Director Inpatient Clinical Documentation Integrity | CentraCare

CentraCare • Saint Cloud, MN

10d • $117,104 - $175,677 • Hybrid

About The Position

CentraCare is seeking a passionate leader for the role of Director of Inpatient Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI). This leadership position, reporting within the Population Health Division, will provide strategic and operational oversight of CentraCare's inpatient CDI program. The Director will collaborate with clinical and operational leaders across the organization to enhance documentation excellence, improve quality outcomes, support value-based care initiatives, and strengthen organizational performance. This role offers the opportunity to shape documentation strategy within a growing health system and work with physician leaders and interdisciplinary teams to improve patient care, organizational quality, and financial sustainability.

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelors degree in Nursing is required
• Current Registered Nurse license with the State of Minnesota is required
• CCDS – Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist through the Associate of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists (ACDIS) is required
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in acute care setting, at least 3 years in clinical documentation integrity is required
• Minimum of 2+ years of management experience (at a manager or director level) is required
• The ability for investigation, find the financial story, and focus on quality are essential
• Using critical thinking skills and understanding story telling is vital

Nice To Haves

• Masters in healthcare, nursing leadership, or health administration is preferred

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with physician leaders, quality, coding, finance, revenue cycle, case management, and operational leaders to ensure accurate, complete, and clinically supported documentation that reflects the severity of illness, risk of mortality, resource utilization, and quality of care delivered across the system.
• Accountable for advancing documentation strategies that positively influence publicly reported quality metrics, CMS, and payer reimbursement methodologies, risk-adjusted outcomes, performance rankings, denials management, and organizational financial targets.
• Leverages analytics, clinical expertise, and industry best practices to drive strategic initiatives, monitor program performance, identify opportunities for improvement, and align CDI efforts with CentraCare’s strategic and operational priorities.
• Partners with the CDI Physician Champions to foster a culture of documentation excellence, clinical validity, continuous learning, and performance improvement while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards.
• Directs daily operations of the CDI program, including staffing, productivity, workflow optimization, technology utilization, compliance, and program performance.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• PTO
• retirement
• employee discounts

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director