UCLA Health

Credentialing Specialist

UCLA Health$56K — $105K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field and 1-3 years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Advanced Excel skills for data analytics.
  • Experience in physician and advanced healthcare credentialing.
  • Strong problem-solving and issue identification skills.
  • Ability to collaborate and adapt to changing deadlines and priorities.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office and medical credentialing database applications (MD-Staff).
  • In-depth knowledge of data management and documentation methods in medical credentialing.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee and facilitate credentialing onboarding/offboarding for healthcare practitioners.
  • Monitor online application requests to ensure timely processing.
  • Ensure integrity of the credentialing database and manage licensure compliance.
  • Analyze hospital provisional standards for credentialing standards.
  • Manage complex credentialing issues and facilitate resolutions.
  • Establish strong relationships with stakeholders across UCLA Health and community hospitals.
  • Run and review monthly reports related to credentialing processes.

Benefits

  • Flexible hybrid work arrangement, allowing for a mix of onsite and remote work.
  • Working hours aligned with a standard Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm PST schedule.
  • Indefinite employment type, offering job security.
  • Opportunity to work in a prestigious academic medical environment.
Full Job Description
General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote

Flexible Hybrid

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm PST

Posted Date

06/25/2026

Salary Range: $26.92 - 50.86 Hourly

Employment Type

2 - Staff: Career

Duration

Indefinite

Job #

31354

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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In this key role, you will oversee and facilitate credentialing onboarding/off boarding, commercial and government enrollment for David Geffen School of Medicine practitioners. This will include core proctoring and new appointment/reappointment applications for UCLA Health and 90+ community hospitals. You will:

  • Facilitate and monitor online application requests to ensure timely processing
  • Work on credentialing database integrity, onboarding/offboarding, credentialing, privileging and Commercial and Government Enrollment Process
  • Monitor expiring medical licenses, DEA, radiography/fluoroscopy licenses, immunization requirements, and training module compliance
  • Analyze hospital provisional standards
  • Handle complex and sensitive credentialing issues
  • Establish/maintain strong relationships with UCLA Health stakeholders, faculty, staff and community hospitals
  • Facilitate malpractice certificate requests/renewals
  • Run/and review monthly summary reports and credentialing database
  • Maintain credentialing software and application tracking spreadsheet
  • Provide technical online application support


Salary Range: $26.92 - $50.86/Hourly

Job Qualifications

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We're seeking an independent, deadline-driven professional with:

  • Bachelor's degree in related area with 1-3 years of experience or a combination of equivalent education, training and experience.
  • Advanced data analytics skill set, advanced Excel
  • Experience in physician and advanced health care credentialing
  • Strong issue identification and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with others and work under pressure of constant changing deadlines and priorities
  • Computer proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and medical credentialing database applications MD-Staff required.
  • In-depth knowledge of data management and documentation methods used in medical credentialing
  • Exhibits confidence and professional diplomacy while identifying, organizing, facilitating and /or sustaining mutually beneficial partnerships and alliances with people at all levels internally and externally.


NOTE: Skills subject to test.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an 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; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.

About UCLA Health

UCLA Health is a world-renowned academic medical center located in Los Angeles, California. It comprises four hospitals, including Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, and more than 200 primary and specialty care clinics. UCLA Health is affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and is consistently ranked among the top hospitals in the United States. The health system employs over 20,000 people and serves as a major center for patient care, medical education, and research.
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