RN Clinical Documentation Education & Compliance Consultant

Department Name:

Clin Document Integrity-Corp

Work Shift:

Day

Job Category:

Revenue Cycle

Better Than Ever for Nurses. Nurses are the heartbeat of health care and we are committed to keeping our nurses’ hearts happy and healthy. This means investing in the holistic health and happiness of our nurses—through better pay, better benefits, better opportunities and a better community.

As the Clinical Documentation Education & Compliance Consultant, you will play a key role in advancing clinical documentation excellence by serving as a preceptor and mentor to CDI team members, delivering formal education to both staff and providers, developing impactful learning modules, and conducting audits to ensure accuracy and continuous improvement. This position offers a dynamic opportunity to lead educational initiatives, foster professional growth, and contribute to the overall quality of clinical documentation across the organization.

• Ideal Candidate must be self-motivated, possess moderate to strong tech skills and be able to meet daily and weekly productivity metrics. Required experience should be clearly reflected in attached resume.

• 5 years Acute-care, inpatient hospital clinical experience

• 2 years of CDI experience.

• Location: Remote/Hybrid. Occasional travel. Available if you live in the following states only: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI & WY. This position is fully remote with travel less than 15% of the time to either a Banner corporate or hospital site.

• Schedule: EXEMPT; Monday-Friday. You are required to work at least 75% of your shift within 7AM to 7PM AZT/MST.

Within Banner Health Corporate, you will have the opportunity to apply your unique experience and expertise in support of a nationally-recognized healthcare leader. We offer stimulating and rewarding careers in a wide array of disciplines. Whether your background is in Human Resources, Finance, Information Technology, Legal, Managed Care Programs or Public Relations, you'll find many options for contributing to our award-winning patient care.

POSITION SUMMARY

This position is responsible for education and audits surrounding clinical documentation improvement (CDI) staff chart reviews and queries and assists with the development of education and training materials, conducts and coordinates training and development of the CDI staff as appropriate. Creates and conducts documentation related education for providers. This position creates and maintains department training materials, tools, and documents. Participates as a CDI subject matter expert and ICD CM and PCS trainer. Assists with onboarding new hires, conducts new hire skill assessments, department specific orientation and training for work tasks and functions. Provides ongoing, continuing education, and conducts annual competency assessments. Performs concurrent, retrospective, and secondary clinical chart reviews for defined populations to identify opportunities to improve accuracy of provider documentation and resolve DRG discrepancies. Collect, analyze and distribute data and information related to CDI audits and chart reviews. Works collaboratively with CDI leadership to ensure appropriate collection, management and reporting of data.

CORE FUNCTIONS

1. Assists in the planning, delivery, and evaluation of the standardized educational efforts of the enterprise clinical documentation improvement initiatives in conjunction with organizational goals and objectives. Develops, maintains, and tracks education and documentation audits. Facilitates tracking mechanisms for CDI education, clinical documentation provider education, CDI audits, and orientation records for staff.

2. Assesses and identifies skills, competencies and areas of learning and instruction needed for all CDI staff. Assists with the development of education and training. This may include preparation and maintenance of related educational materials and development of training programs that will increase the productivity of all employees. Develops, implements, and maintains tools to assess and measure CDI staff against position specific competencies.

3. Provides oversight and participation with the planning and coordination of the orientation programs for new hires; provides introduction to the program, clarifies program expectations and standards; provides prerequisite knowledge required; and assists to train in the basic job skills. Through education, coaching and mentoring builds CDI’s comfort in the role from both a clinical perspective and coding knowledge perspective. Provides for ongoing support of staff, and acts as a CDI knowledge resource for staff, providers, leadership teams, and other healthcare professionals.

4. Performs routine audits on charts and clinical queries written by CDI staff to ensure compliance with query guidelines, policies, and CDI workflows. Provides performance feedback to…