Clinical Documentation Coordinator (Hybrid)
University Medical Center of Southern NevadaAbout the role
Posting number: 26_CDC_Q1
Department: HEALTH INFO MGMT - 8700
Job classification: Clinical Documentation Coordinator - 17165
Posting type: Open
Categories: Nursing, Records Management
Summary
EMPLOYER-PAID PENSION PLAN (NEVADA PERS)
COMPETITIVE SALARY & BENEFITS PACKAGE
**This position may be HYBRID after a 6-month probationary period**
As an academic medical center with a rich history of providing life-saving treatment in Southern Nevada, UMC serves as the anchor hospital of the Las Vegas Medical District, offering Nevada’s highest level of care to promote successful medical outcomes for patients.
UMC is home to Nevada's ONLY Nonprofit Level I Trauma Center, Verified Burn Center, and Multi-Organ Transplant Center. In 2026, we became the FIRST and ONLY Magnet®-Recognized hospital in the state, reflecting UMC's nursing professionalism, teamwork, and superiority in patient care.
Position Summary:
Responsible for improving the overall quality and completeness of clinical documentation. Facilitates modifications to clinical documentation through extensive interactions with physicians, nursing staff, other members of the health care team and Health Information Management (HIM) coding staff to ensure that appropriate reimbursement and clinical severity is captured for the level of service rendered to all patients with a DRG based payer.
Examples of duties
Education/Experience:
Option 1: Graduation from an accredited school of nursing and three (3) years of clinical nursing experience and three (3) years clinical documentation improvement experience.
Option 2: Physician graduate International MD with three (3) years of acute care experience and three (3) years Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) experience.
Option 3: Equivalent to a Bachelor's degree in Healthcare and three (3) years Health Information Management in an acute care hospital inpatient experience and three (3) years Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) experience.
Licensing/Certification Requirements:
Option 1: Valid license by the State of Nevada to practice as a Registered Nurse and one of the following, Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS), Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist-Outpatient (CCDS-O) or Certified Document Improvement Practitioner (CDIP).
Option 2: An international medical graduate degree and one of the following: Certified Document Improvement Practitioner (CDIP), Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS), Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist-Outpatient (CCDS-O).
Option 3: Certification in one of the following: Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), or Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), issued by the American Health Information Management Association, Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Professional Coder-Physician-based (CPC-P), AND one of the following: Certified Document Improvement Practitioner (CDIP), Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS), Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist-Outpatient (CCDS-O).
Supplemental information
Medicare reimbursement system and coding structures; hospital policies and procedures; Joint Commission Accredited Health care Organizations standards, state statutes governing hospital services and health care, Medicare/Medicaid guidelines and other relevant regulations and standards; clinical medical and nursing procedures; disease processes; department and hospital safety practices and principles; patient rights; age specific patient care practices; infection control policies and practices; department and hospital emergency response policies and procedures.
Skill in:
Working effectively under pressure; holding in complete confidence all information acquired from medical records and physicians; interpreting patient charts to determine whether care given was appropriate and properly documented; interpreting regulations and standards for others; writing reports, meeting minutes and other technical documents; analyzing statistical and other quantitative data; critical thinking; conflict management; dealing with departmental issues involving self or other employees in professional, forthright and impartial manner; applying investigative and interviewing techniques; using a computer and a variety of software applications; communicating with a wide variety and establishing inter
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