ACC Registry Registered Nurse, Full Time Days
About The Position
The ACC Registry Registered Nurse supports clinical software applications that convert patient-care metrics into knowledge to drive continuous improvement in quality and safety at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. The position supports multiple patient-specific quality databases and provides consultative oversight for the maintenance, upgrading, evaluation, and implementation of healthcare software and associated systems, while maintaining system competency. The role requires troubleshooting, analytical, organizational, and communication skills, including gathering information from physicians, pharmacists, and nurses and developing procedures to resolve problems. The nurse performs chart abstraction and registry data entry for ACC, PCI, ICD, ACTION, Adult Cardiac STS, and other assigned clinical studies. The role ensures accurate and timely registry data, follows up with physicians and cardiologists when clarification is needed, analyzes data to identify improvement opportunities, and supports education and data transparency across nursing services.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
- Current Registered Nurse licensure in North Carolina or a compact state.
- Five years of hospital-based RN experience.
- Proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking English.
- Ability to prioritize and process multiple tasks, responsibilities, and work projects, with strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Detail-oriented and self-directed.
- Effective verbal and written communication with a wide variety of healthcare professionals, including physicians.
- Familiarity with patient medical records, documentation, and terminology.
- Ability to move throughout the Health System.
- Visual acuity for reviewing data and reports and observing process flows.
- Audiological acuity for monitoring group discussions and interactions.
- Verbal ability to effectively express ideas and views to staff.
- Ability to lift 35 pounds.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree preferred.
Responsibilities
- Abstract specific data elements from medical records for entry into registry databases and/or the Midas database.
- Ensure accuracy, integrity, and timely completion of required data entry.
- Aggregate, review, and analyze data; monitor processes and identify improvement opportunities based on the analysis.
- Identify and communicate medical record discrepancies and data-element deficiencies found during chart abstraction.
- Keep current with changes in data definitions and prepare proactively for new data measures.
- Participate in presenting data transparency to support excellence in patient care.
- Lead and evaluate the qualities and benefits of database utilization.
- Lead education related to data abstraction and converting data into knowledge throughout nursing services.
- Assess systems, analyze processes, identify system requirements, and define functions for planned system changes for the cardiac division.
- Develop and manage project plans for deployment of new or changed information-system applications.
- Administer system applications and serve as an educator and resource on system functionality.
- Identify and contribute to opportunities to improve quality, safety, cost, and patient, customer, and employee satisfaction.
- Follow up with physicians and cardiologists when clarification is needed to ensure accurate data abstraction.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
