Trauma Registrar

Schuylkill • East Stroudsburg, PA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Manages and maintains database management abstraction of clinical data from multiple sources and as required by the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation (PTSF) and the Lehigh Valley Hospital Trauma Division.

Requirements

• High School Diploma/GED
• 1 year Health care-related field or 1 year Abstracting clinical information into database or 1 year Billing or Coding certificate or degree, in progress or complete
• Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and pathophysiology.
• Proficient in Windows computers and data entry.
• Proficient in EPIC

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation (PTSF).
• Experience with ICD-10 Coding
• Experience in abstracting, billing and/or coding

Responsibilities

• Abstracts and submits all required data elements into Collector system as required by PTSF.
• Communicates information to Trauma Team regarding trauma audit filters or identified care issues.
• Identifies all trauma patients admitted to LVH and encountered by trauma service and flags these patients in EPIC system.
• Compiles data following NTDS and NTRACS data requirement guidelines.
• Completes abstracts of all data from admission to discharge on assigned charts.
• Collects patient records (pre and post-discharge) for review, analysis, and entry of diagnosis into the trauma registry database.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED