Nurse Researcher (remote)

General Dynamics Information Technology

3d • $34,680 - $46,920 • Remote

About The Position

GDIT has an exciting opportunity for a Nurse Researcher to support the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) program. VAERS is a post-marketing safety surveillance program, collecting information about adverse events that occur after the administration of vaccines. This position can work 100% from home anywhere across the US.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in Nursing (preferred) or Clinical healthcare provider
• 2 year nursing, clinical or public health experience
• Medical abstracting and coding experience (MedDRA, ICD-10, CPT) preferred
• Case management experience
• Proficient in current computer technology
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team to adhere to deadlines

Responsibilities

• Review case reports to determine necessary supporting documentation needed for case follow-up based on Government guidelines
• Review medical records and documentation received for accuracy and completeness
• Compose clinical abstracts from medical records and information received for cases in clinical follow-up
• Add medical codes per the case clinical abstract to define symptoms using MedDRA medical coding terminology
• Responsible for updating the VAERS database with information obtained thru clinical follow up
• Perform QC review of MedDRA codes added by the medical coding staff to the initial report
• Collaborate with other units to provide support for daily operations
• Perform triaging of VAERS reports received for priority and assignment

Benefits

• Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
• To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
• GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year.
• Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire.
• The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees.
• To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.
• We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees