RN Clinical Documentation Specialist — Elevate Care Quality

Lifepoint Health, Inc.; Lake Havasu City (AZ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

PTO / Extended Illness Bank

Employee Assistance Program

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Job summary

Havasu Regional Medical Center, part of Lifepoint Health, is seeking a Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist (RN) to enhance the quality, completeness, and accuracy of medical records. You will drive documentation improvements to support coding integrity and patient care transparency.

Collaborate with care teams, review records, and query providers as needed. RN with AZ license and RHIT/RHIA/CCS credentials preferred; BCLS required.

Qualifications

• RN with current license to practice in AZ.
• Associate's Degree in Nursing required; Bachelor's preferred.
• RHIT/RHIA/CCS-P/CCS certifications preferred.
• BCLS certification.
• Minimum of three years of clinical work experience.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates improvement in overall quality, completeness, and accuracy of clinical documentation.
• Conducts daily concurrent reviews of medical records to identify missing or vague diagnoses and procedures.
• Performs timely follow-up reviews to ensure provider responses to queries.
• Queries physicians on specificity of procedures and diagnoses per coding guidelines.
• Participates in Quality and Performance initiatives and maintains education records.

Skills

Clinical experience

Attention to detail

Education

Associate's Degree in Nursing

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing Preferred

Tools

RHIT

RHIA

CCS-P

CCS

Job description

Havasu Regional Medical Center, part of Lifepoint Health, is seeking a Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist (RN) to enhance the quality, completeness, and accuracy of medical records. You will drive documentation improvements to support coding integrity and patient care transparency.

Collaborate with care teams, review records, and query providers as needed. RN with AZ license and RHIT/RHIA/CCS credentials preferred; BCLS required.