What are the responsibilities and job description for the Contract Coordinator position at South Texas Health System Clinics?
Responsibilities
ABOUT SOUTH TEXAS HEALTH SYSTEM - CLINICS
Join our South Texas Health System Clinics (formerly Valley Care Clinics) team! Providers with South Texas Health System (STHS) Clinics deliver high quality family medicine, health screenings and advanced specialized care to the people of the Rio Grande Valley. STHS Clinics is committed to delivering quality healthcare and service excellence. Our clinics are affiliated with South Texas Health Systems’ four acute care hospitals, behavioral health hospital, six freestanding emergency rooms and one joint venture hospital. Specially trained and highly experienced, our physician group treats a wide range of conditions using advanced technologies and minimally invasive techniques.
Website: sthsclinics.com
The Contract Coordinator is responsible for managing contract authorization management agreements (CAM's) and service/vendor contracts by managing the contract databases and all associated files in an orderly and accurate manner. The Contract Coordinator also provides administrative and technical support for the IPM Market Director, all aspects of contract administration for the facility vendors & associates, physicians, and assets. The individual has latitude for decisions in executing routine phases of the work, which involves initiating, and maintaining contracts, answering correspondences, managing records, creating presentations, event planning and preparing timely reports. Must be able to maintain confidentiality and demonstrate initiative, poise, and problem-solving skills.
Job Duties/Responsibilities
Benefit Highlights
One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $15.2 billion in 2024. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies.
Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 96,700 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom.
www.uhs.com
Requirements
Qualifications
All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.
Avoid and Report Recruitment Scams
At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e.g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.
If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.
ABOUT SOUTH TEXAS HEALTH SYSTEM - CLINICS
Join our South Texas Health System Clinics (formerly Valley Care Clinics) team! Providers with South Texas Health System (STHS) Clinics deliver high quality family medicine, health screenings and advanced specialized care to the people of the Rio Grande Valley. STHS Clinics is committed to delivering quality healthcare and service excellence. Our clinics are affiliated with South Texas Health Systems’ four acute care hospitals, behavioral health hospital, six freestanding emergency rooms and one joint venture hospital. Specially trained and highly experienced, our physician group treats a wide range of conditions using advanced technologies and minimally invasive techniques.
Website: sthsclinics.com
The Contract Coordinator is responsible for managing contract authorization management agreements (CAM's) and service/vendor contracts by managing the contract databases and all associated files in an orderly and accurate manner. The Contract Coordinator also provides administrative and technical support for the IPM Market Director, all aspects of contract administration for the facility vendors & associates, physicians, and assets. The individual has latitude for decisions in executing routine phases of the work, which involves initiating, and maintaining contracts, answering correspondences, managing records, creating presentations, event planning and preparing timely reports. Must be able to maintain confidentiality and demonstrate initiative, poise, and problem-solving skills.
Job Duties/Responsibilities
- Responsible for managing contract authorization management agreements (CAM's) and service/vendor contracts by managing the contract databases and all associated files in an orderly and accurate manner.
- Examine performance requirements and contract language to help ensure completeness and accuracy. Verify terms and conditions with contractor if needed and may act as liaison between company and contractor. Coordinates and track processes to help ensure adequate incentive quality performance measures are instituted and regulated.
- Prepares, processes, and maintains correspondence, meetings, calendar and filing for IPM Market Director and department. Maintains inventory level of supplies. Maintain weekly staff meeting and Board meeting minutes as applicable. Answer telephone timely, courteous and in a professional manner. Schedules and prepares Board meetings as directed for the market.
- Assist with contract coordination, administration, tracking, and obtaining/maintaining required documentation, obtaining signatures and frequent communication with physicians and other employed providers.
- Process contract routing packages and enters data into the UHS, CAM and Apttus approval and tracking database. Obtain local Administrative and Corporate approvals on contracts, CAM’s, and Service/Vendor contracts. Follow up to ensure that information required to complete Contracts and CAM's is received timely.
Benefit Highlights
- Challenging and rewarding work environment.
- Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
- Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
- 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
- SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
- Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300 Subsidiaries!
- More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: benefits.uhsguest.com
One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $15.2 billion in 2024. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies.
Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 96,700 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom.
www.uhs.com
Requirements
Qualifications
- High School Graduate/Equivalent required
- Associate’s degree in business or healthcare related field required, or 5 years of equivalent experience will be considered in lieu of associate’s degree.
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience as an administrative or executive assistant role in a healthcare environment.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications required
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent organization skills, attention to detail, research, and problem-solving ability
- Results oriented with a proven track record of accomplishing tasks within a high-performing team environment.
- Able to multi-task and meet established time frames.
- Strong teamwork skills and the ability to effectively communicate with all management levels.
- Must be very detail oriented and have strong organization/time management skills.
- Requires the ability to work independently under general instructions on a wide variety of special projects, completing assignments within strict deadlines with a high degree of accuracy.
- Standard office equipment (laptop, computer, calculator, fax, copier, scanner, etc.
All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.
Avoid and Report Recruitment Scams
At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e.g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.
If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.
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