Trauma Data Analyst

Catholic Health•Town of Smithtown, NY

4d•$34 - $54

About The Position

St. Catherine of Siena Hospital is a proud member of Catholic Health and has served the residents of the Smithtown area for more than 50 years. St. Catherine’s is located on the north shore of Long Island in Smithtown. The campus is comprised of 296-bed not-for-profit community hospital; a 240-bed nursing and rehabilitation care center; and a 60,000 square foot medical office building. Our nurses, physicians, and support staff are devoted to providing advanced health care in an environment of compassion to our patients, their families, and our community. Our Mission is to create an environment of healing and compassion, to offer care to those in need and to provide a spirit of mutual respect while upholding our religious mission. St. Catherine of Siena Hospital is dedicated to providing a supportive environment, committed to the highest standards of patient care, where health care professionals can develop their expertise and strengthen their credentials. Our primary focus is the way we treat and serve our communities. We work collaboratively to provide compassionate care and utilize evidence based practice to improve outcomes – to every patient, every time. Trauma Data Analyst Responsibilities: Responsible for the trauma registry, a database unique to trauma patients which includes identification, collection, coding, scoring and entering of data into a designated registry database. Assures the accuracy of the data that is collected and collaborates with performance improvement and administrative planning. Ensures that trauma data is retrieved, entered, analyzed, and verified in accordance with State and national mandated regulations to ensure American College of Surgeons verification and State designation for Trauma Center status. Assists with quality control activities, information requests and studies as requested. Identified and maintains database for trauma cases to meet State requirements and minimal standards of the American College of Surgeons.

Requirements

High school diploma required.
Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology.
Knowledge of ICD-9 and ICD-10 coding.
Within 12 months of hire, must participate in and pass the AAAM’s Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) course, a trauma registry course and an ICD-10 coding course.
Within 18 months of hire, must attain Certified Abbreviated Injury Scale Specialist (CAISS) certification.

Responsibilities

Maintain 24 hours of trauma-related CE per year.
Abstract data from medical records for inclusion in the trauma register database.
Design and maintain database and spreadsheets as needed.
Prepare reports based on data analysis and performance activities as needed.
Perform data analysis and quality control reports on the trauma registry on a routine basis to ensure validity, accuracy, and completeness of data entry.
Prepares reports based on research requests.
Accurately codes procedures, diagnoses and injuries using ICD-10 coding, AIS injury coding, E dash codes and other appropriate coding schemes and accurately enters into trauma registry with departmental guidelines.
Assists Trauma Program Manager with special products in the development of guidelines, etc.
Assists in data preparation for the American College of Surgeons site visit.
Assists in data preparation for the annual download to State and national trauma registries.
Maintains professional development and current knowledge of standards and data sets of NTDB and State trauma registry dictionary.
Independently works with trauma registry software and information technology.
Collaborates with hospital data collection program.