Trnsplnt Data Quality Analyst

Children’s Minnesota • Minneapolis, MN

11h

About The Position

Children’s Minnesota is one of the largest pediatric health systems in the United States and the only health system in Minnesota to provide care exclusively to children, from before birth through young adulthood. An independent and not-for-profit system since 1924, Children’s Minnesota is one system serving kids throughout the Upper Midwest at two free-standing hospitals, nine primary care clinics, multiple specialty clinics and seven rehabilitation sites. As The Kids Experts™ in our region, Children’s Minnesota is regularly ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top children’s hospital. Find us on Facebook @childrensminnesota or on Twitter and Instagram @childrensmn. Please visit childrensMN.org.

Children’s Minnesota is proud to be recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of 2023’s Top Diversity Leaders. The national honor recognizes the top diverse healthcare executives and organizations influencing public policy, care delivery, and promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in their organizations and the industry.

The transplant data and quality analyst's primary responsibility is to collect and manage transplant data and quality metrics in compliance with the regulatory requirements governed by CMS (Centers of Medicare/Medicaid Services), UNOS (United Network for Organ Sharing), Joint Commission and other regulatory agencies.

Duties will include data collection, chart review, evaluating clinical transplant data, analyzing patterns and trends in patient data, partnering with the transplant leadership team to facilitate quality improvement efforts, completion and assurance that timely and accurate clinical data is being entered into all databases.

Other responsibilities include the collection and entry of donor and recipient data into UNET (the UNOS database). This position also prepares monthly and ad hoc reports used to compile important statistical data for ongoing projects, research, the transplant community at large and CMS.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Healthcare, Finance, IT, Statistics or related field.
• 2+ years of experience in related field or similar role.
• Proven advanced level computer skills with MS Office-type software programs (including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Electronic Health Record Experience: Cerner or EPIC
• Database experience: OTTR (Organ Transplant Tracking Record) or Pheonix
• Healthcare experience
• Medical Terminology
• Quality data collection: clinical chart review and abstraction
• Regulatory compliance and auditing
• Strong organization, analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent oral and written skills
• Understanding of data monitoring and metric selection
• Root cause analysis/outcome review
• Quality reporting requirements
• Project management skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Self-directed. Ability to assess situations, prioritize workload, develop solutions and make recommendations

Responsibilities

• collect and manage transplant data and quality metrics in compliance with the regulatory requirements governed by CMS (Centers of Medicare/Medicaid Services), UNOS (United Network for Organ Sharing), Joint Commission and other regulatory agencies.
• data collection
• chart review
• evaluating clinical transplant data
• analyzing patterns and trends in patient data
• partnering with the transplant leadership team to facilitate quality improvement efforts
• completion and assurance that timely and accurate clinical data is being entered into all databases
• collection and entry of donor and recipient data into UNET (the UNOS database)
• prepares monthly and ad hoc reports used to compile important statistical data for ongoing projects, research, the transplant community at large and CMS.

Benefits

• In addition to your salary, this position may be eligible for medical, dental, vision, retirement, and other fringe benefits.
• Positions that require night, weekend or on-call work may be eligible for shift differentials or premium pay.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level