Trauma Registrar

Essentia Health•Brainerd, MN

2d•$23 - $35

About The Position

The Trauma Registrar performs duties related to data collection, analysis, and reporting of various clinical and quality information. Completes projects, identifies opportunities, and makes recommendations for improvements. The Trauma Registrar uses critical thinking skills and knowledge of medical terminology to abstract and analyze clinical data. Prepares reports/statistics and graphs for use by internal departments, presentations, and various committees.

Requirements

Associate degree required in health information management, related field, or a graduate of an accredited school of nursing
Knowledge of medical terminology

Nice To Haves

RHIT, RHIA, or CHDA (Certified Health Data Analyst) preferred OR current RN license in the state of employment
Experience with the Trauma Registry database
CSTR (Certified Specialist in Trauma Registry) or CAISS

Responsibilities

Identifies cases for trauma patient inclusion criteria into the trauma registry
Abstracts and enters all necessary patient and clinical information into the trauma registry database, ensuring accuracy for consistent reporting
Identifies and tracks trauma quality indicators for the trauma program
Designs and generates standardized reports, graphs, and analyzes the data, including performing trend analyses on data
Prepares and submits electronic downloads to the Minnesota Department of Health and National Trauma Data Bank
Assigns injury codes based upon the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM)
Applies knowledge of trauma treatment methods to identify deviations in standards of medical care management practice to be brought forth to leadership
Provides reports/statistics for internal use by nursing, ED, research department, physicians, etc.
Makes all registry preparations for periodic trauma center verification and participates in the verification process/visit