Trauma Registrar

Lehigh Valley Health Network • East Stroudsburg, PA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Trauma Registrar manages and maintains database abstraction of clinical data from multiple sources, as required by the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation (PTSF) and the Lehigh Valley Hospital Trauma Division. The role supports trauma data collection, analysis, and reporting, and communicates identified audit filters or care issues to the Trauma Team.

The position is based onsite at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono and works the day shift, with a stated schedule of 0700–1530.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• One year in a health care-related field, or one year abstracting clinical information into a database, or a billing or coding certificate or degree in progress or completed.
• Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and pathophysiology.
• Proficiency with Windows computers and data entry.
• Proficiency in EPIC.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Abstract and submit all required data elements into the Collector system as required by PTSF.
• Communicate information to the Trauma Team regarding trauma audit filters or identified care issues.
• Identify all trauma patients admitted to LVH and encountered by the trauma service, and flag these patients in the EPIC system.
• Compile data according to NTDS and NTRACS data requirement guidelines.
• Complete abstracts of all data from admission to discharge on assigned charts.
• Collect patient records, pre- and post-discharge, for review, analysis, and entry of diagnoses into the trauma registry database.

What This Job Offers

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