Nestled in the heart of East Sacramento Dignity Health Mercy General Hospital is a 313 bed acute care facility that provides a wide range of services with special advocacy for the poor and underserved. Mercy General is home to the nationally ranked Alex G. Spanos Heart & Vascular Institute. Key achievements and recognitions include: from the Joint Commission; Advanced Joint Replacement Spine Center of Excellence Primary Stroke Center Ventricular Assist Device and Chest Pain Certification. Other accolades include CMS 5 stars Practice Green Health 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade A Level 4 Epilepsy Center and Opioid Stewardship Honor Roll. Mercy General Hospital is proud to foster inclusion and diversity as part of our mission vision and values.

Ensures a high quality medical staff by thoroughly investigating and verifying the credentials of all applicants to the medical staff including Allied Health Professionals. 

• Evaluates the hospital practice and privileges of all members seeking reappointment to the medical staff/Allied Health categories
• Provides a vehicle to improve quality via the medical staff committee process and by maintaining records of all medical staff committees
• Contributes to efficient and cost-effective operation of the Medical Staff Service by monitoring and planning for budgets and expenses
• Promotes medical staff compliance with regulatory and accreditation agencies by continuously monitoring the operations of the hospital Medical Staff Office and effectively initiating change when needed
• Knowledge of organization's budget process and ability to apply policies and practices for planning and administering a budget
• Knowledge of industry and company applications and databases that contain medical, patient, and healthcare information; ability to use, protect and improve these applications and databases
• Knowledge of the day-to-day operations of a healthcare center; ability to use this knowledge to ensure the healthcare center performance is efficient and effective
• Knowledge of tools, approaches, policies, and legal matters of medical services investigation, and ability to investigate the quality and accuracy of various medical treatments and interventions

Minimum Required Qualifications: 

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in a Medical Staff office, with at least one (1) year in a supervisory capacity, or a comparable combination of education and experience
• Bachelor's degree in business administration or related health or management field preferred or ability to obtain within a period of time agreed upon by supervisor
• Certified Provider Credentialing Specialist (CPCS) achieved within one (1) year of employment

Licensure:

• Certified Provider Credentialing Specialist (CPCS) achieved within one (1) year of employment