Total 13 clinical researcher job vacancies in Anywhere in the U.S. (remote job), United States

You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Clinical:

• Develops referral systems for efficient community support.
• Provides leadership in the assessment, planning, intervention and revision of care plans including desired outcomes for discharge, post hospital recovery and health maintenance/improvement.
• Accepts accountability for decisions related to program management and initiates strategies for policy development.
• Collaborates with patient and care providers in all settings where care is being provided to evaluate and update the therapeutic plan of care.
• Actively problem-solves with professional staff to improve outcomes of care or telehealth program.
• Analyzes data such as patient outcomes, customer satisfaction to improve provision of care.
• Recognizes impediments to health care delivery and uses problem solving performance improvement approaches to improve outcomes.
• Evaluates need and initiates interdisciplinary ad hoc committees/teams for constructive problem solving.
• Identifies changing concepts of patient care and technological advances and/or plans, participates and evaluate in service-wide educational programs, for staff (including Mandatory Review and CPR).
• Functions as a consultant for telehealth issues.
• Serves as a preceptor for students seeking learning experiences on both the undergraduate and graduate level and evaluates outcomes.
• Develops, coordinates and presents educational programs toward improving productivity, patient outcomes and treatment modalities.
• Assists with patient education on rheumatic diseases and their medications.
• Assists with monitoring laboratory tests and informing patient of results.
• Assists patients with completion and recording of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROM) forms prior to visits.
• Initial triage of patient calls/secure messaging from patients. E.g. does flare assessment questionnaire; gathering initial information from patient then alerts provider.
• If refills requested RN can make sure patient gets prerequisite DMARD monitoring labs completed if due. When labs completed then refill request sent to provider.

Administrative:

• Assists patients with completion and recording of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROM) forms prior to visits. Collaborates in the development and maintenance of policies and procedures defining operational requirements for the NTRP.
• Participates in performance improvement, peer review and quality improvement initiatives as necessary.
• Completes all mandatory TMS training.
• Follows the Office of Telehealth guidance outlined in Emergency Plan Memorandum and Attachments.
• Maintains accurate and timely patient medical record entries in the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) across multiple VAMCs (when applicable) using WebVRAM.
• Complies with all VHA Privacy Policy (HIPPA) requirements.
• Participates in provider satisfaction surveys as needed.
• Provides leadership, consulting expertise and guidance to regional staff, committees, and other stakeholders regarding regional telerheumatology center and spokes telehealth program clinical, business and technology issues. Promotes best practices and has direct and substantial impact on regional telerheumatology Center and spokes telehealth program development and operations.
• Initiates and participates in ethic consultations when appropriate and uses clinical judgment to identify and address ethical issues.
• Ensures that telerheumatology programs are operated safely, and ensure Veteran dignity, confidentiality, and satisfaction.
• Attends and actively participates in NTRP, in-services, staff development, and relevant conferences.
• Assists in the training for new NTRP staff, competency assessments, and mentoring as requested.
• Responsible for keeping abreast of changes in nursing standards and requirements both within rheumatology but also in general within nursing service.
• Prepares and presents educational lectures to a variety of disciplines as required both formal and informal.
• Participates and contributes to team conferences, and actively collaborates in all phases of patient care planning.

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

Pay Scale: NF23
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 9:00am-5:30pm or 10:00am-6:30pm
Telework: 100% Remote
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized

Starting at $61,869 Per Year (VN 00)

Please see the the job description and person specification where a detailed description of main responsibilities of the role are specified.

We are seeking a credible Senior Clinical Manager with experience of delivering strategic objectives through diverse nursing workforce improvement projects.

Working as part of the Clinical Practice Team the postholder will provide subject matter expertise to support delivery of NHS wide nursing workforce improvement programmes with a particular focus on community nursing programmes.

The successful candidate will ensure that best practice is developed and delivered at organisational and departmental levels through challenging ways of working and persuade, motivate and influence other senior leaders to realign their practice where necessary.

Further, the post holder will oversee the tracking of progress against plans and transition milestones, ensuring appropriate processes are in place to flag issues, risks and concerns.

As Senior Clinical Manager, the post holder will:
• Facilitate local solutions with NHS providers to support the drive to improve clinical practice to ensure this is allocated to those that need it most.
• Identify key local priorities for NHS England in relation to the nursing practice
• Support the Assistant Director of Clinical Practice to manage and deliver workforce transformation programmes including reporting on progress and identifying trusts in need of further support within the region.
• Work closely with key stakeholders to obtain best practice approaches that can be shared and adopted across the country in relation to workforce transformation
• Possess a track record of managing and resolving complex clinical practice issues in large organisations and work with
• senior trust leads to deliver workforce transformation programmes.
• Possess experience of working with senior officials in a number of government/civil service organisations to coordinate delivery of policy and/or regulatory programmes.
• Report on improvement initiatives across NHS England on occasion to Director level
• To support the Director of Nursing for System & Professional Development to successfully achieve delivery of the CNO National Nurse Manifesto.

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on theGovernment website.

You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.


This advert closes on Sunday 24 Nov 2024

As the VISN 22 VA Health Connect Clinical Contact Center (CCC) Chief Nurse you will report directly to the VA Health Connect CCC Director. The Clinical Contact Center Chief Nurse will provide executive leadership and direct supervision to the Nurse Managers over the Clinical Contact Center nursing staff and other employees as assigned. Assesses, plans, and evaluates the processes and daily operations of the Clinical Contact Center, collaborating with the Nurse Managers and administrative and clinical leaders within the VISN (e.g. from Clinical Contact Centers and Tele Emergency Care), at the medical centers where patients are assigned (e.g. from Primary Care, Emergency Medicine, and Specialty Care), and with Program Offices (e.g. Homeless Program, Veterans Crisis Line) to design and implement interdisciplinary programs and processes within the service.

Chief, Clinical Contact Center is responsible for:

• Assessing and recommending the allocation of human and material resources, in determining staffing levels, managing overtime, and plays a significant role in the recruitment and retention of staff.
• Ensure competency assessment meets the learning needs of nursing staff and are completed on each employee annually.
• Reviews Clinical Contact Center Data, quality assurance findings, and business operations data related to nursing and clinical operations for trends and early intervention; formulates follow-up plans with stakeholders within and outside of the VISN.
• Evaluates findings from VISN Clinical Contact Center Quality Assurance Program and collaborates with both administrative and clinical services to monitor quality and safety within the service and during transitions in care to the medical centers.
• Functions as facilitator in implementing action plans and performance and process improvement strategies at services for follow up to include regular progress reports.
• Performance improvement projects may be co-led with leaders from medical centers.
• Promotes evidence-based practice designed to validate and/or improve patient care and health care delivery.
• Acts as a liaison with the nursing leaders in Offices of Nursing Services, Office of Integrated Veterans Care (IVC) and the Office of Nursing Services to address issues related to nursing as needed.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Chief Nurse experience preferred
• Three plus years of experience in Emergency, Critical Care or Call Center leadership preferred
• Doctorate degree with Evidence Based Practice experience is a plus

Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
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: Monday-Friday, The VISN 22 VA Health Connect/Clinical Contact Center operates 24/7 PST. Shift preference will be discussed during the interview process.
Telework: Not Authorized
Remote: Authorized. Employee may work from their residence. Options will be discussed during the interview process.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Starting at $148,084 Per Year (VN 4)

Duties include but are not limited to:

1.Receives patient/family calls concerning clinical aspects of patient care from all facilities located within VISN 4.
2. Evaluates the degree of urgency for each call based on established clinical protocols.
3. Determines the appropriate area for care and refers/schedules the patient (i.e. local Emergency Room or local VA Healthcare Center for deferred care and/or scheduling into a Tele- Urgent Care appt, and or Same Day/Next Day appointment.
4. Documents each call into the computer TEDP/CRPS system, including the results of each contact.
5. Electronically transmits the documentation of each telephone contact to the area of planned clinical care.
6. Provides health education to all callers as appropriate.
7. Refers appropriate patients to Pittsburgh Tele Urgent Care program (TUC), for a Video Connect appointment.
8. Assists the health care team with telephone triage protocol revision as needed.
9. Assumes a leadership role within the interdisciplinary team.
10. Collaborates with interdisciplinary team to assure positive patient outcomes.
11. Communicates care for high-risk, complex patients.
12. Coordinates patient care with other services and programs in the healthcare center, network facilities and/or the community.
13. Acts as a patient advocate.
14. Participates in organizational committee's and initiatives to improve patient care.
15. Contributes to mechanisms to track patient utilization and patterns such as call volume and disposition.
16. Supports research and quality improvement activities.
17. Demonstrates proficiency in practice based on conscious and deliberate planning. Self directed in goal setting for managing complex client situations.
18.Provides care through an interactive process between nurse and patient that occurs over the phone an online chat technologies
19. provides timely, appropriate advise and guidance to patients and/ or their representative
communicates through a structured process in which information is exchanged clearly and accurately among team members

