Sr. Director, Med Staff Admin - Full Time Days

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County's only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County.

To learn more about UCI Health, visit www.ucihealth.org.

Position Summary:

This role maintains UCI Health System accountability for establishing and executing the strategic direction for UCI's credentialing, privileging, and overall medical staff services operations, including the centralized credentials verification (CVO) program, hospital medical staff offices (MSO), and the UPS faculty delegated credentialing arrangements and related processes. The role focuses on designing and implementing standardized processes, procedures and structures across UCI Health's MSO and CVO operations, to include aligned OPPE, FPPE and peer review processes. In addition, this role is accountable for enhancing relationships with physicians and APPs providing services in any capacity within UCI Health and serves as the primary interface between physicians, APPs, leaders and staff for anything related to medical staff services. This role is accountable for ensuring compliance with applicable accreditation standards and requirements (e.g., The Joint Commission (TJC), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)).

Required Qualifications:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills and the ability to plan strategically
• Strong Knowledge of Joint Commission JCAHO, NCQA, and Title 22 regulations
• Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Experience managing and performing work with a high degree of autonomy, organization, and adaptability.
• Experience in a role requiring a background in the design, development and maintenance of a sophisticated computerized information system including a sound understanding of access protocol and data integrity related to the release of highly confidential data.
• Experience developing the trust and respect of physicians and support staff.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Demonstrated understanding of medical terminology
• Demonstrated understanding of TJC, NCQA, and State and Federal regulations and requirements associated with Medical Staff Services and Enterprise Credentialing.
• Demonstrated ability to develop new vision, create a strategic plan, and lead change
• CPCS and/or CPMSM Certified
• At least seven (7) years of demonstrated leadership experience in medical staff services or a directly related field, to include serving in a leadership role.
• At least five (5) years of project management experience
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System
• Ability to coordinate and resolve issues in a timely manner
• Ability to apply sound judgment in ambiguous situations and effectively manage change
• A Bachelor's degree or equivolent documented experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of University policies and procedures
• Dual Certification in any of the following areas: CPMSM, CPCS, CPHQ
• Bachelor's or Master's degree

Total Compensation

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.

Conditions of Employment:

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) seeks to provide a safe and healthy environment for the entire UCI community. As part of this commitment, all applicants who accept an offer of employment must comply with the following conditions of employment:

• Background Check and Live Scan
• Employment Misconduct*
• Legal Right to Work in the United States
• Vaccination Policies
• Smoking and Tobacco Policy
• Drug Free Environment

*Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.

The following additional conditions may apply, some of which are dependent upon business unit or job specific requirements.

• California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
• E-Verify
• Pre-Placement Health Evaluation

Details of each policy may be reviewed by visiting the following page: https://hr.uci.edu/new-hire/conditions-of-employment.php

Closing Statement:

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC Anti-Discrimination Policy.

We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce along with honoring unique experiences, perspectives, and identities. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming.

UCI provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities upon request. For more information, please contact UCI's Employee Experience Center (EEC) at eec@uci.edu or at (949) 824-0500, Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.