Manager of Clinical Documentation Improvement (BSN, RN and CCDS Designation Required)

Overview Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today. Responsibilities Facilitate performance improvement activities for the clinical documentation management program. Identifies and discusses overall and individual physician documentation trends with Director and leadership as appropriate with a documented improvement plan with strategies and educational needs identified. Creates and runs reports from the Clinical documentation management program to effectively evaluate both individual associate and overall program performance. Analyzes data and information to discern root causes of performance gaps using key data and reports. Regularly reviews successes and improvement opportunities with the Director and other key stakeholders. Serves as an internal consultant on clinical documentation opportunities. Acts as an expert resource for CDI program, including support for mismatch resolution of challenging cases, intervening with physicians, when necessary, dissemination and interpretation of key regulatory requirements and changes, etc., Consults, communicates and organizes key ongoing education, serves as leader of clinical documentation improvement committees and other meetings as appropriate. Responsible for personal professional growth. Participates in professional organizations, maintains licensures and certification as required, maintains effective working relations with both internal and external customers, maintains required competencies and assumes responsibility for personal development and maintenance of ongoing knowledge of current clinical documentation standards and regulatory requirements through participation at workshops, conferences and or in services and maintaining records. Qualifications KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES/LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION REQUIRED Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited School of Nursing. Current License in the State of Georgia as a Registered Nurse or Nursing Compact (NLC/eNLC) or Multistate License. Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) designation issued by the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS). Five (5) years of relevant experience with 3 years being in a leadership/management position. KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES/LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION PREFERRED Advanced degree such as MBA, MPH. Experience in project management. Knowledge of ICD-10-CM coding conventions and clinical auditing processes. Experience in QI concepts and tools and techniques. Ability to interact with a wide range of professionals including physicians. Excellent oral and written communications skills. Work Hours: 8:00am-5:00pm #J-18808-Ljbffr Northside-Hospital-Inc.