Trauma Surgery Data Manager

About the role

At Stony Brook Medicine, a TH Staff Associate/Trauma Surgery Data Manager is responsible for data capture and quality improvement activities related to the American College of Surgery (ACS) National Trauma Database (NTDB) registry, the ACS Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) registry, and the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Trauma data registry. The role focuses on improving outcomes for trauma surgery patients and meeting NYS designated trauma center requirements.

Responsibilities

• Continually analyze new and revised specifications for the ACS NTDB, ACS TQIP, and NYSDOH Trauma registries and develop a comprehensive understanding of reporting requirements.
• Educate QMA, QI, Trauma Surgery, IT, and Clinical Transformation regarding potential impact on workflow requirements.
• Perform gap analysis to identify trauma registry data elements not currently captured in the legal medical record.
• Collaborate with IT and Trauma Surgery to develop mechanisms for capturing these data.
• Perform hybrid medical record review, validation, and other clinical data abstraction activities as necessary to support external quality reporting and quality improvement activities.
• Provide guidance to Trauma Surgery regarding areas of variance with guidelines as demonstrated by the registries, including preparation of basic reports.
• Actively participate in data-driven quality improvement activities.
• Provide guidance and support on clinical topics to other QMA personnel, QI, and other analytical and clinical departments.
• Generate ad-hoc reports and perform ad-hoc responsibilities as deemed appropriate by the Assistant Director of Quality Measurement & Analytics.
• Maintain awareness of institutional quality priorities and work collaboratively with colleagues in Quality Measurement & Analytics, the Quality Division, IT, clinical and ancillary services, and hospital leadership to accomplish organizational goals.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Registered Nurse with 3 or more years nursing experience in a trauma center.
• Ability to analyze and interpret information in a medical record.
• Project management skills and the ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with diverse populations of healthcare workers.
• Basic computer skills including spreadsheet and word processing.
• Demonstrated ability to grow and adapt in a changing environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Clinical chart review and abstraction experience and ability.
• Performance improvement experience and ability.
• Intermediate experience with Excel.
• Experience interpreting and complying with requirements of regulatory and/or accrediting agencies.
• Skill in presenting information to a