Trauma Clinical Data Specialist

About the role

Clinical Data Specialists deliver quality solutions to hospital partners across the country through data abstraction and clinical quality data management. They approach each hospital engagement as an opportunity to apply clinical and data recognition expertise with precision to advance patient outcomes and research.

Responsibilities

• Bring specialized knowledge and patient storytelling skills to hospital partners through categorizing, coding, summarizing, interpreting, and mining registry/case information from nuanced, unstructured patient medical records.
• Perform data collection (abstracting) and reporting on eligible Trauma cases under current state mandates and national accrediting agencies.
• Ensure quality submission of all data in specified registries or measure data repositories, maintaining a high accuracy threshold.
• Support partners' ACS Accreditation with utilization of NTDB/TQIP quality tools, timely abstraction, and knowledge of how standards support quality patient care.
• Engage in educational opportunities, including on-the-job learning guided by the in-house Quality & Education Team, along with easily accessible CEUs and paid time for continuing education.
• Stay up to date on mandated regulatory and publicly reported data requirements as specified by federal, state, payer, and other agencies.
• Contribute to team best practices, data dictionaries, abstraction guidelines, and other business rule documents while identifying process improvement opportunities.
• Support a culture of perpetual learning and meaningful collaboration, aiding in the development of colleagues, including CDQS and SCDS team members.

Requirements

• Experience working with multiple patient medical record systems (EMRs) and clinical databases.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills to approach problems systematically, synthesize data, and suggest recommendations.
• High standards for accuracy and attention to detail.
• Technically savvy with an interest in learning new systems and technology.
• Organized and adept at managing time across multiple accounts and shifting priorities.
• Deep commitment to information security and privacy, maintaining high responsibility in keeping PHI secure and confidential.

Qualifications

• AIS 15 Coding Certification.
• At least 6 months of experience abstracting in the Trauma Registry at any Trauma Level.
• Exposure to patient medical record systems (EMRs) and clinical databases.
• Intermediate proficiency with MS Office (Microsoft Excel).
• Legally authorized to work in the United States now or in the future without sponsorship.

Benefits

At Q-Centrix, full-time team members (working 30 or more hours per week) enjoy:

• A fully remote work environment with a flexible schedule and a generous Paid Time Off program, including additional paid time for volunteering.
• Robust benefits package including medical, vision, dental, health savings accounts, company-paid short- and long-term disability, employee assistance program, paid parental leave, life insurance, accident insurance, and other voluntary benefit programs for employees and their eligible dependents.
• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match.
• Paid professional development hours and other supportive resources.

Pay

The target wage range for this role is $25.00 - $26.00 per hour. Individual wage rates within this range are based on factors including skills, experience, licensure, certifications, and other business considerations. Wage ranges are reviewed at least annually, and all team members are eligible for performance-based wage increases. The compensation plan is productivity and accuracy-focused, so actual compensation may be higher or lower than the target range based on performance.