About the Position: This position is located within the Large Market at Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Director of Executive, Quality Management. The primary responsibility of the position is to serve as a Credentialing Technician. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation utilizing the DHA for Domestic Defense Industrial Base (DIB) & Major Range and Test Facilities Base (MRTFB) in Department of Defense (DoD) to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

Duties

Establishes and/or maintains Navy privileged healthcare providers' Individual Credentials File (ICF) for appropriate individuals on active duty, employed by or contracted to NHJAX and its branch clinics. Establishes and maintains an Individual Professional Files (IPF) for all active duty, civil service or contract non-privileged healthcare providers working at NHJAX and its branch clinics. Responsible for the technical management of the credentials review and clinical privileging recommendation process. Must provide daily continuity and uniformity in managing the Navy credentialing and privileging program. Enters required information concerning package status, education, training, board certifications, licensure, privileging, and supporting comments into the Centralized Credentials Quality Assurance System (CCQAS), and other databases required. Maintains over 200 Credentialing Transfer Briefs (CTBs) and privileging information on reservist and personnel who are at this command as a temporary assigned duty (TAD). Coordinates and facilitates the initial evaluation, renewal and modification of clinical privileges for all types of healthcare providers assigned to NHJAX and its 5 Branch Health Clinics. Managing privileging requirements for different types of providers including Nurses, Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Allied Health Specialists, and Dentists. Processing files for healthcare providers with over 75 different functional specialties (e.g., Internal Medicine, Urology, Neurology, etc.). Working with privileging requirements for Navy, Army and Air Force which are all subject to different rules and regulations. Processing files for Telemedicine providers from facilities all over the country. Reviews credentialing applications submitted by prospective civilian and contract employees to include verifications of education, training, and licensure, to determine their suitability. Gathers and verifies information on the professional education and specialized training of all clinical support staff requesting employment at the hospital. Ensures verification of all background information used in establishing in a provider's Bonafide medical and professional expertise prior to employment at this facility. Prepares monthly reports listing all providers with licenses/certifications, privileges, renewal requirements.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Applicant must be able to obtain and maintain eligibility for Tier 3 clearance.
• Mandatory Seasonal Influenza vaccination is required. - Incumbent will be required to sign a statement consenting to seasonal influenza vaccinations.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience performing any of the following which includes: Performing a variety of administrative and custodial functions in support of organizing and managing files for a Command level program; Maintaining security, integrity and confidentiality of all data received; Correlating and analyzing data received from outside agencies and other resources; Initiating evaluations, renewals and modification of clinical privileges for all types of healthcare providers and staff; Managing and analyzing applications and supplemental documentation submitted by all healthcare providers to include verifications of education, training, and licensure, to determine their suitability; Corresponding and providing guidance to all levels of staff to ensure applications are accurate and complete; Gathering, interpreting and analyzing professional education and specialized training of all healthcare providers and staff requesting employment at a medical facility; interpretation and analysis of regulations and policies. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address JT-DHA-DDAAFL DHA JACKSONVILLE MKT-JACKSONVILLE DO NOT MAIL Jacksonville, FL 32214 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk