If you know CDI inside and out and you’re the person people come to when the documentation, queries, and DRG accuracy need to tighten up, this is a true “teach the teachers” kind of role. You’ll own onboarding, education, and quality lift across the CDI team and partner groups.
About Ensemble Health Partners
Ensemble Health Partners provides technology-enabled revenue cycle management solutions for health systems, including hospitals and affiliated physician groups. They deliver end-to-end revenue cycle services and point solutions that help keep hospitals healthy.
Schedule
Full-time, remote (nationwide)
May require periodic onsite coverage
What You’ll Do
- Build and continuously improve onboarding and training for new Clinical Documentation Specialists (CDSs)
- Lead and coordinate CDI staff education, mentoring, and orientation materials with CDI leadership
- Deliver customized education to clinical and operational audiences (CDS/coders, providers, APPs, nursing, dietary, quality, leadership, etc.) via 1:1 and group sessions
- Recommend documentation improvements and compliant queries to accurately capture severity, acuity, risk of mortality, and correct DRG assignment
- Educate CDI team members on CDI review functions, enterprise goals, SOPs, compliance, and regulatory requirements
- Maintain and help develop CDI policies and procedures; stay current on CDI guidelines and coding clinic guidance
- Serve as a resource for accurate and ethical documentation standards and regulatory requirements
- Draft compliant queries aligned with AHIMA/ACDIS guidance
- Perform medical record reviews for documentation completeness, severity/risk capture, and clinical validation
- Determine whether professionally recognized quality-of-care standards are met
- Audit CDS work as needed; create individualized education plans based on QA outcomes and provide targeted mentoring
- Coordinate SMART-related education, meetings, and department requirements as directed
What You Need
- Active Registered Nurse (RN) license (required)
- 3+ years of CDI experience
- Strong organization, attention to detail, and self-motivation
- Excellent speaking and presentation skills
- Working knowledge of Microsoft tools, including building PowerPoint presentations
- One or more relevant certifications (required), such as:
- CCDS and/or CDIP and/or CRCR
- Coding-related certification(s)
- Other approved job-relevant certification
Benefits
- Starting salary: $69,400 (final compensation based on experience)
- Bonus incentives
- Paid certifications
- Tuition reimbursement
- Comprehensive benefits
- Career advancement
If you’re built for training, auditing, and elevating CDI practice across teams while keeping everything compliant, this is a strong lane.
Happy Hunting,
~Two Chicks…