Contract Coordinator

Job Description Job Description JOB PURPOSE: The Contract Coordinator will facilitate and coordinate with hospital's departments to identify trends, prioritize and recommend improvements, decrease duplication, and ensure compliance. The Contract Coordinator will also investigate incident reports, patient complaints, patient care issues, and other issues as requested by the Chief Medical Officer. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: * Maintains oversight and ultimately responsible for performance objectives set by OVP Health for hospital contract. * Ensures chart completion and timely filing of medical charts. * Coordinates and assists medical directors in daily functions, which may include administrative duties. * Cultivates and maintains environment of positivity and collaboration. * Works as liaison with all hospital departments on issues related to OVP Health Providers. * Works as liaison with all hospital departments related to new hire orientation for all OVP Health Providers. * Coordinates with the hospital QI program to meet the needs of patients, staff, and external agencies. * Provides QI leadership and consultative services to hospital administration and OVP Health providers in effectively achieving regulatory accreditation and organizational compliance for QI activities. * Organizes, compiles, and reports QI data for both OVP Health providers and hospital departments to identify trends, establish priorities, and recommend improvement activities. * Performs comprehensive, concurrent, and retrospective reviews in a timely manner, using criteria developed and approved by OVP Health BOD. AS APPLICABLE: Serves as a working member of the hospital's quality council; attends medical staff department and committee meetings and other pertinent meetings to ensure the organization's overall QI plan implementation and compliance. * Keeps abreast of current JCAHO standards and other accreditation standards, and the latest quality techniques in health care. * Rounds on patients as needed. * Other duties may be assigned. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: This position manages all employees of the department and is responsible for the performance management and hiring of the employees within that department. QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION: * Bachelor's degree in healthcare field preferred. * Two years of healthcare experience in clinical or non-clinical setting. * Valid Driver's License. * Ability to access internet at home. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: * An RN degree with healthcare administration background and/or Bachelor's in Healthcare Administration. * At least two years of healthcare experience with one year in medical/surgical setting. ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: * Functional and situational reasoning ability to gather and apply factual information, exercise sound judgment, problem solve and apply principles of influence systems such as motivation, team building, accountability, coaching/counseling of staff and leadership within the scope of the position. * Mathematical Aptitude for budgetary, funding, cost benefits analysis and general business purposes. TRAVEL This position requires 30% travel by auto. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Physical demands described are representative of those that must be routinely met by and employee to successfully perform the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essentials duties. * Ability to lift minimum 25 pounds. * Ability to perform job responsibilities in a facility with multiple levels and without elevator or mechanical transportation. * Regularly required to talk or hear. * Operates a computer and keyboard. WORK ENVIRONMENT: * Working conditions described are representative of those that must be routinely met by and employee to successfully perform the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties. * Smoke-free environment. This position description is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties or a skill required for the job and is subject to review and change in accordance with the needs of OVP Health and contractual obligations. EEO STATEMENT OVP Health/Healthcare provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, OVP Health/Healthcare complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfers, leaves of absence, compensation and training. OVP Health/Healthcare expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper inference with the ability of OVP Health/Healthcare employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.