Clinical Documentation Specialist

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Clinical Documentation Specialist at UAMS improving clinical documentation quality for patient care. Responsible for ensuring accurate coding and compliance with healthcare regulations.

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for improving overall quality and completeness of clinical documentation
  • Ensure that the information in the medical record accurately reflects the patient's severity of illness, clinical needs, and utilization of resources
  • Review death medical records to ensure the severity of illness and risk of mortality has been captured at the highest level
  • Work with the providers of care to capture the clinical care in a code format for reimbursement and to ensure UAMS has the correct case mix
  • Review all admission types to the hospital to ensure severity is captured and then educate the providers of care on admission types.

Requirements:

  • Registered Nurse (RN) with current license plus 4 years inpatient clinical experience in Emergency, Critical Care, or Medical/Surgical area with experience in Quality, Case Management, Clinical Audit, or Data Abstraction OR Coding professional with CCS certification and 6 years of inpatient coding experience with documented education in anatomy/physiology and pharmacology.
  • CCDS is required within 6 months of hire

Benefits:

  • Health: Medical, Dental and Vision plans available for qualifying staff and family
  • Holiday, Vacation and Sick Leave
  • Education discount for staff and dependents (undergraduate only)
  • Retirement: Up to 10% matched contribution from UAMS
  • Basic Life Insurance up to $50,000
  • Career Training and Educational Opportunities
  • Merchant Discounts
  • Concierge prescription delivery on the main campus when using UAMS pharmacy