Description

　　Position Purpose

　　The Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist (CDIS) Supervisor 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. "

　　Skills: "Must possess a comprehensive knowledge of medical terminology, disease processes and clinical competency. Candidate must possess excellent interpersonal, collaboration and relationship-building skills. Strong critical thinking skills and ability to integrate knowledge is necessary. Prioritization and organizational skills required. Must exhibit the ability to educate members of the healthcare team about clinical documentation. Individual must demonstrate data quality and integrity skills.

　　To perform this job successfully, an individual should have strong working knowledge of word processing software, spreadsheet software and reporting software. Also, experience working with encoder software, clinical documentation improvement software and the electronic medical record is preferred.

　　English is required for both verbal and written communication. Ability to communicate effectively at a high level is required.

　　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

　　Behaviors

　　Preferred

　　Team Player: Works well as a member of a group

　　Leader: Inspires teammates to follow them

　　Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

　　Motivations

　　Preferred

　　Flexibility: Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goalsEducation

　　Required

　　Associates or better in NursingEqual Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

　　The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

　　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.