Trauma Registrar

CommonSpirit Health • Omaha, NE

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Trauma Registrar provides direct support to Trauma Services and indirect support to patients across the age continuum. The role collaborates with prehospital EMS providers, referring facilities, the Emergency Department, and inpatient units to collect and abstract data for patients meeting trauma criteria, support program goals, and ensure accurate, complete registry data entry.

The registrar collects required elements, codes clinical conditions and external causes of injury, and prepares special or ad hoc reports to help ensure all qualifying injured patients and specialty codes are captured. The role abstracts, assembles, enters, and codes clinical data using the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) and standardized criteria established by the National Trauma Data Bank and state regulatory agencies. It also retrieves missing data, verifies completeness and accuracy, submits data to state and NTDB agencies on time, and resolves routine entry issues while escalating others as appropriate.

Requirements

• High school graduate with general studies and 1–3 years of experience in a medical setting, or GED with general studies and 1–3 years of experience in a medical setting.
• Experience in ICD-10 coding and data abstraction or entry.
• Strong experience in medical data or trauma registry abstraction.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage large health datasets.

Nice To Haves

• Associate degree.
• Emergency Department, trauma, or surgical experience.
• One to three years of experience in an Emergency Department, trauma, or surgical setting.
• One year of trauma registry or AIS coding experience.

Responsibilities

• Collect and abstract data for patients meeting trauma criteria in collaboration with EMS providers, referring facilities, the Emergency Department, and inpatient units.
• Support planning and implementation of Trauma Services program goals.
• Work with registrar colleagues to ensure accurate and complete data entry.
• Collect required registry elements and code clinical conditions and external causes of injury.
• Review data and provide special or ad hoc reporting to ensure capture of all injured patients meeting trauma registry criteria and those meeting criteria for specialty codes.
• Abstract, assemble, enter, and code clinical data in databases using AIS and standardized registry criteria defined by the National Trauma Data Bank and state regulatory agencies.
• Retrieve missing data elements from necessary sources and ensure trauma registry information is complete and accurate.
• Prepare and submit data to state and NTDB regulatory agencies in a timely manner.
• Resolve routine data-entry issues and seek assistance from supervisors, managers, coordinators, or other identified specialists when appropriate.

What This Job Offers

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