UNC Health · 5 hours ago
Clinical Quality Assurance Specialist
Triangle Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$35.87/hr - $51.57/hr
3+ years expUNC Health is an inclusive organization dedicated to improving the health and well-being of the communities it serves. The Clinical Quality Assurance Specialist is responsible for ensuring the validity of measurement, accuracy of data, and regulatory compliance while utilizing nursing, quality, and informatics knowledge to enhance clinical care and documentation processes.
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Responsibilities
Must be an active participant in staying current with all pay for performance programs, government regulations, and key health care system initiatives regarding medical record documentation and plan of care
Performs medical record abstraction for the purpose of quality improvement or reporting. Review and analyze healthcare data and records, validating accuracy and quality documentation to ensure compliance with program requirements. Acts as primary resource and consultant for healthcare providers in regards to a complete and accurate medical record. Ensures that medical records meet regulations. Consults with healthcare provider or quality initiative team regarding missing documentation and ensures that the correct data is entered
Presents results from data analysis to healthcare providers, chairs, appropriate boards, and quality initiative teams. Also presents at conferences, meetings, etc. on regulations and standards for documentation in medical records
Promotes the improvement of patient care and clinical excellence in clinical information systems via effective collaboration with healthcare providers, business and quality analysts, and leaders of clinical programs and quality initiatives. Ensures that the health care system as an organization and clinical providers are following best practice care and are documenting in accordance with these clinical and quality initiatives
Provides education to healthcare providers on best practice patient care as well as documentation, interpretation and compliance of the medical record. Collaborates with medical providers on the documentation for the elements of care for certain patient populations
Works with quality initiative teams to improve care delivery and documentation. Provides support to develop and utilize processes that improve clinical documentation to support patient care, efficient clinical processes, and analytics needs
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) from a state-accredited school of professional nursing
Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina
Three (3) years of clinical experience in a healthcare setting
Benefits
UNC Health benefits
Company
UNC Health
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Chris Ellington
President UNC Health Care - Network Hospitals and EVP CFO UNC Hospitals at Chapel Hill
Jeff Lindsay
President and Chief Operating Officer
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