Federal Credentialing & Security Specialist

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Bonus based on performance

Federal Credentialing & Security SpecialistDoD Healthcare Credentialing, Privileging & Personnel Security


Location: Onsite - Northern Virginia
Job Type: Full-Time
Salary: As per market standards
Travel: Occasional travel to military installations and client sites may be required

About the Role
AIMS is seeking an experienced Federal Credentialing & Security Specialist requiring direct, hands-on experience with federal or DoD healthcare credentialing and personnel-security processing.

Candidates whose experience is limited to commercial hospital credentialing, insurance/payer enrollment, recruiting, general HR, or private healthcare credentialing without DoD/federal experience will not be considered.

Key Responsibilities:
Federal Healthcare Credentialing

• Manage credentialing files for physicians, CRNAs, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, allied health professionals, and other healthcare personnel.
• Review contract, Performance Work Statement, task-order, and facility-specific credentialing requirements.
• Perform and document Primary Source Verification (PSV) of professional credentials.
• Verify professional licenses, certifications, registrations, education, residency/fellowship training, and board certifications.
• Verify employment history and coordinate employment verification.
• Identify and obtain explanations for employment gaps or inconsistent information.
• Obtain and track professional and clinical peer references.
• Coordinate privileging documentation, including applicable privilege lists, competency documentation, case/procedure logs, and supporting clinical records.
• Verify DEA registration, NPI information, and other professional registrations when applicable.
• Complete or coordinate applicable NPDB, OIG/LEIE, SAM.gov, licensing-board, sanctions, and exclusion checks.
• Track expiring licenses, certifications, registrations, and other time-sensitive credentials.

DoD / Federal Personnel Security:

• Manage personnel-security onboarding requirements for federal healthcare contractors.
• Review security packages for completeness, accuracy, signatures, dates, and consisten
• Follow up with candidates regarding missing, incomplete, inconsistent, or rejected security documentation.
• Coordinate with authorized Government security personnel and internal project leadership.
• Track security processing through Government review and approval.
• Monitor fingerprinting, investigation status, security deficiencies, and pending Government actions.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 2–3 years of direct hands-on DoD, DHA, Military Treatment Facility, or comparable federal healthcare credentialing experience.
• Direct experience with federal personnel-security processing is required.
• Experience performing Primary Source Verification.
• Experience reviewing and preparing federal credentialing and/or privileging packages.
• Familiarity with DoD/DHA credentialing terminology, standards, and workflows.
• Experience with several of the following:
  • CCQAS or similar military credentialing systems
  • NPDB
  • OIG/LEIE
  • SAM.gov
  • DEA/NPI verification
  • OF-306
  • SF-85/SF-86
  • NBIS/eApp or e-QIP
  • Federal fingerprinting
  • CAC/base-access processing
• Excellent attention to detail with organizational and time-management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple candidates and deadlines simultaneously.
• Strong Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams, and electronic document-management skills.
• Current military base access is a plus.

Ideal Candidate should be:

• Extremely detail-oriented and Highly organized
• Persistent with follow-ups and Comfortable managing strict deadlines
• Proactive rather than reactive
• Comfortable holding candidates accountable for missing documentation
• Able to manage a high-volume workload without sacrificing accuracy

Please apply only if you have direct DoD, DHA, military treatment facility, or comparable federal healthcare credentialing and personnel-security experience.