Health System Specialist (Credentials)
What you'd do
About the Position: This role is located at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington. The incumbent supports the credentialing and privileging process for healthcare providers, ensuring all required steps and verification actions are completed so the Practitioner Credentials File is acceptable to the Privileging Authority. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation
Major duties
Support management by analyzing, evaluating, advising on, and coordinating all credentialing activities. Maintain the security, integrity, and confidentiality of credentialing files. Review daily reports to identify issues and research regulations and standards to determine appropriate corrective actions. Perform primary source verification of provider credentials, including degrees, certificates, board certifications, and other required documents. Provide analytical recommendations to medical staff and maintain privileging records in formats acceptable to external reviewers. Utilize Microsoft Office applications and Adobe Acrobat to manage reports and documentation with accuracy .
What you need to qualify
Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the Education and/or Experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes entering privileged provider data in automated credentialing systems; maintaining accurate, secure records; preparing reports and correspondence; and using computer tools to manage databases, spreadsheets, and briefing materials. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07). OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree with a major study in hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages.
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