When you come to the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center, you’re coming to more than simply a beautiful 37-acre, 218-bed suburban Baltimore, Maryland campus. You’re embarking on a professional journey that encourages opportunities, values a team atmosphere, and makes convenience and flexibility a priority. Joining our team of healthcare professionals means you’ll be contributing to a locally and nationally recognized institution. UM St. Joseph has been recognized by The Leapfrog Group as a grade ‘A’ hospital and by U.S. News & World Report as #3 in both the state and Baltimore Metro area, making UM St. Joseph the highest-ranking community hospital in Maryland. In addition, we’ve been consistently recognized as a top employer by Baltimore magazine.

• Create, review and monitor time logs for accuracy and compliance.
• Process the payments according to the terms of the agreement. Educate new providers in the use of Time & Effort Record Management System software.
• Obtain annual purchase order numbers and process payments monthly to contracted independent contractors and tracking the payments to the contract terms using the TERMS database.
• Review system for past due logs from providers and communicate with provider to get them updated.
• Assist Contract Manager with the initiation of workflows for individual Physician and Practice Group agreements in the Ntracts process.
• Assist Contract Manager in the day-to-day movement of the requested physician contracts in the database and addressing issues that may arise between Legal & business owner.
• Assist with obtaining execution signatures for physician employment agreements.
• Work with the UMMS Corporate Contract support team to resolve issues; communicate system updates and related information received by the Support team to stakeholders within SJMC.
• Respond to requests for information received from SJMC Ntracts stakeholders related to contracts.
• Assist with Ntracts contract database maintenance (e.g., alert Contract support when a stakeholder leaves the organization and assist new business owners with obtaining access to Ntracts).
• Review non-physician agreements (e.g., maintenance agreements, lab agreements and other service agreements within the SJMC entity for accuracy); maintain communication with contract owners regarding proper termination dates and contract maintenance requests.
• Run reports and meet with contract owners to answer questions about messages they receive from the system.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

• High School Diploma or GED. (Required)

• 3 years’ experience in a legal office as a paralegal, office administrator, contracts administrator, or related field. (Required)
• Experience in contracts administration in a healthcare setting. (Preferred)
• Experience with Ntracts. (Preferred)

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Working knowledge of applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations that govern the area of responsibility.
• Ability to understand, interpret and explain contract terms and conditions to relevant stakeholders.
• Ability to comprehend, analyze, interpret, and communicate applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations, and UMMS policies and procedures that govern the area of responsibility.
• Effective analytical, critical thinking, planning, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to analyze, compare, contrast, and validate work with keen attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Effective skill managing multiple staff initiatives and meeting changing requirements and priorities to accomplish objectives.
• Effective skill developing and maintaining collaborative working relationships with all levels of leadership, team members and vendors.
• Effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Effective skill in the use of Microsoft Office Suite (e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.