Registered Nurse Advisor -Clinical Documentation Integrity Program

Veterans Health Administration; West Haven (CT); Remote; USD 86,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

Veterans Health Administration in West Haven, CT is seeking a Registered Nurse Advisor for the Clinical Documentation Integrity Program. This full-time RN role supports clinical documentation improvement across the Medical Center and off-site locations, with responsibilities spanning data collection, analysis, and stakeholder engagement.

The position emphasizes collaboration, development of data-driven opportunities, and training staff on software tools.

Qualifications

• ADN/BSN/MSN must be fully accredited by ACEN or CCNE.
• Foreign education may require equivalency documentation.

Responsibilities

• Analyze clinical documentation at local level to support quality improvement.
• Lead data analysis projects using qualitative and quantitative methods.
• Investigate discrepancies and present findings to management.

Skills

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Clinical documentation

Quality improvement

Education

Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)

Job description

Registered Nurse Advisor -Clinical Documentation Integrity Program

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

This Clinical Documentation Integrity Program Registered Nurse (RN) Advisor position is in the Business Office at the West Haven VA Connecticut Healthcare Systems, located in West Haven, CT. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week.

Key Responsibilities

The Clinical Documentation Integrity Program Registered Nurse (RN) Advisor is responsible for providing local level analysis of clinical documentation analysis to support improvement evaluation and quality endeavors. The RN is assigned responsibility for their clinical documentation areas for the Medical Center and all off-site locations.

The RN will demonstrate professionalism by building, supporting, and creating alignments for clinical documentation management for best practices, analytic initiatives, and innovation through collaboration and stakeholder engagement.

The duties include but are not limited to: Collecting data and developing areas of opportunity that enable the service to make data driven decisions Participates in data analysis projects using qualitative and quantitative research methods Investigates discrepancies in a timely manner, and presents findings to management Follows established performance metrics and works with staff members to identify problem areas and potential solutions Participates in the development of logical business models and relational databases to programmatically prepare for data analysis Participates in the design of clinical documentation improvement areas, workflow processes, and layouts for data sets used for modeling, data mining, and research purposes Develops databases and/or data management systems that allow for the storage, query, protection, and utilization of data.

Trains staff on the use of software programs Demonstrates integration of biopsychosocial concepts, cognitive skills and technical competent practice in providing care to clients.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory Work Schedule: Full-Time, Monday-Friday, 08:00am - 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Not eligible Telework: Ad-hoc, as determined by the agency policy Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Notifications: This position is a 1272 AFGE Bargaining Unit position. Selectee may be required to work at any VA Connecticut Healthcare System campus, as needed. Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50 (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted).

In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held. This position is in the Excepted Service. The salary is based on the grade and step approved for the selected candidate.

Requirements & Education

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN), Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN), or Master of Science degree in Nursing (MSN) must be fully accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission On Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). Verification of accreditation may be obtained from http://www.acenursing.us/accreditedprograms/programsearch.htm or https://directory.ccnecommunity.org/reports/accprog.asp.

If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this information in your application. If your school was accredited by ACEN or CCNE at the time of graduation, but is no longer listed on the websites, you must provide documentation of accreditation with your application packet.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $85600 – $146420/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-06.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.