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: This position is for WHEN (Weekends, Holiday, Evening and Nights) hours and swing shifts. This department is operational 24/7/365. Coverage is any shift within a 24 hour period. The tour of duty is for 8 hours shifts only. Note: There may be instances when your tour of duty, work location and unit responsibilities may change to meet the needs of the Clinical Contact Center.
Compressed/Flexible: Not Available
Telework: This is a remote position
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Starting at $69,899 Per Year (VN 00)

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our websitehttps://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

A Clinical Pharmacy Specialist is responsible for planning, implementing and operating the medicine drug monitoring and utilization programs. He/she is the internal medicine expert in all areas related to medications utilized in general medicine patient care areas and functions as a consultant to other health care professionals. The incumbent functions at the highest level of clinical practice, works independently under their scope of practice as defined by the individual medical center to directly care for patients.

Duties include, but not limited to:

Clinical Functions

• Maintains clinical practice through provision of direct patient care during new patient and/or follow-up visits. Coordinates care for patients with other healthcare providers.
• Provides and coordinates comprehensive medication management services for patients in designated clinic(s) according to broad scope of practice focused on chronic disease state management.
• Performs prospective panel reviews and actively participates in population management.
• Maintains an in-depth clinical knowledge of chronic disease state management.

Educational Functions

• Serves as a preceptor and shares responsibility for training, guidance and evaluation of Ambulatory Care Students and Residents.
• Assumes an active role in staff development of peers and provides educational opportunities to nursing, medical staff and to other ancillary services.
• Collaborates with residents or other medical staff in process improvement or research, when appropriate.
• Assists in training new employees.
• Maintains knowledge and completes continuing education in therapeutic areas of expertise.

Administrative Functions

• Independently manages medication management services for patients referred to the Cardiology Clinic.
• Manages quality improvement programs for medication management services in cardiology clinic(s) and coordinates activities with the other Tomah medication management services. This may include participation in Medical Use Evaluations (MUE).
• Evaluates pharmacy related performance measures for a designated group of patients and initiates program changes to achieve measures.

Interpersonal Relations Functions

• Maintains excellent working relationship with department and organization staff.
• Courteous and professional at all times.
• Effectively promotes teamwork among staff, residents and students.
• Provides prompt and personal attention to each patient.
• Demonstrates responsiveness to customer needs and is empathetic to their problems.

Performs other duties as assigned by management.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM Central Standard Time
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #:PD000000
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Starting at $144,686 Per Year (GS 13)

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The Lead Medical Support Assistant (LMSA) in V16 Clinical Resource Hub is assigned to the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas. The LMSA will normally work at the HUB located on 900 South Shackelford Road, Little Rock, AR or remotely. The LMSA Performs duties related to the receipt, intake and indexing of health and administrative information and will interface with personal computer (PC) applications as well as numerous Vista applications. The LMSA monitors and makes work assignments, provides input on performance, resolves daily workplace issues and maintains efficient workflow.

The primary duties of the Lead Medical Support Assistant (LMSA) may include but are not limited to:

• Assuring coverage of all areas of responsibility.
• Conducting ongoing reviews to ensure quality of work.
• Ensuring accurate and timely scheduling of appointments.
• Providing guidance to staff members to include changes in policies and procedures.
• Distributing and balancing workload.
• Creating and maintaining employee work schedules.
• Orienting and providing on-the-job training for new and current employees.
• Ensuring all training requirements are met.
• Organizing the work structure of the assigned areas.
• Acting as a liaison between MSA and staff in order to resolve day to day conflicts.
• Planning and organizing work with general assistance from the supervisor.
• Reporting special assignments and only referring the non-routine and high technical problems to the supervisor.
• Reporting backlogs, difficulties in meeting deadlines, uncooperative physicians, and difficulty in securing information from clinicians or the record.
• Maintaining confidentiality of the information obtained to carry out required duties.
• Communicating with physicians, case managers, and other allied health professional staff regularly while using sound interpersonal skills.
• Working independently to make decisions based on guidelines, precedents and regulations and performs duties in such a manner that minimal supervision is required.

Work Schedule: Typically, Monday - Friday from 7:30am-4:00pm CST or Monday - Friday from 8:00am-4:30pm CST; May vary based on needs of the service. To be discussed upon call to interview.
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized.
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized.
Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
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)
Telework: Not available. This is a remote position. May have to travel to the nearest VA facility for the following: VA-issued Equipment/repairs/updates, internet outages, trainings that are required in-person and not offered virtually, or other circumstances that may occur.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 598-00742-F
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required.

