Job Descriptions

Thanks to Valerie Parent, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCRN-K, for donating the attached outpatient CDI staff evaluation form. Parent is the clinical documentation improvement manager at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine. She can be reached at vparent@emhs.org...

Thanks to Melissa Maguire, BSN, RN-BC, for donating the attached job description. She is an Educator in Clinical Documentation Improvement at Penn State Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA. She can be reached at mmaguire@hmc.psu....

Linda Rhodes, RN, BSN, CCDS, offers this sample job description for a second level reviewer.

Cindi Stefl, RN, BSN, CCDS, donated these six sample questions that CDI managers may wish to ask potential new hires during the interview procss. The questions are intended to prompt dialogue about an individual candidate's clinical acumen and the role of the CDI specialist. Note, however, that...

Denise Tinkel, RRT, MHA, CCDS, manager and Angelisa “Lisa” Romanello, RN, CCDS, senior consultant with Prism Healthcare Partners, in Chicago, created this sample career advancement policy offering "step" increases for proficiency, education, and certification.