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Clinical Documentation Specialist  – AdventHealth Shawnee Mission

All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:

• Vision, Medical & Dental Benefits from Day One
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Received Magnet® recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center in January 2019

Our promise to you:

Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.

Schedule:  Full Time Days  

Shift: 40 Hours a Week

Location: AdventHealth Shawnee Mission  

                 9100 West 74th Street, Merriam, KS 66204

The community you’ll be caring for:

At AdventHealth Shawnee Mission, formerly Shawnee Mission Medical Center, you're more than just a number on a chart. You're a whole person, who functions best when physically, emotionally, and spiritually fit. Find whole-person care, dedicated teams and staff, and a wide variety of medical services, all at our hospital in Shawnee Mission, Kansas.

The role you’ll contribute:

The Clinical Documentation Specialist (CDS) is part of the Quality Management department.   The CDS assists physicians and other healthcare providers in accurate documentation to support the appropriate clinical picture/ level of severity of patient.  In addition, the CDS facilitates modification to clinical documentation supporting the appropriate clinical picture/level of severity rendered to hospital patients and collaborates with the HIM inpatient coding staff to assist their understanding/clarification of documentation leading to appropriately assigning MSDRG representing the patient severity of illness/resource consumption. As a part of the care team assists other team members in identifying opportunities to improve integrity of healthcare documentation.

The value you’ll bring to the team:

• Ensures accuracy of data collection and submission; validates integrity of data collected.
• Develops data reports for projects, committees, hospital departments, medical staff departments, as designated.
• Collects, aggregates, analyzes, summarizes and reports quality data for hospital organizational performance and physician performance data as indicates. 
• Reviews and applies analytical skills to designated patient population medical record documentation to assess the level of documentation accuracy and completeness.
• Assists to identify the most appropriate principal diagnosis and co-morbidities to accurately reflect several of illness in compliance
• Assigns and monitors DRG assignment to appropriately reflect the accurate severity at admission and throughout hospital stay.