Remote Clinical Documentation Nurse — Quality & Improvement

University of Chicago Medicine; Illinois; Remote; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

UChicago Medicine in Chicago, IL is seeking a Clinical Documentation Nurse - Quality to join the Office of External Assessments. This role primarily offers remote work from home, with residency in Chicagoland required, and focuses on accurate abstraction, review, and reporting of clinical documentation to support quality improvement, accreditation, and patient safety.

The nurse will use measure specifications and data definitions to review data, engage with clinicians to clarify documentation,

Qualifications

• Current IL Nursing License (RN).
• Minimum of two years direct clinical experience.
• Quality Improvement experience.
• Two years’ experience with TJC/CMS core measures/NSQIP abstraction (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Provide abstraction and analysis of clinical medical record documentation to support clinical measures of care.
• Educate clinical teams and leaders of documentation needs related to clinical measures to guide improvement efforts.
• Engage clinical teams in improvement initiatives through ongoing monitoring and feedback of performance.
• Continual education pertaining to abstraction specifications and inter-rater reliability testing among colleagues.
• Other duties as assigned by manager.

Skills

RN license

Clinical experience

Quality improvement

Education

IL Nursing License (RN)

Job description

UChicago Medicine in Chicago, IL is seeking a Clinical Documentation Nurse - Quality to join the Office of External Assessments. This role primarily offers remote work from home, with residency in Chicagoland required, and focuses on accurate abstraction, review, and reporting of clinical documentation to support quality improvement, accreditation, and patient safety.

The nurse will use measure specifications and data definitions to review data, engage with clinicians to clarify documentation,