Director, Medical Staff

Medical Staff, Director

Your experience matters:

Frye Regional Medical Center, located in the beautiful foothills of North Carolina is a 355-bed acute care hospital, 81-bed Behavioral Health facility and more than 70 primary and specialty care providers.

Frye Regional Medical Center employs more than 1500 professional and clinical staff. Our medical center is a 355-bed acute care facility which offers a broad array of inpatient and outpatient care. Frye Regional Medical Center provides patients with a full range of services to meet the healthcare needs of our community. We believe our employees are our most valuable assets in accomplishing this goal and we have made great strides to ensure employee satisfaction. If you are passionate about changing lives, we are looking for you!

How you'll contribute:

Direct the department's activities and resources to achieve departmental and organizational objectives

Essential Functions:

• Schedules, coordinates, prepares agenda, take minutes, and provides follow up for Medical Executive Committee, Credentials meeting, and any other Medical staff meeting as needed.
• Prepares summary reports of credentialing/privileging recommendations.
• Reviews and prepares credentialing/privileging files, as needed.
• Coordinates end-of-committee/governing board privileging processes, ensuring notification of appropriate parties and appointment/privilege database updates.
• Facilitates flow/tracking of information from various committees/clinical service meetings through appropriate approval processes.
• Drives key performance indicators include quality/accuracy of credentialing/privileging files sent to committee(s)/governing board and timeliness of completion of end-of committee/governing board procedures.
• Maintains compliance with regulatory agency requirements.
• Performs activities requested by the Medical Staff and Administration as well as fulfills leadership responsibilities.
• Maintains and updates on-call schedules and list of on call providers.
• Schedules and facilitate new and ongoing provider orientation.
• Maintains bylaws and facilitates updates.
• Ensures department stays focused on their important role in the continuum of care.
• Assists with developing specific departmental goals, standards, and objectives which directly support the strategic plan and vision of the organization.
• Initiate timely appointments, reappointment, and clinical privileging of Medical Staff and Advanced Practice Providers (APPs)
• Coordinates administrative support services
• Addresses the various aspects of complaints and issues appropriate level of intervention
• Interface professionally with leaders and administrators on all levels of the organization
• Conduct timely issue follow-up and resolution for physicians, offices, and administration
• Manages deadlines around all expectations and deliverables
• Trains and supervises new staff assigned to department
• Other Medical Staff Services duties within the scope of the job classification to maintain the integrity of Medical Staff Office operations. 
• Manages shadowing opportunities for students that shadow medical staff providers per policy.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in related field preferred
• Applicable work experience may be used in lieu of education

What we offer:

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage with medical plans starting at just $10 per pay period tailored benefit options for part-time and PRN employees, and more.

Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.

Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.

Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).

Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

"We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment."