Sr Certified Trauma Registrar- FT- Days- Trauma

pDHR Health  -  US:TX:Edinburg - Days/ppSummary:br //ppspan style="font-size:11pt"The Senior Trauma Registrar (STR) oversees the day to day activities of DHR Trauma Registry Operations including registry patient tracking, data entry, data quality metrics, data display, statistical analysis and registry-related education. The STR also interacts with state, regional and national regulatory agencies to provide the required data for maintenance of designation, verification as well as national benchmarking. /span/ppbuspan style="font-size:11pt" /span/u/b/ppbuspan style="font-size:11pt"POSITION EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS­/span/u/bbspan style="font-size:11pt":/span/b/pp /pullispan style="font-size:11pt"High School diploma/GED/span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Minimum three years’ experience with computer data entry and/or Microsoft Office Suite software applications preferred./span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Good written and verbal communication skills required./span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Bilingual-English/Spanish preferred/span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Able to communicate effectively with physicians, patients, nursing staff and allied health providers./span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Completed American Trauma Society (ATS) Trauma Registrar Course within 6 months of employment./span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Completed the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM), Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) course within 6 months of employment./span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Associates Degree in health-related field or informatics is preferred/span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Certified Trauma Registrar (CSTR), Abbreviated Injury Scaling Specialist (CAISS) certifications within twelve months of hire./span/li/ulpResponsibilities:br //pullispan style="font-size:11pt"Maintains all patient, staff, and DHR information and documents in compliance with hospital polices regarding patient confidentiality and privacy./span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Demonstrates knowledge of the components of the Trauma Services and the functions of the Registry software./span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Assists in printing, organizing charts for abstraction and review./span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Assists in abstracting charts utilizing the Trauma Services Data Collection Forms./span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Assists in assigning AIS and ISS scores./span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Enters and maintains patient information in the Texas EMS/Trauma Registry for DHR./span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Manages the DHR Trauma Registry including maintaining a concurrent registry in compliance with the Texas Trauma Registry, National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) and American College of Surgeons (ACS) Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) for verification, state designation and national benchmarking./span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Maintains various file types and logs (e.g. trauma admit log, trauma activation log)/span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Educates team members on use of Trauma Registry software, components and ongoing system enhancements as well as data dictionary updates./span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Monitors compliance with required training including but not limited to annual TQIP user training, TQIP quizzes, open form calls and other required registrar training outlined by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma Resources for Optimal care of the Injured Patient. /span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Maintains a system for data cleaning to ensure the reliability, accuracy and completeness of the database (e.g. inter-rater reliability audits, NTDB filter criteria) in accordance with state and national regulatory requirements./span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Accurately identifies the patient population for entry and tracking into the Digital Innovations v5 Trauma Registry in compliance with the Texas Department of State health Services of EMS and Trauma requirements and DHR specific requirements (e.g. ICD-10 code, transfer, death, ICU admission, length of stay, readmission./span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Supports Trauma Performance Improvement Coordinator in preparing reports for the purposes of research, quality improvement reporting and designation/verification survey as required by ACS/span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Prepares reports for purposes of registry surveillance, approved research requests, performance improvement and designation/verification survey as required by ACS/span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Participates in the Trauma Performance Improvement process./span/liliOther duties as assigned /li/ulul/ulpOther information:br //ppb style="font-size:1.6rem;background-color:transparent"uspan style="font-size:11pt"JOB KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE­/span/u/bb style="font-size:1.6rem;background-color:transparent"span style="font-size:11pt":/span/bbr //pp /pullispan style="font-size:11pt"Computer literate in Microsoft Office, Outlook, and Excel./span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Experience in healthcare related services, or 1 year experience in the emergency care setting./span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Preferred familiarity with accreditation programs and functions pertaining to the Registry and Trauma Services./span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Experience in computer data entry, data bases, and data retrieval./span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Demonstrated knowledge of medical record contents and medical terminology, including anatomy and physiology concepts./span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Understands ICD-10 codes./span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Assigns AIS, and ISS scores./span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Flexible working hours required./span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Medical Terminology is essential/span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"AIS/ISS amp; ICD-10 coding experience is required/span/lilispan style="font-size:11pt"Quality/Performance Improvement knowledge is preferred/span/li/ulpbuspan style="font-size:11pt"LINES OF REPSONSIBILITES/span/u/bbspan style="font-size:11pt": /span/b/ppspan style="font-size:11pt"(Chain-of-command)/span/pp1. span style="font-size:11pt"Trauma Coordinator → 2. Director /span/ppspan style="font-size:11pt" /span/ppbuspan style="font-size:11pt"CUSTOMER SERVICE: /span/u/b/pp style="text-align:justify"span style="font-size:11pt"Provide excellent customer service to all DHR customers. All employees are required to attend the DHR C.A.R.E.S program which outlines the Customer Service Principals including: Commitment, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Service./span/ppbuspan style="font-size:11pt" /span/u/b/ppbuspan style="font-size:11pt"AGE SPECIFIC/span/u/buspan style="font-size:11pt":/span/u/pp /pp style="text-align:justify"span style="font-size:11pt"Employees must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned unit. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirement relative to his or her age. /span/p