Pediatric CDI Specialist - Hybrid, Impactful Documentation

Baptist Health; Jacksonville (FL); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking a Full-Time Pediatric Clinical Document Integrity Specialist for the CDI Department at Baptist Metro Square in Jacksonville, FL. This hybrid role focuses on pediatric clinical documentation to support accurate DRG assignment and improve overall documentation quality.

The ideal candidate has 3-5 years in acute care nursing and coding, with preferred experience in utilization review, Coding Clinic guidelines, and pediatric care.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of acute care experience required
• 3-5 years of coding experience required
• 3-5 years of utilization review experience preferred
• 3-5 years of knowledge of Coding Clinic guidelines preferred
• Leadership experience preferred.
• Pediatric clinical experience preferred.
• Experience working with pediatric patients, providers, and multidisciplinary care teams preferred.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for facilitating the improvement in the overall quality, completeness and compliance of the clinical documentation through extensive interaction with physicians, nursing, other patient care givers and coding staff to ensure that documentation supports the DRG assigned to each case to the extent that the physician concurs.
• Ensures that the documentation used in measuring patient outcomes is accurate and complete by conducting initial and concurrent reviews on admissions.
• Monitors assignment of patient status; utilizes designated and approved tools to track progress; serves as resource to physicians and coding regarding issues related to the appropriateness for inpatient DRG assignment.
• Minimum of four years experience in acute care nursing experience, leadership preferred.

Skills

Acute care nursing experience

Coding experience

Utilization review experience

Pediatric care experience

Leadership experience

Education

Associate of Science in Nursing

Doctor of Medicine

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Certified Documentation Improvement Professional (CDIP)

Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS)

Licensed Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner

Licensed Registered Nurse

Licensed Physician Assistant

Job description

Baptist Health is seeking a Full-Time Pediatric Clinical Document Integrity Specialist for the CDI Department at Baptist Metro Square in Jacksonville, FL. This hybrid role focuses on pediatric clinical documentation to support accurate DRG assignment and improve overall documentation quality.

The ideal candidate has 3-5 years in acute care nursing and coding, with preferred experience in utilization review, Coding Clinic guidelines, and pediatric care.