Department: Compliant Documentation Prog
Shift: Day
Working Hours: 8-5
Summary:
The System Manager of Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) is responsible for providing leadership, strategic direction, and operational oversight for CDI across multiple facilities within the system. This role ensures the consistent application of CDI best practices, optimizes documentation for accurate reflection of the patient's severity of illness (SOI), risk of mortality (ROM), and improves overall data integrity to reflect, complexity of care, accurate reporting of quality metrics, reimbursement, and hospital outcomes. This position involves extensive collaboration with physicians, advanced practice providers, coding, and other healthcare professionals.
Other information:
Required: Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) with a current license in the state of Arkansas OR Bachelor's degree in Health Information Management with a Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) certification and extensive coding work history. A minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in a hospital setting and 3 years of supervisory experience is required.
Preferred: Master's degree in a relevant field is preferred. Current Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) or Certified Documentation Improvement Practitioner (CDIP), or willingness to obtain within first 2 yrs of employment.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities Needed
- Comprehensive knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, medical terminology and clinical disease processes. - Strong understanding of MS-DRGs, APR-DRGs and ICD-10-CM/PCS coding guidelines.
- Excellent communicator with ability to effectively communicate with physicians and executive leadership.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- Good organization and time management skills.
This job will be authorized 80.00 hours bi-weekly.
