Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare? SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers. As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world. We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors.

Bargaining Unit:

MC

Job Summary:

The Medical Board Office at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Medical Staff Office Director. The successful candidate will: 

• Oversee the hospital's medical staff and managed care credentialing processes to ensure that they are performed efficiently and reliably and in conformance with the law, regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Support medical staff affairs, including coordinating meetings, creating agendas, and keeping minutes of the credentials, Medical Executive Committee and medical staff meetings; tracking medical staff expenses; and coordinating medical staff elections.
• Draft and revise medical staff policies and procedures.
• Participate in bylaws and rules and regulations review.
• Maintain proficiency in the hospital's credentialing software (SYMPLR Cactus), and collaborate with the vendor and the hospital's IT department in occasional software upgrades.
• Supervise medical staff office personnel.
• Maintain current knowledge of credentialing and managed care standards.
• Represent the medical staff office during survey activities.
• Plan and manage the department budget.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree.
• 3+ years of experience in hospital medical staff credentialing.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and computer skills.
• Thorough knowledge of SYMPLR Cactus software.
• CPCS or CPMSM within 2-years of hire. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Medical staff office supervisory experience; CPCS or CPMSM.

Work Schedule:

Monday to Friday; 9:00am to 5:00pm

Salary Grade/Rank:

Salary Range:

Commensurate with experience and qualifications

Executive Order:

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation.  If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

Women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact Human Resources at 718-270-3025.