Medical Staff Coordinator

Overview

Coordinator III performs complex, specialized Medical Staff function-related administrative tasks with little to no supervision. This includes coordinating a variety of programs and assisting in budget preparation.

Key responsibilities include:

• Coordinates and organizes meetings, paperwork and filing systems. Maintains records and ensures compliance with applicable regulatory agency.
• Medical Staff:
  Maintains ongoing knowledge of medical staff activities and relays information regarding physician status, staff standing, privilege delineation, and supervision status to appropriate personnel while maintaining confidentiality. Coordinates and writes original and edited copy for the Medical Staff Newsletter; creates and posts slides for Physicians Lounge electronic display. Interacts with Physician, Administrator and Director level personnel to ensure project success.
• FPP E (Focused Professional Practice Evaluation):
  Monitors the progress of physicians through the supervision period, assisting department chairmen with the appropriate procedures, forms and time limits.
• Credentialing:
  Performs duties via Delegated Agreement with Health Plans; applies NCQA Standards; communicates with applicants regarding documentation requirements; balances and prioritizes conflicting demands from Physicians, Administrators and Practice Administrators. Monitors physician credential files and coordinates with department chairmen regarding applicant document verifications and follow ups on committee actions. Processes applications and appointments of medical staff and allied health professionals; updates the physician database and iPrivileges;
  
  oversees orientation of new medical staff to hospital protocols and services. Answers phones and routes inquiries. Inputs information, runs reports, collects, records, queries, analyzes data, and processes statistical data/reports for programs and/or department.

• High school diploma / GED.
• One to three years as a medical staff services professional, or two to five years related experience (quality, risk management, medical records, physician relations, physician practice management).

• Bachelor's Degree.
• Four to six years related experience (quality, risk management, medical records, physician relations, physician practice management) strong preferred.

• Certified Provider Credentialing Specialist (CPCS).
• Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ).

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance (no premium option for employee benefits)
• Flexible spending accounts
• Matching 401(k) retirement program
• Fully Funded Pension Plan
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• TUITION Reimbursement
• Mental Health Benefit
• Employee Life Insurance
• Education Benefit program for benefit-eligible employees in Arizona (up to $18,000 over five years full-time, up to $9,000 part-time)

Hello human kindness. Located in the heart of Phoenix, Arizona, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center is a 571-bed, not-for-profit hospital with a wide range of services. St. Joseph's includes Barrow Neurological Institute, Norton Thoracic Institute, Cancer Center eph's, Ivy Brain Tumor Center, and St. Joseph's Level I Trauma Center. U.S. News & World Report ranks St. Joseph's among top hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery.

St. Joseph's is consistently named an outstanding place to work.

Pay Range: $24.33 - $36.19 /hour

Seniority level:
Mid-Senior level

Employment type:

Full-time

Job function:
Health Care Provider

Industries:
Hospitals and Health Care

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