CREDENTIALS COORDINATOR (Office Automation)

Summary

About the Position: This position is located within the Womack Army Medical Center located at Fort Liberty, North Carolina. Serve as the Assistant to the Credentials Manager, performing a variety of administrative and technical duties. Administers assigned credentials review and clinical privileging portion for all physician and non-physician health care practitioners who require individual clinical privileges. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation.

Duties

• Administer credentials review and clinical privileging for all physicians and non-physician health-care practitioners who require individual clinical privileges.
• Advises Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) staff on adverse privileging action(s) by providing recommendations such as limiting, suspending, or revoking the clinical privileges.
• Maintains databases that support the credentialing and privileging function, ensuring the effective and efficient management of information for all individually privileged health care providers.
• Ensures that appropriate credentials exist, e.g., board certification, residency training to support requested clinical privileges
• Handles the grant or renewal of clinical privileges, appointment and reappointment to the medical staff, modification or augmentation of clinical privileges, and the administration of adverse privileging actions.
• Follows notifications of adverse events or information and conducts thorough analyses, fully considering factors such as patient impact, hospital liability, and the available evidence.
• Advise staff and make recommendations on limiting, suspending, or revoking clinical privileges.
• Receive and prepare responses to letters of inquiry received from other hospitals, licensing agencies.
• Utilizes a personal computer and word-processing and database software to provide office automation support. Prepares, types, and proofreads correspondence, memoranda, reports, and meeting minutes.

Qualifications

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: communicating with providers or institutions regarding policy requirements; using medical automated systems or databases; and preparing a variety documents or correspondence. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06). OR Education: One full year of graduate level education in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Health Law, Public Health. 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) by 18. Add the two percentages. Proficiency Requirement: Position requires a typing proficiency of at least 40 words per minute (WPM) based on a 5 minute sample with 3 or fewer errors.

Education

See Qualifications section for education requirements. How You Will Be Evaluated

Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Veterans and Military Spouses will be considered along with all other candidates. Other Information

Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest. Direct Deposit of Pay is required. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.