Hospice Clinical Compliance Nurse Auditor

Job Description

Job Description

Schedule: Monday – Friday | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

At Mountain Valley Hospice, every role contributes to providing compassionate, high-quality hospice care for patients and families facing one of life's most difficult journeys. As the Clinical Compliance Nurse Auditor, you'll help ensure our clinical documentation reflects the exceptional care our teams provide while supporting regulatory compliance, quality improvement, and ongoing staff development.

• Conduct routine, focused, and for-cause clinical compliance audits using established audit tools and methodologies.
• Review medical records to ensure compliance with CMS Conditions of Participation, accreditation standards, and Mountain Valley policies.
• Identify documentation gaps, regulatory risks, trends, and opportunities for improvement.
• Analyze audit findings to identify recurring issues and compliance risks across clinical disciplines.
• Collaborate with clinical leaders to develop, implement, and monitor corrective action plans.
• Perform follow-up audits to validate corrective actions and measure sustained improvement.
• Provide real-time coaching and role-specific education to clinicians on documentation standards and regulatory requirements.
• Assist with survey readiness by promoting consistent documentation and compliance practices throughout the organization.
• Maintain accurate audit documentation and prepare reports that support quality improvement initiatives.

• Current unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in North Carolina (Virginia license or eligibility preferred).
• Minimum of three years of hospice or home health nursing experience.
• Strong knowledge of hospice regulations, CMS Conditions of Participation, and clinical documentation requirements.
• Experience in clinical auditing, quality improvement, compliance, accreditation, or survey readiness preferred.
• Excellent communication, critical thinking, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency with electronic medical records and Microsoft Office applications.

If you're an experienced hospice nurse who enjoys improving processes, educating others, and promoting clinical excellence, this is an opportunity to make a lasting impact beyond an individual patient assignment. Your expertise will help strengthen documentation, support regulatory compliance, prepare the organization for survey success, and equip clinicians with the knowledge and confidence to provide exceptional hospice care. If you're ready to influence quality across the organization while continuing to support those who care for patients and families every day, we encourage you to apply.

 
At Mountain Valley, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect with a diverse workforce; we make staffing decisions based on knowledge, skills and abilities. Mountain Valley Hospice is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived, race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), sexual orientation, parental status, national origin, age, disability, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, any other non-merit based factor or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.