Director Inpatient Clinical Documentation Integrity | CentraCare

CentraCare; Saint Cloud (MN); Hybrid; USD 117,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

PTO

Retirement plan

Employee discounts

Job summary

CentraCare invites you to join as Director of Inpatient Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI). Reporting within the Population Health Division, this leadership role provides strategic and operational oversight of CentraCare's inpatient CDI program.

Work with physician leaders and interdisciplinary teams to improve patient care, quality, and financial sustainability. The role oversees staffing, productivity, workflow, and technology, with a schedule that blends remote work and occasional on-site

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing required; Master's preferred in healthcare, nursing leadership, or health administration.
• Current Registered Nurse license in Minnesota required.
• CCDS – Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist through ACDIS required.
• 5+ years experience in acute care; at least 3 years in clinical documentation integrity.
• 2+ years of management experience at manager/director level.
• Ability for investigation, identify financial implications, and focus on quality.
• Strong critical thinking and storytelling skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with physician leaders, quality, coding, finance, revenue cycle, case management, and operations to ensure accurate, complete documentation reflecting illness severity, mortality risk, resource use, and quality of care.
• Advances documentation strategies influencing quality metrics, CMS, and payer reimbursement.
• Drives CDI initiatives using analytics and industry best practices.
• Partners with CDI Physician Champions to foster a culture of documentation excellence and regulatory compliance.
• Directs daily CDI program operations including staffing, productivity, workflow, and technology.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical documentation integrity

Analytics

Regulatory compliance

Strategic partnership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nursing

Master's in healthcare, nursing leadership, or health administration

Job description

If you're passionate about leading transformative initiatives that connect clinical excellence, quality outcomes, patient safety, regulatory compliance, and financial performance, we invite you to join CentraCare as our Director of Inpatient Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI).Reporting within the Population Health Division, this leadership role provides strategic and operational oversight of CentraCare's inpatient CDI program. You'll partner with clinical and operational leaders across the organization to advance documentation excellence, improve quality outcomes, support value-based care initiatives, and strengthen organizational performance.This is an opportunity to shape documentation strategy across a growing health system while collaborating with physician leaders and interdisciplinary teams to improve patient care, organizational quality, and financial sustainability.

Core functions of the role:

• Collaborates closely with physician leaders, quality, coding, finance, revenue cycle, case management, and operational leaders to ensure accurate, complete, and clinically supported documentation that reflects the severity of illness, risk of mortality, resource utilization, and quality of care delivered across the system.
• Accountable for advancing documentation strategies that positively influence publicly reported quality metrics, CMS, and payer reimbursement methodologies, risk-adjusted outcomes, performance rankings, denials management, and organizational financial targets.
• Leverages analytics, clinical expertise, and industry best practices to drive strategic initiatives, monitor program performance, identify opportunities for improvement, and align CDI efforts with CentraCare’s strategic and operational priorities.
• Partners with the CDI Physician Champions to foster a culture of documentation excellence, clinical validity, continuous learning, and performance improvement while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards.
• Directs daily operations of the CDI program, including staffing, productivity, workflow optimization, technology utilization, compliance, and program performance.

Schedule

• Full time | 80 hours every two weeks
• Monday-Friday | 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
• Majority remote with occasional on-site meetings in St. Cloud MN (approximately quarterly)

Pay and Benefits

• Starting pay begins at $117,104 per year; exact wage determined by years of related experience
• Salary range: $117,104 - $175,676.80 per year
• Salary and salary range are based on a 1.0 FTE, reduced FTE will result in a prorated offer rate
• Full-time benefits: medical, dental, PTO, retirement, employee discounts and more!

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelors degree in Nursing is required; Masters in healthcare, nursing leadership, or health administration is preferred
• Current Registered Nurse license with the State of Minnesota is required
• CCDS – Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist through the Associate of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists (ACDIS) is required
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in acute care setting, at least 3 years in clinical documentation integrity is required
• Minimum of 2+ years of management experience (at a manager or director level) is required
• The ability for investigation, find the financial story, and focus on quality are essential
• Using critical thinking skills and understanding story telling is vital

CentraCare has made a commitment to diversity in its workforce. All individuals including, but not limited to, individuals with disabilities, are encouraged to apply. CentraCare is an EEO/AA employer.