Position Summary

The CDI Manager has leadership responsibility of the daily operations of the department including, clinical, staffing, quality, and financial management. Ensures compliance with performance improvement processes and all regulatory bodies with CDI department and hospital. Implements strategies, processes, and standards to ensure operations support the key organizational and departmental initiatives. Promotes collegial relationships between the department and other departments or disciplines across the organization. Responsible for employee coaching, training, hiring, counseling/discipline, performance assessment and payroll processes.

Required Qualifications

• Three (3) year's experience as CDI Specialist with a minimum of 1 year in a leadership role
• CCS and CDI (CDIP or CCDS) certification
• Medical Graduate, Physician Assistant or Registered Nurse (Current CA License)
• Ability to multitask and maintain a work pace appropriate to workload
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Ability to effectively communicate with physicians in a clear and concise manner
• Proficiency in coding and analytics and preparation of department reports
• Computer literacy and proficiency
• Ability to work in a fast-paced multidisciplinary environment
• Strong time management skills and ability to effectively prioritize task
• Hospital Fire and Life Safety Card (Los Angeles City Employees only)

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous supervisory experience

Physical Requirements

These are requirements normally expected to perform regular job duties. Reasonable accommodations may be made in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and applicable, state and local law, to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Incumbent must be able to successfully perform all of the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Standing - Occasionally
• Walking - Occasionally
• Sitting - Frequently
• Reaching with Hands and Arms - Occasionally
• Climb or Balance - Occasionally
• Stooping, Kneeling, Crouching, or Crawling - Occasionally
• Talking - Frequently
• Hearing - Constantly
• Seeing - Constantly
• Performing repetitive motions with arms or hands - Frequently
• Lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling up to 10 lbs -
• Frequently Lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling up to 25 lbs - Occasionally
• Lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling up to 50 lbs - None
• Lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling greater than 50 lbs - None
• Driving - Occasionally

Essential Job Functions/Major Areas of Responsibility

The essential functions below are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties that may be assigned to this position, nor does it restrict the duties which may be assigned to this position if such duties reasonably relate to the position.

• Manages the daily operations of the CDI department. Demonstrates advanced level of expertise, strong leadership and collaborative skills in dealing with staff and members of the team. Consistently ensures practice is within scope of licensure and compliant with hospital wide standards of CDI. Ensures institutional compliance with professional, accrediting and regulatory standards of care. Ensures HIPAA compliance.
• Ensures appropriate staffing levels. Oversees contract labor/services, including appropriate credentialing, orientation and evaluation. Responsible for scheduling/staffing, coaching, training, hiring, firing, counseling, performance evaluations and competencies, and payroll process. Effectively manages staff in compliance with applicable regulatory bodies, and all established policies, procedures and legal guidelines.
• Collaborates with staff and members of the healthcare team, ensuring the coordination of care between other disciplines and support staff. Delegates CDI activities to appropriate members of the team, provides effective leadership and ensures that work is of high quality. Acts as a source of information and articulately responds to questions, providing resources, guidance, and education about CDI.
• Manages the concurrent medical record review for CDI throughout the hospital. Maintains up to date working DRG and has clear strategies to effectuate improved quality of clinical documentation. Maintains DRG assignment mismatch report of differences in DRG assignment and provides feedback to the Director for performance evaluation of the CDI process. Takes responsibility on CDI DNFB, implementing methodologies to maintain the DNFB and escalates issues to the director of CDI promptly.
• Ensures department performance, quality, and process improvement. Appropriately educates and mentors. Demonstrates problem-solving, critical thinking, and prioritization of work to resolve issues as they arise in an appropriate and timely manner. Participates in scheduled case management meetings and actively exchanges information.

Pay Rate: Min - $124,800 l Max - $171,600