Trauma Registrar

CommonSpirit Health•Omaha, NE

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy, the focus is on patient-centered care within a level I trauma center and academic medical center campus. The environment is designed to heal the body, mind, and spirit in a comfortable, less stressful hospital setting. The medical services offered include trauma services, heart and vascular care, emergency services, surgery, maternity, cancer care, and diagnostic imaging. This position directly supports Trauma Services and indirectly supports a designated group of patients across all ages. The role involves collaboration with prehospital EMS providers, outside referring facilities, the Emergency Department, and inpatient units to collect and abstract data for patients meeting trauma criteria. The Trauma Registrar also provides support for the planning, development, and implementation of program goals and operations, and works with other Trauma Registrar personnel to ensure accurate and complete data entry into a trauma database, supporting ongoing Trauma Services programming.

Requirements

High School Graduate General Studies upon hire
1-3 years Experience in Medical Setting
High School GED General Studies upon hire
Experience in ICD-10 coding and data abstraction/entry upon hire

Nice To Haves

Associates other upon hire
Emergency Department, trauma, or surgical experience
1 year trauma registry, AIS coding

Responsibilities

Providing direct support to the Trauma Services and indirect support to a designated group of patients across the age continuum.
Collaborates with prehospital EMS providers, outside referring facilities, the Emergency Department, and inpatient units to collect and abstract data for patients meeting trauma criteria.
Provides support for planning, development and implementation of program goals and operations.
Collaborates with Trauma Registrar personnel to ensure accurate and complete entry of data into a trauma database.
Provides support for Trauma Services ongoing programming.
Contributes to the efficiency of operations in trauma registry through collection of required elements, coding of clinical conditions, and external causes of injury.
Reviews necessary data, provides special or ad hoc reporting to ensure capture of all injured patients meeting trauma registry criteria and those meeting criteria for specialty codes.
Abstracts, assembles, enters, and codes clinical data into databases by using Association for the Advancement of Automotive Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) and the standardized registry criteria as defined by the National Trauma Data Bank and State regulatory agencies.
Retrieves missing data elements from necessary sources and ensures information entered into the trauma registry database is complete and accurate.
Responsible for the timely preparation/submission of data to State and NTBD regulatory agencies.
Resolves routine entry issues/problems and appropriately seeks assistance from Supervisor, Managers, Coordinators and/or other identified specialists.
Performs data quality control and validation of the registry; supports performance improvement and injury prevention needs.
Identifies training opportunities (internal and external) within specialty, shares information as appropriate with other staff members.
Seeks out programs for professional development.
Promotes a positive environment and culture, contributes to organizational resolution, teamwork, cohesiveness, and time management.
Keeps supervisor and appropriate department members informed of potential problems or issues relative to database programs and/or relative to clinical outcomes.
Provides training to fellow team members in data entry, support, and information system applications.