Trauma Clinical Data Specialist

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Requirements:

• Experience working with multiple patient medical record systems (EMRs) and clinical databases.
• Possess strong analytical and critical thinking skills to approach problems in a systematic method, synthesizing data and suggesting recommendations.
• Holds high standards for accuracy and are attentive to detail.
• Technically savvy and interested in learning new systems and technology.
• Organized and adept at managing your time across multiple accounts and shifting timelines and priorities.
• Deeply value information security and privacy, maintaining high responsibility in keeping PHI secure and confidential (psst… Q-Centrix is SOC2 + HITRUST certified, so we take our cybersecurity seriously!).
• Must be the proud recipient of an AIS 15 Coding Certification.
• At least 6 months of experience abstracting in the (Trama Registry at any Trauma Level).
• Exposure to patient medical record systems (EMRs) and clinical databases.
• Intermediate proficiency with MS Office (Microsoft Excel).

Responsibilities:

• Deliver quality solutions to hospital partners across the country, approaching each hospital engagement as an opportunity to apply your expertise with precision.
• Bring your specialized knowledge and patient storytelling skills to our hospital partners through categorizing, coding, summarizing, interpreting, and mining registry/case information from nuanced, unstructured patient medical records.
• Perform data collection (abstracting) and reporting on eligible Trauma cases under current state mandates and national accrediting agencies.
• Ensure quality submission of all data in specified registries or measure data repositories, maintaining a high accuracy threshold.
• Support our partners' ACS Accreditation with utilization of NTDB/TQIP quality tools, support timely abstraction, and knowledge of how all the standards support quality patient care.
• Engage in a variety of educational opportunities, including on-the-job learning guided by our in-house Quality & Education Team along with easily accessible CEUs and paid time for continuing education.
• Stay up to date on mandated regulatory/publicly reported data requirements as specified by federal, state, payer, and other agencies.
• Contribute to team best practices, data dictionaries, abstraction guidelines, and other business rule documents while also identifying process improvement opportunities to help streamline tasks and processes.
• Contribute to our culture of perpetual learning and meaningful collaboration, supporting the development of your colleagues, including CDQS and SCDS team members.