Registered Nurse Advisor -Clinical Documentation Integrity Program

Clinical Documentation Integrity Program Registered Nurse (RN) Advisor

The Clinical Documentation Integrity Program Registered Nurse (RN) Advisor is responsible for providing local level analysis of clinical documentation analysis to support improvement evaluation and quality endeavors. The RN is assigned responsibility for their clinical documentation areas for the Medical Center and all off-site locations. The RN will demonstrate professionalism by building, supporting, and creating alignments for clinical documentation management for best practices, analytic initiatives, and innovation through collaboration and stakeholder engagement. The duties include but are not limited to:

• Collecting data and developing areas of opportunity that enable the service to make data driven decisions
• Participates in data analysis projects using qualitative and quantitative research methods
• Investigates discrepancies in a timely manner, and presents findings to management
• Follows established performance metrics and works with staff members to identify problem areas and potential solutions
• Participates in the development of logical business models and relational databases to programmatically prepare for data analysis
• Participates in the design of clinical documentation improvement areas, workflow processes, and layouts for data sets used for modeling, data mining, and research purposes
• Develops databases and/or data management systems that allow for the storage, query, protection, and utilization of data.
• Trains staff on the use of software programs
• Demonstrates integration of biopsychosocial concepts, cognitive skills and technical competent practice in providing care to clients.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards

Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Work Schedule: Full-Time, Monday-Friday, 08:00am - 4:30pm

Compressed/Flexible: Not eligible

Telework: Ad-hoc, as determined by the agency policy

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Notifications:

• This position is a 1272 AFGE Bargaining Unit position.
• Selectee may be required to work at any VA Connecticut Healthcare System campus, as needed.
• Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50 (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
• This position is in the Excepted Service.
• The salary is based on the grade and step approved for the selected candidate.