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**Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center** : Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

Organization:

VIS Coding

Job Summary:

Supervises and manages a team of coding specialists. Provides leadership in reviewing, accurately assigning, and abstracting diagnostic and procedural codes to outpatient radiology encounters using designated coding classification.

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Key Responsibilities:

+ Conducts quality analysis to ensure quality standards are met for professional and outpatient facility coding and abstracting to include reviews for accuracy, completion, and compliance with regulations; develops and supervises general standards and maintenance of quality performance through monitoring and feedback to staff.

+ Serves as a resource to staff, providers, and other departments for professional and outpatient facility coding-related issues; supervises a section with responsibility for planning, coordinating, and controlling the work and procedures.

+ Conduct selection interviews to evaluate qualifications of applicants/potential employees; counsel employees concerning disciplinary actions taken in response to violations of institutional policies or contractual provisions; conduct routine staff meetings to share essential information with staff and discuss current problems and future plans.

+ Evaluate workloads, priorities, and activity schedules to determine staffing requirements; investigate procedural problems and develop alternative methods to solve those problems.

+ Adjust work schedules or project priorities to meet emergencies or changing conditions.

+ Analyzes data to determine patterns of denials/errors and provides analysis; recommends changes in departmental policies, procedures, and/or methods and workflows.

+ Provide information to others (oral or written) to explain/clarify problems, issues, or requests.

+ The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

Technical Capabilities:

+ **Compliance (Advanced):** Understanding the rules, regulations, sanctions and other statutory requirements, guidelines and instructions relating to governing bodies and organizations, both internally and externally.

+ **Medical Terminology & Documentation (Expert):** The ability to comprehend medical terminology and documentation in an office, or surgical setting.

+ **Critical Thinking (Advanced):** The objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgment.

+ **Medical Coding (Expert)** : The transformation of healthcare diagnosis, procedures, medical services, and equipment into universal medical alphanumeric codes.

+ **Peer Leadership (Intermediate):** The ability to show leadership and influence people of equal rank in an effort to accomplish team goals.

+ **Medical Professional and Outpatient Facility Coding (expert):** The transformation of healthcare diagnosis, procedures, medical services, and equipment into universal medical alphanumeric codes

Our professional administrative functions include critical supporting roles in information technology and informatics, finance, administration, legal and community affairs, human resources, communications and marketing, development, facilities, and many more.

At our growing health system, we support each other and encourage excellence among all who are part of our workforce. High-achieving employees stay at Vanderbilt Health for professional growth, appreciation of benefits, and a sense of community and purpose.

Core Accountabilities:

* Organizational Impact: Plans and sets day-to-day objectives for the team that have a direct effect on the results of the department or area that the job is in. * Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Resolves technical and operational problems within provided guideline. * Breadth of Knowledge: Applies advanced subject matter knowledge within a specific technical area and basic management knowledge to support the team. * Team Interaction: Leads/supervises a unit within a department or a small department. Typically without budget or hire/fire authority. Role is typically a 'working' supervisor.

Core Capabilities** **:

Supporting Colleagues: - Develops Self and Others: Invests time, energy, and enthusiasm in developing self/others to help improve performance e and gain knowledge in new areas. - Builds and Maintains Relationships: Maintains regular contact with key colleagues and stakeholders using formal and informal opportunities to expand and strengthen relationships. - Communicates Effectively: Recognizes group interactions and modifies one's own communication style to suit different situations and audiences.Delivering Excellent Services: - Serves Others with Compassion: Seeks to understand current and future needs of relevant stakeholders and customizes services to better address them. - Solves Complex Problems: Approaches problems from different angles; Identifies new possibilities to interpret opportunities and develop concrete solutions. - Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Provides ongoing support and coaching in a constructive manner to increase employees' effectiveness.Ensuring High Quality: - Performs Excellent Work: Engages regularly in formal and informal dialogue about quality; directly addresses quality issues promptly. - Ensures Continuous Improvement: Applies various learning experiences by looking beyond symptoms to uncover underlying causes of problems and identifies ways to resolve them. - Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Understands all aspects of providing a safe environment and performs routine safety checks to prevent safety hazards from occurring. Managing Resources Effectively: - Demonstrates Accountability: Demonstrates a sense of ownership, focusing on and driving critical issues to closure. - Stewards Organizational Resources: Applies understanding of the departmental work to effectively manage resources for a department/area. - Makes Data Driven Decisions: Demonstrates strong understanding of the information or data to identify and elevate opportunities. Fostering Innovation: - Generates New Ideas: Proactively identifies new ideas/opportunities from multiple sources or methods to improve processes beyond conventional approaches. - Applies Technology: Demonstrates an enthusiasm for learning new technologies, tools, and procedures to address short-term challenges. - Adapts to Change: Views difficult situations and/or problems as opportunities for improvement; actively embraces change instead of emphasizing negative elements.

Position Qualifications:

Responsibilities:

Certifications:

Work Experience:

Relevant Work Experience

Experience Level:

5 years

Education:

Associate's

_Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. EOE/Vets/Disabled._