Research Data Abstractor II - FT

Why Join Our Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Research Team?

Make a Difference Every Day

Are you passionate about improving outcomes for critically ill and injured patients? As a Research Data Abstractor II with our Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Research team, you'll play a vital role in advancing research that directly influences patient care, treatment innovations, and clinical best practices. Your contributions will support groundbreaking studies that help shape the future of trauma and acute care medicine.

Essential Functions

• Independently abstracts and interprets pertinent data from medical records with an average level of accuracy and efficiency.
• Maintains extensive knowledge of study protocol, diseases, medical terminology and pharmaceutical drugs to make informed decisions regarding patient hospitalizations.
• Reads, understands and abstracts information from diagnostic reports and procedures.
• Participates in quality control reviews.
• Solves problems related to data queries sent by the coordinating center.
• Attends training for annual re-certification programs, attends conferences for continuing education, attends and represents the WFUHS site at abstractor training and conference calls.
• Communicates effectively and timely with the coordinating center.
• Performs other duties as needed.

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS

• Detail-oriented and self-motivated
• Works independently abstracting records with high level of accuracy and above average efficiency rate of expected quota
• Shows satisfactory performance of additional independent study related duties
• Works well in a team environment

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Clean, comfortable, office environment

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree and one year experience; or, an equivalent education and experience.
• Coursework in anatomy & physiology and medical terminology preferred.

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and/or REGISTRATION

• N/A

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.