Registered Nurse Clinical Data Analyst (FT- 1.0 FTE, Day Shift)
About The Position
The Registered Nurse Clinical Informatics & Data Analyst supports trauma and clinical quality programs through the validation, analysis, interpretation, and reporting of clinical data derived from registries and the Electronic Medical Record (EMR). This role ensures data integrity and transforms clinical data into actionable insights to evaluate outcomes, identify performance gaps, and assess program effectiveness. Working collaboratively with Trauma Registrars, coordinators, and leadership, the analyst supports performance improvement, regulatory compliance, accreditation, and evidence-based decision-making. This role functions as a clinical informatics resource, bridging clinical practice, data systems, and quality initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
- Current Montana Registered Nurse (RN) License.
- Experience working with electronic health records (EHRs) and clinical data systems.
- Experience reviewing, validating, or analyzing clinical or registry data.
- Trauma Registry Course completion within one (1) year of hire (American Trauma Society’s Trauma Registrar Course preferred).
- Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM) Injury Scale Course completion within one (1) year of hire.
- ICD-10-CM coding course completion within the last five (5) years or within one (1) year of hire.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s Degree in Health Informatics, Health Science, Data Analytics, or related field.
- Two (2) or more years of experience in clinical quality, trauma services, registries, informatics, or outcomes analysis.
- Experience with healthcare quality structures, performance improvement methodologies, and benchmarking.
- Professional certification such as Certified Specialist in Trauma Registry (CSTR), Nursing Informatics Certification (RN-BC), or experience with SQL, data visualization, or analytics tools.
Responsibilities
- Reviews and validates abstracted trauma and clinical registry data for accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
- Performs data audits, edit checks, re-abstraction reviews, and inter-rater reliability studies.
- Analyzes clinical trends, performance metrics, and key outcomes including mortality, complications, length of stay, and readmissions.
- Interprets data to identify care gaps, process variation, quality concerns, and opportunities for efficiency.
- Translates complex clinical data into actionable insights and clear recommendations for coordinators and leadership.
- Develops and generates routine and ad hoc reports, dashboards, and visualizations.
- Benchmarks internal performance against regional, state, and national standards.
- Collaborates with Trauma Registrars to clarify data definitions, documentation issues, and registry specifications.
- Supports performance improvement initiatives through data analysis and outcome evaluation.
- Serves as a clinical informatics resource by advising on documentation practices, data workflows, and EMR utilization.
- Assists with regulatory, accreditation, and research data needs as assigned.
- Supports community prevention and outreach activities through population-level data analysis.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
