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HealthAlliance Clinical Documentation Specialist in Suffern, New York
Clinical Documentation Specialist
Company: Good Samaritan Hospital
City/State: Suffern, NY
Category: Professional/Non-Clinical
Department: CDMP
Union: YES
Union Name: 1199B
Position: Full Time
Hours: 7-3pm
Shift: Days
Req #: 11571
Posted Date: Mar 20, 2026
Hiring Range: $63.81
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Job Details:
The Clinical Documentation Specialist facilitates improvement in the overall quality, completeness and accuracy of medical record documentation. Obtains appropriate clinical documentation through extensive interaction with physicians, nursing staff, patient care providers, and Health Information Management coding staff to ensure the clinical documentation reflects the level of service rendered to patients is complete and accurate.
RESPONSIBILITES:
Educates all members of the patient care team on documentation guidelines on an ongoing basis.
Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.
QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS:
Experience: Minimum of three years of healthcare experience with strong medical/surgical background required.
Experience with Coding/DRG, billing, auditing and reimbursement is preferred. Clinician preferred with a CDIP/CCDS/CCS credential.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in a healthcare field required.
Licenses / Certifications: At least one of the following active certification/licenses required:
CDIP: Clinical Documentation Improvement Practitioner
CCDS: Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist
CCS: Certified Coding Specialist, or equitable coding credential
RHIT/RHIA: Registered Health Information Technician/Administrator; RN: Current/active license as a registered nurse in the state of residence or current/active RN license with the ability to transfer license to state of residence within three months of start preferred.
Other: N/A
Special Requirements: N/A
About Us:
Good Samaritan Hospital
Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, NY, is a 286-bed hospital providing emergency, medical, surgical, obstetrical/gynecological and acute-care services to residents of Rockland and southern Orange counties in New York; and northern Bergen County, NJ. The hospital is home to a recognized cardiovascular program, comprehensive cancer-treatment services, the area’s leading Wound and Hyperbaric Institute and outstanding maternal/child services that includes a Children’s Diagnostic Center. Good Samaritan Hospital also provides social, psychiatric and substance-abuse services and its certified home-care agency supports residents of the Hudson Valley and beyond.
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