For medical professionals at Good Samaritan Hospital

Providing quality, patient-centered care is our mission. It’s important that we partner with physicians and other medical professionals who have the necessary qualifications and credentials to provide quality, safe and compassionate medical care to our community.

Credentialing and privileging

Our rigorous credentialing process follows federal and state regulatory requirements, as well as accreditation standards for verifying the education, training, licensure and current competence to ensure that privileges are only granted to qualified providers.

Contact us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding physician credentialing, please contact our Medical Staff Office or visit our credentialing portal.

To help contribute to regional learnings, if you've had an experience where there was potential for a critical incident but timely intervention helped prevented it from occurring, fill out our great catch submission form.

Outside organizations can quickly and easily request the verification of physicians in good standing at an HCA facility. The requesting organization may self generate and print a verification letter. Some helpful resources include:

• iResponse/Generate Hospital Affiliation Letters
• Help with Hospital Affiliate Letters

The primary goal of the Good Samaritan Institutional Review Board (IRB) is to assure that the rights and welfare of human research participants are adequately protected. The IRB is dedicated to reviewing and approving research projects in a manner that minimizes risk, meets regulatory compliance and reinforces the continuing protection of research participants. The IRB membership is diverse and includes physicians, nurses, community and administrative representatives. Traditionally, it meets quarterly, but special meetings can be convened, when necessary. Currently, there are approximately 30 active investigational studies or activities in progress, involving a myriad of medical topics, conditions and diseases.

The IRB encourages researchers who are interested in conducting research to contact the IRB in advance of commencing their research projects. Some proposals may be exempt from IRB review, and some may be presented to the IRB Chair (vs. the entire IRB) for expedited approval. Today, the majority of professional journals no longer accept articles for publication without proof of prior IRB approval. Under the regulations, IRB approval cannot be given in retrospect. There is no mechanism by which IRBs can approve research that has already been done after the fact.

As the business of clinical trials continues to become more complicated, more difficult and faster paced, the regulations will heighten in complexity and regulatory agencies will become increasingly vigilant. IRBs, institutions and investigators must be able to adjust and continuously improve the way in which they operate. By taking a proactive stance in the preparation, organization and maintenance of the IRB program, our hospital and medical staff have made an organization-wide commitment to the continual and ongoing process of protecting our research participants, reinforcing our objective of successfully balancing institutional needs and regulatory requirements, while keeping the protection of research participant rights and safety foremost in our operations.

If anyone is interested in conducting research at our hospital for which they do need advance IRB approval, please contact the Medical Staff Office at (408) 559-2386 for further information.

We want to recognize physicians that go above and beyond, providing exceptional care to our patients and exhibiting our mission, vision and values. Fill out the nomination form to submit a physician.

Visit our online resources if you are interested in working with us. Some resources available for you to browse include:

• Employee benefits
• Job openings
• Talent network
• Veteran opportunities