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Employment Type
Part time
Shift
Day Shift
Description
The Clinical Documentation Specialists will concurrently review medical records and assist physicians in removing the barriers between clinical and coding languages to allow more specific and complete documentation.
Through interaction with the physicians and other members of the healthcare team, facilitates improvement in quality, completeness and accuracy of the medical record documentation to support severity of illness, medical necessity and level of services rendered.
Part time: Flexible schedule working hours Monday - Friday
Responsibilities
Mount Carmel and all its affiliates are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation or physical ability.
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Our Commitment
Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.
EOE including disability/veteran
If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com
Employment Type
Part time
Shift
Day Shift
Description
The Clinical Documentation Specialists will concurrently review medical records and assist physicians in removing the barriers between clinical and coding languages to allow more specific and complete documentation.
Through interaction with the physicians and other members of the healthcare team, facilitates improvement in quality, completeness and accuracy of the medical record documentation to support severity of illness, medical necessity and level of services rendered.
Part time: Flexible schedule working hours Monday - Friday
Responsibilities
- Provides nursing care, ensures an environment of patient safety, promotes evidence-based practice and quality initiatives and exhibits professionalism in nursing practice within the model of the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®.
- Conducts concurrent reviews of selected patient records to address legibility, clarity, completeness, consistency, and precision of clinical documentation.
- Demonstrates understanding of clinical documentation requirements to ensure that the severity of illness, risk of mortality, and services provided are accurately reflected in the record.
- Serves as a resource on appropriate clinical documentation.
- Communicates documentation discrepancies and coding definitions to the physicians both written and verbally as needed to clarify clinical documentation in accordance to query standards and/or policies.
- Conduct 1:1 educational sessions with physicians and other healthcare team members related to specific documentation requirements.
- Collaborates with the multi-disciplinary team, including physicians, patient care services, case management, coding specialists and other healthcare disciplines regarding clinical documentation issues.
- Utilizes computer systems effectively and maintains record of reviews completed, queries completed and outcome of physician response.
- Responsible for compliance with Organizational Integrity through raising questions and promptly reporting actual or potential wrongdoing.
- Education: Associate/Diploma Degree in Nursing and five - ten years acute care medical or surgical experience required. Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred. A degree in Health Information Management with credentials of RHIA, RHIT, or CCS with extensive clinical knowledge and a minimum of 5 years inpatient coding experience will be considered in lieu of an RN.
- Licensure/Certification: Current license to practice as registered nurse in the State of Ohio. Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Registered Health Information Technologist (RHIT), or Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) will be considered in lieu of a RN.
- Experience: Minimum of 5 years acute care medical or surgical experience required; Utilization/Case Management, managed care, or Clinical Documentation and experience in ICD-10 coding conventions and DRG methodology preferred.
- S trong communication (verbal and written), interpersonal, organization and prioritization skills; Demonstrated ability to work effectively with physicians and handle multiple tasks and educational activities.
- Ability to analyze, interpret and assimilate information from various sources.
- Demonstrated knowledge in using clinical information systems and office automation.
Mount Carmel and all its affiliates are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation or physical ability.
--
#MCHS HEC #ind123
Our Commitment
Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.
EOE including disability/veteran
If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com