Starting at $49,025 Per Year (GS 7)

CDISs must be able to perform all duties of an MRT (Coder-Inpatient). The CDI Specialist serves as a consultant to various medical staff and ad hoc committees related to medical documentation activities, including compliance. They serve on various workgroups and teams as assigned. They are also responsible for reports preparation and presentation of data to the committee(s). Serves as a consultant in the development and updating of Medical Center policy memoranda pertaining to document function and medical record activities. Ensures that medical record documentation activities are consistent with the requirements established by VA manuals and directives and the Joint Commission standards and Scoring Guidelines.

They are responsible for facilitating improved overall quality, education, completeness, and accuracy of health record documentation through extensive interaction with clinical, coding, and other associated staff to ensure clinical documentation supports services rendered to patients, appropriate workload is captured, and resources are properly allocated. The CDI Specialist analyzes, interprets, and trends findings of quality improvement monitors and prepares monthly/quarterly reports for presentation to the medical staff and/or management. Based on these findings, makes recommendations, and persuades physicians/service chiefs to adopt proposals that result in necessary policy or procedural changes. The CDI Specialist must possess thorough knowledge of medical, terminology, anatomy and physiology and practical knowledge of medical treatment modalities, procedures, surgeries, and disease processes. They review documentation and facilitate modifications to the health record to ensure accurate severity of illness, risk of mortality, complexity of care, and utilization of resources. They identify opportunities for documentation improvement by ensuring that diagnoses and procedures are documented to the highest level of specificity, accurately address all acute and chronic conditions, and reflect the true health status of patients. Serves as Subject Matter Expert for HIMS regarding medical record documentation. Develops and maintains collaborative relationships with physicians, service chiefs, and other medical center staff at all organizational levels. Must possess effective interpersonal skills.

Responsible for determining the need for and extent of training medical staff personnel regarding medical record document and requirements. May be required to develop training materials and continuing education programs. Training programs may include legal and ethical documentation practices, Evaluation and Management Code assignment, medical record documentation requirements, etc. In cases where additional medical record documentation is necessary, incumbent advises and/or discusses the issue with the responsible physician(s) via query. Queries sent to clinical staff to clarify ambiguous, conflicting, or incomplete documentation. They review appropriateness of and responses to queries through review of query reports. Evaluates, monitors, and reports on data from a variety of sources in relation to inpatient and outpatient reimbursement. These sources include Data Validation outputs and data provided from the local VISTA and VA Central Office. Incumbent will conduct monitors, summarize data, and prepare reports in a variety of areas, including a variety of special projects for the HIMS section.

Performs other related duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Chief, HIMS or designee.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00AM-4:30PM
Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized
Virtual: This is a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 554-60217-0 Medical Records Technician Clinical Document Improvement Specialist (Inpatient) GS-0675-09
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Starting at $59,966 Per Year (GS 9)

Join Our Team at Sherwood Hospital Trust as a clinical specialist within the Hand Therapy team.

Do you have advanced clinical skills within hand therapy? If so - we have the perfect opportunity for you! Join our dedicated team where you'll continue to gain invaluable experience and knowledge whilst working within the hand therapy team at Kings Mill Hospital and Newark hospital.

What We Offer:
- Diverse Caseload: Work with referrals from fracture clinic, A&E, post-elective surgery, and primary care, treating a variety of acute and chronic conditions.

- Supportive Environment: Benefit from clinical guidance with a team leader and an 8a clinical lead.

- Working closely alongside orthopaedic and hand specialist consultants.

Apply now to become an essential part of our passionate team!

To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification document.

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.

Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.

To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification document.


This advert closes on Friday 6 Dec 2024

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

*Note-This position will be filled as Temporary Not to Exceed (NTE) 1 year, and may be extended.
Can be filled as either Temporary Detail NTE or Temporary Promotion NTE, depending on selectee's current grade level.

The ICC Health System Specialist for Diagnostics is responsible for supporting VISN 19 clinical leadership in coordinating, planning, implementing, and monitoring activities to ensure the rapid information exchange and performance improvement which enables the attainment of data-driven clinical goals and improved access to high quality care in VISN 19 Diagnostic Programs.

