CDI Auditor/Educator
Listed on 2026-01-04
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Healthcare
Healthcare Administration, Healthcare Management
Responsibilities
Join the Southwest Healthcare Team!
About Us: Creating Health and Harmony, Southwest Healthcare is a comprehensive network of care with convenient hospital and ambulatory care/outpatient locations here to serve the Southern California community. With over 7,000 passionate providers and healthcare employees, our shared goal is to provide convenient access to a wide range of healthcare services in a way that benefits you, your family, and the entire community.
Southwest Healthcare is comprised of five acute care hospitals and several non-hospital access points, including:
Corona Regional Medical Center, Palmdale Regional Medical Center, Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs Hospital, Southwest Healthcare Inland Valley Hospital and Temecula Valley Hospital, Temecula Valley Day Surgery, A+ Urgent Care Centers, Apex Heart Specialists and Riverside Medical Clinics. We've won various awards throughout our region and focus on career development and promotion, where the people are at the core of everything we do.
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Job Summary: Southwest Healthcare is seeking a Full-Time RN Clinical Documentation Auditor/Educator who will support staff development to ensure overall quality of work and completeness of clinical documentation reviews. This position is eligible for hybrid work schedule (onsite 3 days, remote 2 days). However, remote days are not guaranteed and subject to change based on department needs for in person training, education and site-based meetings.
Duties include but not limited to:
- Providing audits for facilities based on data analytics, impact analysis, and provider performance to support educational direction for providers, leading to the most clinically accurate codeset to reflect patient’s stay while in the care of the facilities.
- Promote a partnership between CDI staff, Coding staff, Quality and Clinical Program staff, and providers.
- Provide education for accurate reimbursement with integrity, interacting with providers and staff to accurately represent Severity of Illness, Intensity of Service, Risk of mortality, Quality of Care, and Accurate Reporting for Clinical Programs.
- Utilize Official Coding Guidelines, AHA Coding Clinics, embedded CDI Software resources, and professional industry guidance to provide education as needed to CDI (Clinical Documentation Integrity) Team, Coders, and providers. Provide reviews of inpatient medical records for evaluation of utilization and documentation of acute care services to ensure appropriate provider documentation of diagnoses and care delivered.
- Provide cross-coverage in absence of CDI Staff, CDI Manager and/or RN CDI Lead.
- Position requires travel between sites throughout the Southern California region to support team collaboration, education, and training efforts.
Experience/Training/
Experience:
- Associate's degree from an accredited College or University in the field of nursing required.
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited College or University in the field of nursing preferred.
- Minimum of five (5) years clinical experience in acute care setting (Critical care, Medical/Surgical or Emergency Medicine) plus 3-5 years in inpatient acute care setting CDI experience required.
- Minimum of five (5) experience in CDI Leadership and/or CDI Education strongly preferred.
Certifications/Licenses:
- Current license as a Registered Nurse in the State of California required.
- Current certification(s) for Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) or Certified Clinical Improvement Practitioner (CDIP) required.
- Dual certification CCDS and CDIP strongly preferred.
- Dual certification with credentials of CCDS, CDIP, CCDS-O, CCS, RHIT preferred.
Other
Skills and Abilities:
- Demonstrates knowledge and ensures compliance with The Joint Commission and Title 22 standards and guidelines.
- Demonstrates compliance with Healthcare policies and procedures at all times.
- Ability to set priorities and appropriately organize workload and complete assignments in a timely manner.
- Familiarity with basic medical…
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