Privileging Specialist

Who We Are

We’re a $8+ billion, rapidly growing workforce solutions provider in the healthcare industry. We deliver tech-enabled services that help healthcare organizations meet and manage their contingent labor needs. We build and manage tech-enabled marketplaces for national and local healthcare talent and deliver contingent labor management solutions through our proprietary software platform.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end privileging process for locum tenens physicians and advanced practice providers, ensuring compliance with client facility and Aya Locums requirements.
• Review provider applications, CVs, and supporting documentation for completeness, accuracy, and potential privileging risks.
• Prepare, submit, and track hospital privileging applications, proactively driving files to approval while meeting targeted start dates.
• Partner with providers, medical staff offices, clients, and internal teams to obtain required documentation and resolve outstanding items.
• Conduct and review primary source verifications and compliance requirements, including licensure, board certification, malpractice, and exclusion screenings.
• Monitor expiring licenses, certifications, privileges, and other time-sensitive documents to ensure ongoing compliance.
• Facilitates provider payer enrollment for clients by coordinating enrollment activities, monitoring application progress, and supporting timely payer approvals.
• Maintain accurate provider records and documentation within credentialing and compliance systems.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and escalate complex privileging issues while delivering exceptional customer service to internal and external stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• 2+ years of direct locum tenens privileging experience across multiple specialties and healthcare systems required; 3+ years preferred.
• Bachelor's degree preferred; equivalent experience considered in lieu of education.
• Experience within a fast-paced, deadline-driven locum tenens, healthcare staffing, or managed service provider (MSP) environment.
• Experience working with hospital medical staff offices, credentialing departments, and healthcare facilities.
• Knowledge of Joint Commission, NCQA, payer enrollment, and medical staff office standards.
• Experience managing physician and advanced practice provider privileging files from application through approval.
• Ability to manage a high-volume workload while meeting deadlines and service level expectations.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to identify and resolve issues proactively.