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Req #: 236890

Department: SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Job Location Detail: Hybrid/Remote Eligible

Posting Date: 07/24/2024

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $5,417 - $6,250 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-staff-20230701_a11y.pdf )

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty.

The School of Medicine has an outstanding opportunity for a Program Operations Specialist.

The Program Operations Specialist will oversee the operational and clinical privileging activities of OMSA. The individual in this position ensures that OMSA has a stable operating platform from which to deliver effective and efficient services of privileging activities for the current medical staff members and new applicants. The Program Operations Specialist job performance is evaluated in terms of independence, leadership, appropriateness and effectiveness of communications, timeliness and accuracy of work, knowledge of clinical privileging regulations and policies, and overall progress of OMSA goals.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Clinical Privileging Operations - 80%: • Independently audit, analyze, and manage special privileging processes for UW Medicine. • Manage all new eLearning special and additional privileges as requested by provider. Work with eLearning team to analyze and complete special credentialing for Central Venous Catheter, Moderate Sedation, Fluoroscopy, Robotic Surgery, and other privileges that require eLearning. • Maintain and analyze clinical privilege forms with the annual review of clinical department chairs and service chiefs. As clinical operations grow and regulations change, it is the responsibility of the Program Operations Specialist to ensure the privileging forms are consistent with the needs of the UW Medicine. • This position will be the primary point of contact to ensure privilege forms are routed through the UW Medicine health system for appropriate clinical approval based upon specialty. This requires the Program Operations Specialist to have a high level of confidentiality, clear communication, and understanding of the complex health system. This work will be done in coordination with service chiefs and department chairs. • Analyze the process of Short-Term Temporary Privileges for visiting providers. Analyze providers current credentials to ensure UW Medicine credentialing is appropriate and consistent across the system. • Manage Exempt Privileges for providers credentialed for 5 days or less. • Identify and assess proctoring cases to document competency for additional privileges. Collaborate with providers, patient care services, billing, or other clinical operations to collect and ensure proctoring has been completed per clinical policy.

Process Improvement and Other Duties as Assigned - 10%: • Create workflow for Proxy Credentialing for Telemedicine across the WWAMI region. Implement and analyze shared agreements between UW Medicine and other entities. • Be primary point of contact to medical directors across UW Medicine system, to process Disaster Privileges as needed.

Other Duties as Assigned: 10%: • Provide oversight and quality assurance to the core processes of Initial and Reappointments applications within OMSA.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS • Bachelor’s degree in relevant field or equivalent experience in credentialing. • Two or more years of relevant credentialing experience.

Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS • Certification in NAMSS CPCS or CPMSM or certify within two years of hire. • Ability to prioritize competing demands to successfully meet deadlines. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. • Excellent attention to detail with strong interpersonal skills. • Exercise independent judgment of competing priorities. • Strong organizational skills.

Application Process: The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are access ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.