Trauma Clinical Data Specialist (Beginner Registrars)

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Q-Centrix is a leading healthcare information solutions provider. More specifically, we’re laser-focused on helping hospitals unlock the value of their clinical data to improve patient care. We do this, thanks in part to our collaborative team of 1,000+ clinical data experts, problem-solvers, and tech enthusiasts.

Job Summary:

This position is for beginner Trauma Registrars with a minimum of 6 months experience. You will be trained/mentored to abstract for level 1 Trauma Centers.

As the healthcare industry shifts to value-based care, quality data abstraction has become critical in identifying positive, patient outcomes. In fact, medical record abstraction is the preferred data collection method for clinical research, quality improvement, performance measurement, disease surveillance, and other secondary data uses. Our Clinical Data Specialists use Q-Centrix proprietary technology to contribute to healthcare’s most exciting advancements. 

We may be biased, but we’re confident that this is an exceptional opportunity to fill your days with meaningful work while becoming a part of a smart, collaborative, fun-loving team in a growing company and industry.

Clinical Data Specialists deliver quality solutions to hospital partners across the country through data abstraction and clinical quality data management. They approach each hospital engagement as an opportunity to apply clinical and data recognition expertise with precision to advance patient outcomes and research. 

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Become a part of our team during a milestone moment in our growth, benefiting from our deep Trauma registry experience and employee-centric leadership.

• 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.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• 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!).

** Applicants for employment with Q-Centrix must be legally authorized to work in the United States now or in the future without sponsorship.

Required Education and Experience:

• Must be the proud recipient of an AIS 15 Coding Certification.

• At least 6 months of experience abstracting in the (Trauma Registry at any Trauma Level).

• Exposure to patient medical record systems (EMRs) and clinical databases.

• Intermediate proficiency with MS Office (Microsoft Excel).

Brownie Points if you have:

• Experience abstracting at a Level 1 facility.

Total Rewards:

At Q-Centrix, our purpose—safer, consistent, quality healthcare for all—drives everything we do. To accomplish this important work, we need to attract, engage, and retain a talented team by providing a compelling, equitable rewards package comprised of an inclusive culture, flexible work environment, learning and development opportunities, competitive pay that rewards high performance, and robust benefits that support health and financial wellness. Add to this package a supportive community of people who help each other not only do meaningful work, but learn, grow, and have fun while doing so, and you get an organization that has earned the Great Place to Work distinction multiple years in a row!

The target wage range for this role is $25.00 - $26.00 per hour. Individual wage rates within this range are based on multiple factors including but not limited to skills, experiences, licensure, certifications, and other business and organizational considerations. Wage ranges are reviewed, at minimum, annually and all team members are eligible for performance-based wage rate increases annually. The Q-Centrix compensation plan is productivity and accuracy focused, therefore, actual compensation could be higher or lower than target, dependent upon the team member’s performance.

In addition to our inclusive and innovative working environment and competitive pay, full-time* team members enjoy:

• A fully remote work environment with flexible schedule and a generous Paid Time Off program with additional paid time for volunteering.

• Robust benefits package including medical, vision, dental, health savings accounts, company paid short- and long-term disability, employee assistance program, paid parental leave, life insurance, accident insurance, and other voluntary benefit programs for employees and their eligible dependents.

• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match.

• Paid professional development hours and other supportive resources.

*Team members who are committed to work 30 or more hours each week are considered full-time