Medical Staff Services Coordinator

It's more than a career, it's a calling.

MO-SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

This position will be a Hybrid role following the initial onsite training period.

Schedule - M-F Business Hours with start times between 7-8am.

Preferred Skills Include: Multi-tasking, Microsoft software system proficiency, minute taking, credentialing experience, attention to detail and managing multiple deadlines.

Job Summary:

Supports the medical staff organization by coordinating credentialing and recredentialing. Coordinates and supports medical staff meetings.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assists medical staff with development of bylaws and related procedures. Develops credentialing criteria, privilege delineations, and documents necessary to support an effective credentialing process. 
• Develops and maintains yearly calendar of medical staff meetings and special events. Coordinates agenda, packets, minutes, and follow-up for meetings. 
• Complies with the Joint Commission and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requirements for medical staff and participates in the continual survey readiness process and regulatory review of credential files. 
• Orients medical staff leadership to key policies related to their roles. Orients new medical staff members to the medical staff bylaws, key policies, medical staff structure and performance improvement process. 
• Administers all credentialing, reappointment, and privileging processes in accordance with medical staff bylaws, rules and regulations, Joint Commission standards, and state and federal law. 
• Prepares credentialing reports and action items for the board. 
• Develops, distributes, and archives the emergency on-call schedule as required by state and federal law. 
• Maintains the credentialing and privileging software to ensure that information is available for privilege verification as required. 
• Assists with scheduling and tracking of physician training. 
• May provide administrative support as needed.  
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience

EXPERIENCE

• Three years’ experience in medical staff services or credentialing

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS 

• None

Department:

8411000023 Medical Staff Office

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Benefits:

SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.

• Paid Parental Leave: we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE). 

• Flexible Payment Options: our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.

• Upfront Tuition Coverage: we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.