Medical Staff Assistant

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESAssists with processing and maintaining provider applications, credentials, certifications and other confidential medical staff recordsAssists with running monthly OPPE reports for all reappointments, staff status or privilege change requests and provisional advancementsCoordinates and prepares monthly/quarterly/ad hoc Medical Staff department and committee meetingsPrepares correspondence and reports for Medical Staff members and as internal requests arisePresents initial and reappointment files to Medical Staff Leadership for review and approvalUpdates credentialing and EMR databaseTracks credentialing requirements and deadlines to include monthly expirable reports for 400 staff membersAssists with communication to healthcare providers and internal departmentsCompiles monthly call schedules and all revisions throughout the month, to include notification to all internal departments as revisions are madeProcesses and submits all EMR systems access requests for medical staff members and their support personnelAssists EMR users with EMR access issuesSKILL REQUIREMENTSHighly organizedProficient in the use of Microsoft Excel and Word, Adobe PDF. Ability to effectively communicate with healthcare professionals and their support staff including regularly updating applicants on the status of their applications for staff membershipEDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTSHigh School diploma or GEDCredentialing experience preferredPlease indicate whether you have ever been convicted of a crime, including any misdemeanors and/or DUI/DWI.

POSITION SUMMARYThe Medical Staff Assistant provides administrative and credentialing support in the Medical Staff Services Department to ensure facility compliance with regulatory requirements set forth by CMS and DNV, as well as Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules and Regulations and other organizational policies.DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESAssists with processing and maintaining provider applications, credentials, certifications and other confidential medical staff recordsAssists with running monthly OPPE reports for all reappointments, staff status or privilege change requests and provisional advancementsCoordinates and prepares monthly/quarterly/ad hoc Medical Staff department and committee meetingsPrepares correspondence and reports for Medical Staff members and as internal requests arisePresents initial and reappointment files to Medical Staff Leadership for review and approvalUpdates credentialing and EMR databaseTracks credentialing requirements and deadlines to include monthly expirable reports for 400 staff membersAssists with communication to healthcare providers and internal departmentsCompiles monthly call schedules and all revisions throughout the month, to include notification to all internal departments as revisions are madeProcesses and submits all EMR systems access requests for medical staff members and their support personnelAssists EMR users with EMR access issuesSKILL REQUIREMENTSHighly organizedProficient in the use of Microsoft Excel and Word, Adobe PDF. Credentialing software experience preferred but not required. Time management skills-ability to reprioritize tasks as urgency and needs change. Ability to effectively communicate with healthcare professionals and their support staff including regularly updating applicants on the status of their applications for staff membershipEDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTSHigh School diploma or GEDCredentialing experience preferredPlease indicate whether you have ever been convicted of a crime, including any misdemeanors and/or DUI/DWI. (Criminal conviction(s) will not automatically exclude you from consideration for employment).