Data Abstractor Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Associates Nursing Required
• 3 years experience working in acute care hospital setting. Required
• Registered Nurse (RN) - License Valid State of Arizona or compact state Registered Nurse license. Required
• Candidates hired and assigned to the ACS NSQIP or MBSAQIP registry must complete surgical case reviewer training/certification within 90-days of hire (training provided/paid by organization) 90 Days Required

Nice To Haves

• Bachelors Nursing Preferred
• 1 year auditing or abstraction experience. Preferred
• 2 years experience in abstracting CMS Core Measures or Clinical Outcomes Registries (NSQIP, STS, ACC, VON NICU, GWTG, etc.) Preferred
• Other Acute care experience in surgery, cardiac, emergency or critical care. Preferred

Responsibilities

• Utilizes clinical training, knowledge, and experience to abstract/audit moderate to highly complex clinical data.
• Maintains accuracy in abstraction/audit by following published guidelines, abstraction specifications, and/or other established standards.
• Enters data elements or audit findings into registry software and/or other data collection tools or software within established deadlines.
• Maintains established productivity standards.
• Maintains competency in measure and/or registry specifications, definitions, and protocols for work assigned by participating in teleconferences, webinars, conferences, and reviewing updated documentation.
• Identifies potential areas of concern/interest; summarizes findings and draws conclusions; maintains ongoing variance reports and communicates findings to clinical data abstractor lead and/or director in a timely manner.
• Established effective working relationships with key stakeholders, teams, and committees; attends meetings as appropriate to disseminate findings, provide education, and answer questions.
• Contacts patients, families, and/or provider outpatient clinics via telephone and/or written communications postoperatively for the purpose of identifying clinical outcomes and completing required registry follow-up documentation.
• Facilitates and participates in quality assurance audits of abstracted/audited data to ensure a high level of inter-rater reliability among the clinical data abstractor team and achievement of acceptable validation results from external audits.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Virtual Training