Trauma Registrar

Nashville General Hospital•Nashville, TN

About The Position

The Trauma Registrar is responsible for data abstraction, database management, registry reporting, registry validation, and leadership within the trauma registry system. This role ensures the accuracy and completeness of trauma patient data for reporting to state and national registries, supports departmental decision-making through data analysis, and contributes to the overall quality improvement of trauma care.

Requirements

Certified Specialist in Trauma Registry (CSTR) required.
Certified AIS Specialist (CAISS) required.
Must attend/participate in ICD-10 course or refresher course every 5 years.
Trauma Registry experience required
Extensive knowledge of ICD-10-CM; AIS and ISS coding required
Knowledge and proficiency in medical terminology and anatomy required
V5 and Report Writer proficiency required
Excel and Microsoft Office applications proficiency required
ability to work independently.
ability to communicate clearly and concisely through written and verbal communication.
strong customer service skills.
ability to manage multiple tasks.
attention to detail and aptitude for accuracy.
ability to utilize critical thinking skills to prioritize and problem-solve complex work assignments.
knowledge of computer desktop skills.
knowledge of how errors impact users; database; and application.
ability to meet deadlines for data input to reports; ensuring accuracy and reliability.
high degree of accuracy and efficiency in processing and maintaining database

Nice To Haves

Image Trend database proficiency preferred

Responsibilities

Completes data entry to ensure concurrent registries and support report production while ensuring compliance with deadlines for all registry staff.
Assures data accuracy and evaluates appropriateness of ICD-9-CM, ISS and AIS codes as necessary.
Coordinates with other departments and agencies (pre hospital, radiology, pathology, coroner, etc) as needed to gather all the data necessary to complete the abstraction on each patient.
Builds and maintains various types of files, extracts information to support departmental management and decision-making.
Monitors data flow and data quality of registry staff as well as serves as a resource to other users.
Directs/redirects complex or programming issues to the appropriate resource(s).
Makes corrections and suggests interventions as necessary.
Modifies database daily to meet business needs.
Maintains all reference materials necessary for trauma registry, coding and abstracting, etc.
Coordinates the collection of the data for reporting to state and national registries including but not limited to the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP), ACS National Trauma Data Base (NTDB) and State of Tennessee Trauma Registry.
Assists in the preparation for the Trauma site visit.
Analyzes statistical information in reporting, i.e., RTS (Revised Trauma Score), and ISS (Injury Severity Score).
Prepares reports for committee meetings, PIPS, research, business/strategic planning and injury prevention as requested.
Maintains processes of data validation.
Provides regular feedback to registry staff on validity scores.
Provides feedback to documenting providers on detailing injury descriptions to improve injury severity scoring through the ACS (TQIP) Team Meeting and other forums.
Trains support staff on Trauma data entry functions as needed.
Devises and employs methods to ensure compliance with concurrent registries.
Plans and administrates monthly TQIP team meetings.