Clinical Documentation Specialist
Remote · USFull-time$35–45/hrPosted todayStill listed today
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Job overview
Thompson Health is seeking a Clinical Documentation Specialist Nurse to improve clinical documentation through medical record review, provider education, and collaboration with interdisciplinary teams. The position is remote, with occasional onsite meetings and in-person hospital orientation. Candidates must be New York State residents and have at least five years of recent inpatient clinical experience. Critical care experience, clinical documentation improvement experience, Epic experience, and a BS in Nursing are preferred.
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Full job description
Clinical Documentation Specialist (CDS Nurse) Are you an RN with at least 5 years of recent inpatient clinical experience? Are you looking to take your career in a new direction? The Clinical Documentation Specialist Nurse position may be just what you are looking for! Join the Thompson Team!
Schedule: Monday through Friday
This position is remote with potential for occasional onsite meeting requirements. Hospital orientation is required in person.
Must be a NY state resident.
Benefits
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Health, dental, vision insurance
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Tuition reimbursement up to $6000/year
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Contribution and match on Retirement Plan
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Five weeks paid time off
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Access to Success coaches
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Free parking
Job Responsibilities
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Performs extensive medical record review through the use of CDI software integrated with EMR
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Facilitates documentation improvement by participating in committee meetings
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Assist in coordination of clinical documentation improvement consistent with corporate compliance guidelines and appropriate financial reimbursement
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Provide education to providers, nurses and other CDI staff
Required Job Specific Competencies
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Working knowledge of federal and state regulations
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Ensures the integrity of the clinical documentation support medical necessity, diagnosis related groups (DRG) and quality of care
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Ability to work independently, prioritize and practice capable and effective problem identification and resolution
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Ability to develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with diverse disciplines
Qualifications/Experience
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Licensed RN or equivalent or higher education in health related field
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Minimum 5 years inpatient clinical experience in acute hospital setting, critical care experience preferred
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Extensive knowledge of complex disease processes
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Clinical Documentation Improvement experience preferred
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Clinical Documentation Specialist (CDS) or Clinical Documentation Improvement Practitioner (CDIP within three years of starting the role
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Epic experience preferred
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Proficiency with computers, spreadsheets and Microsoft office
Education
- BS in Nursing preferred (or obtained within 5 years of hire) OR college graduate in other health related field
Company Culture
Thompson Health has a culture of empowerment. At Thompson, interdisciplinary teams come together to improve care, your suggestions are welcomed and your ideas are part of the solution. Three of our executives have an RN background so we understand the importance of the patient experience! Place yourself in an environment where your growth is supported, your contributions valued and your successes celebrated.
Position Pay Range: $35.00-45.00/hour
Starting Pay: Based on experience
Thompson Health is an EOE encouraging individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply
How this job compares
Set against the 59,266 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$35–45/hr
- New York median$40–54/hr2,180 hourly ranges
- US median$38–54/hr25,011 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $40/hr, is 15% below the New York median midpoint ($47/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Registered Nurse hourly ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 3,355 open Registered Nurse jobs in New York and 59,266 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- RochesterRegional Health480 open
- Trinity Health445 open
- Northwell Health149 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience — more than three in four Registered Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for (median 1 year, across 29,133 postings).
- Education
- 4,111 of the 59,266 open Registered Nurse jobs (7%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Pay, requirements and demand for Registered Nurse jobs
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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