Major duties of the Health Systems Specialist for the Diagnostics ICC position include, but are not limited to:

• Develops and manages programs and projects for the VISN 19 Diagnostics Integrated Clinical Community (ICC) that will strengthen vertical and horizontal linkages to improve the quality and consistency of leadership, communication, and data essential for transformation to a High Reliability Organization and to support vital systems improvements.
• Responsible for working collaboratively with local and national clinical and non-clinical Diagnostic ICC leaders to develop and implement strategies for standardizing and improving patient care across the VISN and VHA including, but not limited to: monitoring progress, success, barriers and needs for improvement; identifying focused improvement efforts across the VISN and VHA; supporting the development of a robust learning organization through sharing and spreading strong practices; ensuring regular meetings of the VHA, VISN, and facility workgroups; implementing key elements of ICC guidance and policy; and providing regular guidance and oversight to facility-based ICC teams and workgroups.
• ICC-related program planning, organizing, evaluating, coordinating, and implementation.
• Recognized by the medical staff and senior leadership as a specialist in Diagnostics health care administration and policy/procedure formation.
• Functions as a valuable resource in areas of data analysis, quality assessment, performance improvement, interdisciplinary issues, utilization management, risk management, and health care system investigations.
• Belongs to a national community of practice focused on implementing VHA Modernization's Reduce Unwarranted Variation Across Integrated Clinical & Operational Service Lines Lane of Effort and improving the quality care throughout VHA.
• Develops and/or maintains proficiency and supports administrative activities with various computer applications including spreadsheets, databases, word processing, graphic generation and desktop publishing programs.
• Responsible for and oversees resource allocation and management to include funds, equipment, space, staffing, and contracts.
• May be tasked with managing VISN-wide equipment purchases and large-scale contracts.

Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Virtual: This is a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist-Integrated Clinical Community (ICC)-(Temporary NTE)/PD12349-A/12350-A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Starting at $86,962 Per Year (GS 12-13)

CDISs must be able to perform all duties of an MRT (Coder-outpatient). The CDI Specialist serves as a consultant to various medical staff and ad hoc committees related to medical documentation activities, including compliance. They serve on various workgroups and teams as assigned. They are also responsible for reports preparation and presentation of data to the committee(s). Serves as a consultant in the development and updating of Medical Center policy memoranda pertaining to document function and medical record activities. Ensures that medical record documentation activities are consistent with the requirements established by VA manuals and directives and the Joint Commission standards and Scoring Guidelines.

They are responsible for facilitating improved overall quality, education, completeness, and accuracy of health record documentation through extensive interaction with clinical, coding, and other associated staff to ensure clinical documentation supports services rendered to patients, appropriate workload is captured, and resources are properly allocated. The CDI Specialist analyzes, interprets, and trends findings of quality improvement monitors and prepares monthly/quarterly reports for presentation to the medical staff and/or management. Based on these findings, makes recommendations, and persuades physicians/service chiefs to adopt proposals that result in necessary policy or procedural changes. The CDI Specialist must possess thorough knowledge of medical, terminology, anatomy and physiology and practical knowledge of medical treatment modalities, procedures, surgeries, and disease processes. They review documentation and facilitate modifications to the health record to ensure accurate severity of illness, risk of mortality, complexity of care, and utilization of resources. They identify opportunities for documentation improvement by ensuring that diagnoses and procedures are documented to the highest level of specificity, accurately address all acute and chronic conditions, and reflect the true health status of patients. Serves as Subject Matter Expert for HIMS regarding medical record documentation. Develops and maintains collaborative relationships with physicians, service chiefs, and other medical center staff at all organizational levels. Must possess effective interpersonal skills.

Responsible for determining the need for and extent of training medical staff personnel regarding medical record document and requirements. May be required to develop training materials and continuing education programs. Training programs may include legal and ethical documentation practices, Evaluation and Management Code assignment, medical record documentation requirements, etc. In cases where additional medical record documentation is necessary, incumbent advises and/or discusses the issue with the responsible physician(s) via query. Queries sent to clinical staff to clarify ambiguous, conflicting, or incomplete documentation. They review appropriateness of and responses to queries through review of query reports. Evaluates, monitors, and reports on data from a variety of sources in relation to inpatient and outpatient reimbursement. These sources include Data Validation outputs and data provided from the local VISTA and VA Central Office. Incumbent will conduct monitors, summarize data, and prepare reports in a variety of areas, including a variety of special projects for the HIMS section.

Performs other related duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Chief, HIMS or designee.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00AM-4:30PM
Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized
Virtual: This is a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 554-60096-A Medical Records Technician Clinical Document Improvement Specialist (outpatient) GS-0675-09
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Starting at $59,966 Per Year (GS 9)