POSITION SUMMARY

This position participates in activities associated with the trauma registry, including data gathering, data abstraction, timely and accurate data entry/coding, data validation and reporting that meets trauma center requirements. Acts as a member of the multi-disciplinary trauma team to support patient quality and performance improvement initiatives.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Requires a level of education equivalent to that of a Registered Health Information Technologist (RHIT) or certified coder, including advanced education in medical terminology, anatomy and physiology.
Must have or will have required course work, including the ATS trauma registrar course, AIS training course, within one year of hire.
Must have a level of experience and ability in coding, abstracting and data management as normally acquired over two or more years of clinical and/or experience in a coding or clinical data management position. Requires the ability to interpret and comprehend information contained within the patient’s medical record and to find all required data elements for the Trauma Registry. Requires the ability to abstract registry data from the patient’s medical/health record using the above standard setters regarding abstracting and coding procedures.
Must have excellent organizational, written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to prioritize multiple work projects and tasks.
Exceptional data entry and data management skill sets are required with an expected high degree of accuracy. Must be able to work effectively with common office computer software, the Trauma Registry software, the electronic medical records system and databases, spreadsheet and graphical programs.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Registered Health Information Technologist or Registered Health Information Administrator certification (RHIT or RHIA), Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Specialist Trauma Registry (CSTR) preferred.
Past trauma registry experience preferred.
Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

This is a remote position; however, we are only able to hire candidates who reside in the following states: Arizona (AZ), California (CA), Colorado (CO), Nebraska (NE), Nevada (NV), and Wyoming (WY).”
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