The Director provides leadership, management, and operational oversight of licensing and privileging. Playing a critical role in ensuring the highest standards of quality and compliance. This role serves as a coordinating conduit between the department and hospital professionals. Direct oversite of the department requires leadership and strategic planning.
Job Functions
- Evaluate, enhance, and maintain department strategic planning, aligning with goals and industry standards
- Coordinate quality services between the licensing and privileging department with hospitals and physicians
- Ensure seamless process with database and software, ensuring data integrity
- Oversee special projects, providing guidance on project management
- Stay current with changing healthcare laws and regulations
- Identify and resolve discrepancies related to licensing, credentialing and privileging
- Evaluate, enhance, and maintain department standards of operations to ensure efficient workflow of department
- Comply with all state, federal and accredited regulations, identify and address issues that arise
- Collaborate with Vice President, ensuring regular reporting and communication with senior management
- Facilitate meetings and effective communication across department
- Provide direct oversight of staffing needs, continuous position evaluation and leadership succession planning
- Build and foster positive employee relationships, goals and personal development
- Educate and train new staff, guiding managers on onboarding and training process
- Evaluate employee’s performance: annual reviews, goal setting, personnel situations, and separation of employment
Preferred Talents
- Project management
- Strategic planning
- Department and people management- ability to lead, manage and motivate
- Creating and implementing operational process and procedures
- Familiarity with The Joint Commission (TJC)
- Healthcare knowledge related to licensing, credentialing and privileging
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Strong leadership skills
- Ability to adapt to organizational changes and challenges
- Strong planning and organization skills
- Keen attention to detail
- Positive collaborative mindset
- Excellent communication and people skills
- High level of integrity, confidentiality, and ethics
Benefits Package
- Medical insurance: PPO, HDHP
- Health Savings Account
- Dental
- Vision
- Basic Life and AD&D- company paid
- Voluntary Short-term disability
- Voluntary Long-term disability
- Voluntary Life and AD&D
- Voluntary Critical Illness and Accident
- 401K and Profit sharing
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in healthcare, business administration, management, or related field
- Min of 5 years leadership or management experience
- Licensing and credentialing and/or Privileging experience
Reports to: VP
Status: Exempt, salaried
Position type: Full Time
Work Location: Omaha, NE
Supervises Direct Reports: Yes
