Human Resources Specialist

LifeLong Medical Care has an exciting new opportunity for a Human Resources Specialist in Berkeley.
The Human Resources Specialist is the primary contact for LifeLong Medical Cares third-party credentialing partner.
This role will act as a liaison between the credentialing vendor, Human Resources, and Operations, and will maintain all internal credentialing and privileging records while adhering to standard credentialing and privileging best practices and government regulations and requirements.

This is a full time, exempt, benefit eligible position.
Must be able to work in-person in Berkeley, CA.

LifeLong Medical Care is a large, multi-site, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) with a rich history of providing innovative healthcare and social services to a wonderfully diverse patient community.
Our patient-centered health home is a dynamic place to work, practice, and grow.
We have over 15 primary care health centers and deliver integrated services including psychosocial, referrals, chronic disease management, dental, health education, home visits, and much, much more.
LifeLong Medical Care is an equal opportunity employer.
We strongly encourage applications from women, people of color, and bilingual and bicultural individuals and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities.
Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, marital status, or medical condition.

Benefits

Compensation:
$70,000 - $75,000/year.
We offer excellent benefits including:
medical, dental, vision (including dependent and domestic partner coverage), generous leave benefits including ten paid holidays, Flexible Spending Accounts, 403(b) retirement savings plan.

COVID-19 Vaccine Policy

In accordance with LifeLong Medical Care's commitment to provide and maintain a workplace that is free of known hazards, we have adopted a Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccine Policy to safeguard the health of our employees and their families; our patients and visitors; and the community at large from infectious diseases, that vaccinations may reduce.
This policy will comply with all applicable laws and is based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Order of the California State Public Health Officer.
Unless a reasonable medical or religious accommodation is approved, all employees must receive COVID-19 vaccinations.

• Serve as an internal credentialing and privileging subject matter expert while working with Human Resources, Operations, Compliance, and Macman Management Healthcare Services (LifeLong Medical Cares third-party credentialing vendor), to meet LifeLong Medical Cares credentialing needs.
• Create and maintain both paper and electronic credentialing files in accordance with credentialing best practices, utilizing third-party credentialing vendors records and government regulations and requirements, to ensure that our credentialing records are always audit-ready.
• Partner with Recruiting Coordinator(s) and Human Resources Generalist(s) to assign credentialing license information and categories to new hires and existing employees.
• Collaborate with Recruiting Coordinator(s) to monitor recruitment status of candidates to ensure timely credentialing prior to employment.
• Utilize ADP to maintain a current and accurate record of provider data for use in the credentialing, re-credentialing, and appointment process.
• Facilitate the collection of privileging forms from new hires and clinical leadership.
• Ensure that Human Resources and third-party credentialing vendor onboarding processes are in alignment and that all required documentation is collected.
• Run and distribute ADP reports as needed for internal and external partners regarding patient facing staff.
  Maintain effective working relationships with Operations, Billing, IT, Quality Improvement, Compliance, administrative support staff, and other credentialing agencies and health plans to ensure necessary flow of information to maintain credentialing.
• Connect with clinical leadership from the Operations, Behavioral Health, and Dental departments to collect and validate information for patient-facing staff.
• Provide required documentation to appropriate clinician managers and committees at the practice sites.
• Address any credentialing-related issues or discrepancies promptly and work proactively with Human Resources and third-party credentialing vendor to proactively resolve them in a professional manner.
• Escalate complex issues to the appropriate personnel or department for further resolution.
• Provide termination notification documents as requested by third-party credentialing vendor.
• Maintain current knowledge of Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) including Federal Tort Claim Act (FTCA), and all relevant laws and regulations regarding Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) credentialing requirements.
• Assist with revi.