Trauma Nurse Abstractor

VIS is seeking a Trauma Registry Clinical Data Support Specialist

Duties:

• Contractor shall collect comprehensive, accurate data relating to registry patients by abstracting all trajectories of care, verify and update all information compiled and enter data into the Registry in a timely manner, perform coding of injuries, procedures, and causes of injuries using standard medical record references, specifically ICD-9/10 codes, assign diagnoses AIS and ICD-9/10-CM codes, and complete ISS and other trauma score calculations for an average of 120 role of care records per week, maintaining a 90% Accuracy Rate, as directed.
• Contractor shall utilize Abstracting Business Rules as described in data abstraction resources.
• Contractor shall provide education and consultation to as the AHI/TBI/DoDTR Registry and clinical subject matter experts (SME) to Joint Trauma System personnel and customers.
• Contractor shall provide training activities specific to clinical abstraction, coding, and business rules for new and existing employees.
• Contractor shall conduct quality assurance evaluations for clinical accuracy of Registry data at all Roles for Care, maintaining a 90% Accuracy Rate as directed. Contractor shall Conduct Registry Consents as required.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of five (5) consecutive years of nursing experience with at least three (3) years’ experience as a critical care nurse in a critical care unit, trauma unit, emergency department, or inpatient operating room.
• Medical or Surgical ICU or Emergency Room or Operating Room or other Critical Care Background required.
• Experience with medical records, coding, medical data entry and medical system design.
• Medical or Surgical ICU or Emergency Room or Operating Room or other Critical Care Background required preferred ICD-9 Coding and previous work as medical abstractor preferred.
• Working knowledge of personal computers and office automation software (Standard Microsoft Office for documents, Outlook, Excel, and Access.
• Previous Trauma Nursing experience. Military nursing experience is desired.

Bachelor of Science (BS) in Nursing. United States Registered Nurse (RN) license

•Proof of immunization for TB Test; Hepatitis B vaccine, titer, or wavier, Tetanus booster within the last 5; and HIV titer.

•Candidate must have U.S. citizenship or the ability to obtain citizenship, and be able to pass a government background investigation