The Accreditation Specialist supports organizational excellence by coordinating and managing accreditation, regulatory, and licensure activities across the organization. This role serves as a subject-matter expert on accreditation standards, ensures continuous survey readiness, and partners with clinical and operational leaders to maintain compliance with federal, state, and accrediting body requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate accreditation and regulatory activities for applicable accrediting bodies (e.g., The Joint Commission, DNV, CMS, AAAHC, state agencies).

• Serve as the primary resource for accreditation standards, regulatory requirements, and interpretive guidance.

• Lead ongoing survey readiness efforts, including tracers, mock surveys, and compliance audits.

• Manage preparation, coordination, and execution of accreditation and regulatory surveys, including document submission and on-site/virtual survey support.

• Track standards compliance, findings, and corrective action plans; monitor progress to closure.

• Collaborate with clinical, operational, and leadership teams to implement and sustain compliance improvements.

Qualifications:

Accreditation Specialist 1 requirement: 

• Education/Experience: Associate Degree and 2+ years experience, HS Diploma/GED and 4+ year experience 
• Clinical background strongly preferred
• Licenses/Certifications: None

Accreditation Specialist 2 requirements: 

• Education: Bachelor's degree/BSN or experience in lieu of degree, Master's degree prefered 
• Experience: 2 years, clinical background preferred
• Licenses/Certifications: None

   

Meridian location/Monday thru Friday day time hours

At St. Luke’s, caring for people in the communities we serve is our mission – and this includes our own SLHS team. We offer a robust benefits package to support our teams both professionally and personally. In addition to a competitive salary and retirement plans, we ensure our team feels supported in their benefits beyond the typical medical, dental, and vision offerings. We care about you and have fantastic financial and physical wellness options, such as: on-site massages, on-site counseling via our Employee Assistance Program, access to the Personify Health Wellness tool, as well as other formal training and career development offerings to ensure you are meeting your career goals.

St. Luke’s is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.

*Please note: this posting is not reflective of all job duties and responsibilities and is intended to provide an overview to job seekers.