Job description
Overview
The data abstraction specialist (SCDS - Senior Clinical Data Specialist) delivers quality solutions to hospital partners across the country. They approach each hospital engagement as an opportunity to apply their clinical expertise with precision to advance patient outcomes and research. Find your purpose by joining the Q-Centrix team to make a meaningful impact!
Responsibilities
Apply specialized, clinical knowledge to hospital partners: categorize, code, summarize, interpret and calculate registry/case information from nuanced, patient medical records.
Ensure quality submission of all data in specified registries or measure data repositories, maintaining a high accuracy threshold.
Prioritize, organize, and meet tight deadlines for multiple concurrent tasks and team requests; uses tact and judgement to manage expectations, flag obstacles and propose solutions in a timely manner.
Navigate new technical systems: electronic medical records (EMR) and registry/case entry tools; use team resources to troubleshoot technical issues with systems and applications with a focus on solutions.
Contribute to team best practices, data dictionaries, abstraction guidelines, and other business rule documents; identifies process improvement opportunities to help streamline tasks and processes.
Keeps up to date on mandated regulatory/publicly reported data requirements as specified by federal, state, payer and other agencies.
Any or other additional responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications
At least one year of direct abstraction experience in the Get With the Guidelines Stroke registry.
Exposure to multiple patient medical record systems (EMRs) and clinical databases.
Intermediate proficiency with MS Office (Excel, Word, Teams, One Note, and SharePoint).
Strong analytical and critical thinking skills to approach problems in a systematic method.
Demonstrates high standards for accuracy and attention to detail.
Demonstrates technical savvy and strong desire to learn new systems and technology.
Thrives working independently and takes ownership of projects/patient records.
Consistently and clearly communicates, adjusting style and tone as needed to effectively collaborate with hospital partners, peers, team leads and others.
Demonstrates strong self-organizational and time management skills to concurrently manage multiple accounts, adjusting as needed to shifting timelines and priorities.
Ability to adapt to changes in hospital partner timelines, requirements, and project assignments.
Maintains a high degree of responsibility in keeping PHI secure and confidential.
Direct clinical experience (Preferred).
RN or LPN credentials (Preferred).
Originally posted on Himalayas
Who can apply
Eligible countries: United States. Accepted UTC offsets: UTC-10, UTC-9, UTC-8, UTC-7, UTC-6, UTC-5, UTC+14. Review the full description for employer-specific work authorization, residency and schedule requirements.