Director, Provider Resources-Remote

Schedule: Days: M-F

Job Location Type: [In-person, Hybrid, Remote]

Travel: 25% requested for specific needs

Your experience matters 

At Lifepoint Health, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce who can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact across our hospitals and communities. As a member of the Health Support Center (HSC) team, you'll support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing and providing care to our patients and community members to positively impact our mission of making communities healthier ^®.

More about our team 

The Director Provider Resources is responsible for educating, monitoring locums tenens scheduling, re-quest, approval and timecard oversight processes.  Additionally, the position will manage a pool of employed and contracted providers available to meet needs at other facilities. This position collaborates closely with HSC Acute and Medical Group Services leadership, market leadership, vendors or partners to ensure optimized utilization of employed, contracted and locums' providers for managing coverage gaps and call schedules

How you'll contribute 

A Director Provider Resources who excels in this role:

• Ensure adherence to guidelines, processes and policies related to the use of locum tenens

• Negotiate best structure and rate to cover the identified need

• Evaluate and present alternative coverage models for the market to determine suitability

• Manage access to locum tenens platform for users

• Train all users of the locum tenens platform

• Review all timecards auto approved for adherence to terms of assignment and required documentation.  

• Audit random approved timecards to accuracy and documentation.

• Educate all authorized users about the request for assignment process

• Validate all on call schedules are in place for a rolling six months and twelve months for holidays 

• Ensure payor enrollment or billing process in place for all providers

• Review master on call and clinic schedule to ensure appropriate assignment description is aligned with need

• Coordinate with facilities increase or decrease the amount of necessary locum staffing based on changes with resources at the facility

• Communicate regularly with facilities regarding assignments and issues

• Assure all shifts are filled to meet facility requirements

• Manage pool of employed and contracted providers available to cover shifts

• Provide reports related to utilization of physician resources and opportunities for more efficient

• Must be able to excel in a fast-paced environment

Why join us 

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 for full-time and part-time employees.

• 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.

What we're looking for 

Applicants should have a bachelor's degree in business or related healthcare field required with 10 yrs previous experience working in scheduling providers or managing providers. Additional requirements include:

Certifications: CMPE preferred

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

May set priorities, schedule and review work, but have no responsibility to hire, terminate, review performance and/or make pay decisions.

EEOC Statement

"Lifepoint Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Lifepoint Health is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment."

You must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.