas of improvement identified. Communicates standards to counterparts to assist in achieving…