About this role
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Medical Staff Coordinator, you'll provide vital administrative support to the Medical Staff Office, managing efficient credentialing, privileging, and re-credentialing processes, thereby maintaining compliance and supporting quality care.Every day, you will manage credentialing cycles (applications, verification, files) and support Medical Staff Committees (materials, minutes, communication). You'll ensure regulatory compliance, maintain the medical staff database, and serve as a resource.To succeed, you need meticulous attention to detail, strong organization, deep understanding of credentialing, excellent communication, and a commitment to confidentiality and compliance.
- Credentialing - Performs the credentialing of new applicants/re-applicants, which would include such tasks as processing the applications, following up with letters of appointment/reappointment, identification of problem issues, as requested.
- Processes Provisional Evaluations in accordance with policies.
- Completes applications, reapplications, and provisional evaluations within required time frames.
- Data Entry - Ensures the timeliness and accuracy of the medical staff database.
- Clerical Support - Shared responsibility for the traditional clerical functions of the centralized credentialing office, which include: phones, photocopying, opening and distributing mail, etc.
- Oversees and maintains documentation for continuous credentialing purposes.
Job Requirements
Required
- Associates Other Medical Staff Science or equivalent courses or or equivalent courses, training and experience, upon hire and
- minimum of two years' experience in Medical Staff Services, including credentialing functions
- Fire Safety, within 90 Days and
Preferred
- Certified Provider Credentialing Specialist, upon hire or
- Prof Medical Services Manager, upon hire
Where You’ll Work
Founded in 1955, Dignity Health - Northridge Hospital Medical Center is a 394-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center, heart care, cancer care and women’s health. It is the only pediatric trauma center in the San Fernando Valley.
Additionally, Northridge Hospital Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center and has been recognized as one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades in 2026.
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