Credentialing Specialist
- Employer
- Sparks Group
- Location
- Arlington, VA
- Closing date
- Oct 30, 2021
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- Industry
- Other
- Function
- Administrative, Other
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Sparks Group has partnered with a company located in Arlington, VA that operates nationally in healthcare staffing. Our client works with federal agencies to deploy healthcare workers to many different areas as needed, and is in need of a a qualified Credentialing Specialist to provide corporate contract support on assigned contracts/projects.
Responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Establishes excellent rapport with Program Managers, recruiters, and off-site employees/candidates.
- Is viewed as the "go-to" person by the client for guiding and managing credentialing, security, health assessment activities, identifying and mitigating issues, and solutions that address the customer's most pressing challenges, or, has a close working partnership with the onsite Program Manager (PM) who is viewed as such.
- Learns, understands and articulates the mission, business drivers, and operational needs and uses that knowledge to assist the PM/Deputy Director or AVP with new ideas and/or solutions when responding to RFPs.
- Is persistent and creative in finding resources to meet the customer's needs.
- Successfully manages all activities associated with government credentialing and re-credentialing, (if required by the contract) of healthcare providers including ensuring the correct forms are sent to the candidate/employee either via email or regular mail. Provides instruction in a timely manner, to ensure all information is returned as promptly as possible and forwarded to the customer, timely and accurately.
- Is a lead in the credentialing area, managing the policies and procedures and the Cactus database. Ensuring all Primary Source Verifications (PSV) are completed timely, accurately, entered into the database and completed within the corporate goals set.
- Provides weekly Status Reports on candidates credentialing onboard process. Reports are run upon request or as required by the customer.
- Follows all Standard Operating Policies (SOP) in a professional timely manner, providing functional expertise on an ongoing basis.
- Runs monthly reports on all employees who will have licenses which are ready to expire within the next 3 months and follows up with the Program Manager/Deputy Director and employee to ensure receipt of updated license for our records.
- Ensures correct credentialing forms are sent to the candidate/employee either via email or regular mail. Providing instruction in a timely manner, to ensure all information is returned as promptly as possible and forwarded to the customer, timely and accurately.
- Ensures all activities of the process are entered into the Cactus database, ongoing. Reports of the status of a candidate are run weekly and/or upon request.
- Successfully manages all activities associated with government health assessment, e.g., Titers, Physicals etc. (if required by the contract) of healthcare providers ensuring the correct forms are sent to the candidate/employee either via email or regular mail. Providing instruction in a timely manner, to ensure all information is returned as promptly as possible and forwarded to the customer, timely and accurately.
- Runs monthly reports on all employees who will have titers, etc. which are ready to expire within the next 3 months and follows up with the Deputy Director/Program Manager and employee to ensure we receive updated health assessment information for our records.
- Manages all activities associated with government Healthcare credentialing on-boarding processes. The credentialing and health assessment packets are to be submitted as soon as possible to the customer, notifying the Deputy PM or PM managing the contract. In some instances, the Agency allows separate submission as they become available. In these cases, the submission will be expedited.
- Ensures all submissions are noted within Cactus and all documents have been scanned and attached to the candidate/employee record.
- Manages all activities associated with government Healthcare credentialing on-boarding processes in the Cactus database.
- Ensures all records are up to date, active and terminations according to the HR management reports. Ensures all records are correct according to their contract and reconciles with the Deputy PM/PM managing the contract.
- Works closely with Cactus Technical and IT support to ensure the latest versions have been installed.
- Provides administrative logs, when appropriate, ensuring the integrity of the company's data is following HIPAA regulations of privacy.
- Exhibits or develops functional expertise in the area of credentialing and provides "brown bag" educational sessions to the Deputy PM, PM's, AM's, PMA's on the Healthcare credentialing on-boarding process to provide colleagues with knowledge when meeting with the clients.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Required Skills:
- Analytical Reasoning, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Independent Decision Making.
- Proficient in Cactus, MS Office, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and MS Visio, MS Project and MS Access a Plus.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
Required Experience:
- At least 1 - 3 years of functional expertise in credentialing.
- Technical Expertise in government credentialing.
- Functional expertise including knowledge of credentialing accreditation bodies, NCQA, JCAHO and all databases utilized to scan for PSV, e.g. NPDB, etc.
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Sparks Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, pregnancy, citizenship, family status, genetic information, disability, or protect veteran status.
Company
Bringing the Best People and the Best Companies Together Since 1970.
Sparks Group (formerly SPARKS, Sparks IT Solutions, and Sparks Personnel) is the Washington DC Area's leading temporary staffing and full-time recruiting services provider. Whether you are seeking your next opportunity or looking to add talent, Sparks Group is the ideal partner for you! Each of our four divisions (Sparks Office, Sparks Accounting & Finance, Sparks IT, and Sparks Creative) specializes in placing professionals in temporary/contract, temporary-to-full-time, and full-time roles across a diverse array of staffing categories, positions and levels including: office/administrative, customer service, human resources and talent acquisition, legal support, government and cleared personnel, mortgage/banking, accounting and finance, contracts and procurement, information technology and creative/marketing.
Sparks Group brings over four decades of experience placing professionals in challenging and rewarding positions at many of the area’s most prestigious organizations. Our primary focus is presenting opportunities that match each candidate’s skill-sets, experience levels, career objectives, and growth needs. Sparks Group has regularly ranked as one of the top US staffing and recruiting firms having been named to Inavero’s Best of Staffing Lists® for Client and Employee Satisfaction (2012-2017). Additionally, Sparks Group is proud to have been recently selected for other awards Staffing Industry Analysts’ 2017 Best Staffing Firms to Work For, Washington Business Journal Best Places to Work (2017), the Washington Post’s Top Workplaces® List (2017, 2014), Forbes® Best Professional Recruiting Firms (2017), and the National Capital Business Ethics Award.
- Website
- http://www.sparksgroupinc.com/
- Telephone
- 3012792300
- Location
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700 King Farm Blvd.
Suite 100
Rockville
MD
20850-5736
US
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