Job Information
Community Health Systems CDI Specialist Lead in TUCSON, Arizona
Description
This is a Full Time, Day Shift CDI Specialist Lead opportunity supporting Northwest Medical Center!
The Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist (CDIS) Lead provides support of CDIS activities in an effort to support accuracy and quality in the patient records to ensure the coded diagnoses are an accurate reflection of the patient’s clinical status and care. The CDIS Supervisor provides a key role in maintaining the long-term system success by developing a collegial working relationship with physicians, consultants, direct care staff, Coding, and ancillary departments.
Position Qualifications/Minimum Requirements
Education:
Required: Associate's degree or Diploma in nursing program
Preferred: Bachelor's degree in nursing
Experience:
Required: Must possess at least five years of acute hospital nursing experience (e.g. medical/surgical unit, intensive care). At least 2 years experience in clinical documentation improvement, ICD 10 coding and MS-DRGs.
Preferred: Experience in Utilization Management/Case Management, Critical Care, patient outcomes/quality management and/or inpatient coding, ICU/Critical Care, clinical documentation improvement, ICD coding and MS-DRGs, working in a clinical documentation improvement department or as a consultant and minimum of one (1) year auditing experience. Prior auditing experience strongly encouraged. One (1) year or more prior CDIS leadership experience strongly encouraged.
Licenses/Certifications:
Required: Current Arizona RN license or compact state license.
Preferred: RHIT, RHIA, CDIP, CDIS, CCDS, CCS and ICD-10 certification or designation.
Northwest Medical Center is comprised of a 300-bed hospital, three urgent care facilities, a freestanding emergency center and a large physician group, offering you a variety of settings in which to work. Every location is dedicated to providing safe, quality patient care, but more than that is the commitment to employees. It strives to provide a culture of teamwork, respect and appreciation for all staff, whether they care for patients directly or work in a support role. With employee appreciation celebrations throughout the year, opportunities for growth and the satisfaction that you are part of a hospital leading the way with accessible, convenient healthcare in Tucson, Northwest is a great place to work. NMC is accredited by The Joint Commission and is an equal opportunity employer: race, gender, disability and Veteran status, and VEVRAA Federal Contractor – priority referral Protected Veterans requested.
Qualifications
Education
Required
- Associates or better in Nursing
Licenses & Certifications
Required
- L-AZ-RN License
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
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Equal Employment Opportunity
This organization does not discriminate in any way to deprive any person of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect the status of any employee because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, citizenship, veteran status, or military or uniformed services, in accordance with all applicable governmental laws and regulations. In addition, the facility complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to: hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. If you are an applicant with a mental or physical disability who needs a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, contact the director of Human Resources at the facility to which you are seeking employment; Simply go to http://www.chs.net/serving-communities/locations/ to obtain the main telephone number of the facility and ask for Human Resources.