Job 121052: Medical Staff Coordinator
Overview
About North Colorado Medical Center
A 378-bed Level II trauma center and acute care facility with approximately
3100 employees, North Colorado Medical Center is the largest hospital in the
region. As a regional medical center, we provide community-based and
specialty services for a service area that includes southern Wyoming,
western Nebraska, western Kansas and northeastern Colorado. In order to
provide the most compassionate and innovative care possible, we bring
together state-of-the-art technology and an exceptional team of health care
professionals. Our Intensive Care Unit has received national recognition and
we have been designated a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence. For the
healthcare professional, our Greeley, Colorado location offers access to a
wide variety of recreational activities in an inviting, close-knit community.
About Banner Health
Banner Health is a comprehensive, award-winning health
system that includes 23 hospitals in seven western states
(twelve in Arizona), primary care health centers, research
centers, labs, physician practices and much more.
Throughout our system, skilled, compassionate
professionals use the latest technology to change the way
care is provided. We offer a choice of nursing career paths
where you can leverage your abilities to make a real
difference for your patients – and real change in the health
care industry!
Qualifications
This position provides highly skilled support via liaison representation to
committees, medical staff departments, physicians, and other hospital
personnel under moderate supervision.
Essential Functions
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Coordinates all aspects of assigned medical staff committees including
compiling agenda material, accurately documenting minutes,
compiling follow-up memos and letters, researching and preparing
information for chairs, and providing professional assistance to
various chairmen regarding privileging, credentialing, reappointment,
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and medical staff rules and regulations as outlined in the medical staff
bylaws.
In consultation with the director, provides administrative support for
hearing committees. Serves as a resource for medical staff members
regarding medical staff bylaws, rules and regulations, hospital and
medical staff policies, regulatory requirements and parliamentary
procedure. Assists in drafting correspondence ensuring compliance
with established bylaws, rules and regulations. May coordinate GME
and/or CME functions and processes.
Under direction, liaises between medical staff and administration,
communicating sensitive and confidential issues including peer review.
Interacts directly with a variety of internal and external customers.
Uses judgment and discretion to maintain peer review protection to
hospital and medical staff.
Understands and maintains an accurate, secure and updated database
of physician and allied health information to query on basic
demographic profiles including but not limited to staff privileges and
status for other hospital departments and facilities requiring this
information. Uses various internal databases to gather and analyze
physician and allied health data used in the reappointment, peer
review and quality improvement processes of the medical staff and
board of directors.
Coordinates processing of all aspects of physician and allied health
credentialing and reappointment processes within appropriate
timeframes ensuring the quality of the practitioners providing patient
care. Assures the completeness and accurateness of the credentialing
process. Requests additional information from external medical if
necessary. May obtain and log expired credentials on a monthly basis
according to rules and policies. Monitors the progress of physicians
through the supervision period, assisting department chairs with the
appropriate procedures, forms and time limits.
Collects and compiles data for physician and allied health quality
profiles to analyze practice patterns using data to determine
performance. This includes working with senior staff, department
chairmen, quality staff, and other hospital staff to identify sources of
data and methods of presenting and analyzing data.
Manages the preparation, distribution and maintenance of the
physician emergency department call schedules.
Minimum Qualifications
Must possess strong knowledge of medical office administration as normally
obtained through 1-2 years’ experience in a healthcare, paralegal, managed
care or credentialing. Requires knowledge of medical terminology and
professional physician interface. Requires experience interacting with
physicians in highly sensitive situations. Must possess strong verbal and
written communication skills. Requires astute judgment in human relations
skills to interface and communicate in an articulate manner with medical
staff, administrators, legal counsel and hospital personnel. Requires the
ability to work with common office software and equipment.
Preferred Qualifications
Two years of college education is preferred. National Certification as a
Medical Staff Services Professional is preferred. Knowledge of medical staff
computer software programs is desirable. Additional related education
and/or experience preferred.
For more information, please contact Talent Acquisition:
Megan Cory-Abril
Contract Recruiter
Talent Acquisition – Banner Health
Office Phone: 480.684.6209
Fax: 480.684.6204
megan.cory@bannerhealth.com
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