At NorthBay Health the Medical Staff Coordinator is responsible for medical staff administrative functions; credentialing and re-credentialing functions; departmental projects; accreditation, regulatory, and health plan surveys; and/or resource functions, as defined below. All staff members are expected to participate in surveys, to serve as a resource and have assigned departmental projects. The Medical Staff Coordinators provide these functions for NorthBay Healthcare Group, Hospital and Medical Practices Division, and for the NorthBay Surgery Center VacaValley.

• Medical Staff Support (administrative) functions as assigned: 
  • Provides administrative support to the Medical Staff Services Department and the Medical Staff Leadership.
  • Supports assigned medical staff meetings through preparation of agendas, minutes, reports, and correspondence. 
  • Responsible for the flow of information between departments, committees, and leadership.
  • Facilitates the work of assigned committees such as tracking unfinished business, and forwarding items through the medical staff approval process. 
  • Performs credentialing responsibilities in an expeditious manner to bring on new physicians, licensed independent practitioners (LIPs) and Allied Health Practitioners (AHPs), in accordance with department policies.
  • Responsible for all credentialing/privilege delineation and re-credentialing/privilege delineation processes ensuring that all credentialing/privileging criteria are met. Credentialing is accomplished per time requirements and all members and AHPs are re-credentialed every two years. 
  • Performs other administrative duties as assigned including but not limited to: maintaining medical staff and Emergency Department call schedules, preparing and tracking ballots, tracking policies through the medical staff approval process, and monitoring and tracking medical and AHP students.
  • Assists with special departmental projects as assigned. 
  • Assists with accreditation, regulatory, and health plan surveys as assigned.
  • Serves as a resource related to the Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules and Regulations and policies. 
  • Maintains familiarity with regulatory requirements such as The Joint Commission (TJC), National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), and California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Title 22 as they pertain to the functioning of the medical staff. 
• Credentialing and Re-credentialing functions as assigned
• Must have knowledge of the FPPE process as it relates to credentialing processes. Departmental Projects as assigned:
• Accreditation, Regulatory, and Health Plan Survey and/or Audit functions:
• Resource functions: