The North Shore-LIJ Health System is one of the largest and most advanced providers of care in the nation.  We're the number one employer on Long Island and among New York City's largest employers.  We recognize the contributions of our more than 10,000 nurses.  Our nurses play an integral role in patient outcomes, and feel a strong sense of accountability and responsibility to preserve the integrity of patient care.  Here you'll apply your skills and knowledge to complex cases, use your critical thinking abilities, and make decisions more independently.  You will have a central role in shaping patient care outcomes through evidence based practice standards.  The latest approaches to quality patient care are also taking shape in our Patient Safety Institute, the first simulation lab of its kind on Long Island.  In addition, you will have the opportunity to evolve professionally through on-site education classes, and more in our own Institute for Nursing.  We add value to your life, just as you do for patients.

North Shore University Hospital is the cornerstone of the North Shore LIJ Health System.  Our 788 bed tertiary care facility is also an academic campus for New York University School of Medicine.  Long dedicated to providing the best care possible, the Hospital was ranked among the nation's Top 50 Hospitals for cardiac services and open heart surgery by U.S. News and World Report, and boasts numerous other distinctions.  It is a demonstration site for the latest equipment and procedures including one of the New York area's first 64 slice CT scans.  It also offers care in advanced medical specialties inlcuding maternal fetal medicine, bone marrow transplants, and houses the Don Monti Oncology Center.  The hospital is a designated Level I Trauma Center and is recognized as a unique provider for HIV/AIDS patients.  The Schwartz Ambulatory Center performs 10,000 procedures annually.  The hospital continues to meet the needs of the underserved members of the community through a comprehensive network of 65 clinics.

In this role the validator conducts DRG validation to ascertain that the diagnostic and procedural information that led to the DRG assignment can be substantiated by the documentation in the medical record.

-Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in New York State

-BSN degree preferred

-Completion of a certified ICD-9-CM coding program required

-Minimum of two (2) years of acute care experience required

-Minimum of one year (1) experience in chart review/hospital reimbursement and regulatory background required