Surgical Clinical Reviewer

Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto), Sinai Health; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Sinai Health is seeking a Surgical Clinical Reviewer to support the NSQIP program within the Digital Health team. The role involves planning and coordinating data collection across preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative stages, with data entry and reporting to drive quality improvements.

You will work with surgical leadership, coding teams, and stakeholders to ensure accurate data and meaningful insights.

Qualifications

• Successful completion of a Baccalaureate degree in a health or science related discipline.
• ACS NSQIP SCR Training/Certification Program required after completion.
• 1 year of related clinical experience in hospital surgery, clinic, research or medical records.
• Experience in clinical chart review and data abstraction.

Responsibilities

• Identify surgical patients for NSQIP inclusion using predefined criteria and protocols.
• Collect preoperative, operative, and postoperative data from medical records.
• Contact patients or families postoperatively by phone or written communications.
• Ensure accurate, complete, and timely data entry into NSQIP databases and meet caseload targets.
• Perform statistical analysis to identify opportunities for quality improvement.
• Produce routine reports and presentations for NSQIP Steering Committee and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with surgical and coding teams to support data classification requirements.
• Develop and submit the Surgical Quality Improvement Plan and reports to Ontario Health.
• Participate in NSQIP teleconferences and use program software for data analysis.
• Engage with leadership and cross-functional teams, patients and caregivers on QI initiatives.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Data abstraction

Communication skills

MS Office

Cerner PowerChart

Education

Baccalaureate degree in health/science

NSQIP SCR Training/Certification

CHIMA certification (preferred)

Tools

Cerner PowerChart

Excel

Word

Visio

PowerPoint

Job description

To support us on our journey, Sinai Health is looking for a Surgical Clinical Reviewer to support our Digital Health team. The Surgical Clinical Reviewer (SCR) will be responsible for the planning and coordination of all dimensions of data collection for inclusion in the American College of Surgeon's National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP). Primary responsibilities include data collection (preoperative, operative, and post-operative components) through various sources such as medical records and direct patient contact, utilization of software and web applications for data entry and report generation to provide insights about performance. The SCR will analyze and evaluate the data to identify opportunities for quality improvement. Using proven QI methodologies, the SCR will engage and collaborate with the surgical leadership and cross-functional teams to work on QI initiatives.

In This Role You Will

• Identify surgical patients for inclusion in the program through the application of pre-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria, methodology, and protocols under the direction of the NSQIP Steering Committee
• Collect preoperative, operative, and postoperative data components through the effective utilization of the hospital medical record systems
• Contact patients and/or families via telephone and/or written communications postoperatively
• Ensure accurate, complete, and timely entry of data into the NSQIP program's databases and meets the caseload accrual requirement protocol
• Perform statistical analysis and interpret the data to determine opportunities for improvement
• Produce routine reports and presentations and disseminate to the NSQIP Steering Committee and other stakeholders
• Collaborate with the surgical and coding teams to support documentation and classification requirements for reliable data collection
• Support the development and submission of the Surgical Quality Improvement Plan (SQIP) and semi-annual SQIP collaborative reports to Ontario Health
• Participate in NSQIP teleconferences as required
• Utilize the NSQIP program’s software applications for data analysis
• Develop and maintain relationships with the surgical leadership team and a broad range of internal and external stakeholders
• Engage and work collaboratively with the surgical leadership and cross-functional teams, as well as patients and caregivers on QI initiatives to improve surgical care and patient safety
• Perform other duties consistent with the job classification as required

Job Requirements

Mandatory

• Successful completion of a Baccalaureate degree in a health or science related discipline
• Successful completion will be required for ACS NSQIP SCR Training/Certification Program
• 1 year of related experience in a clinical setting: hospital surgery department, surgery clinic, clinical research or medical records
• Previous experience in clinical chart review and abstraction

Preferred

• Certification with the Canadian Health Information Management Association (CHIMA) and current active member of CHIMA in good standing
• Certification with the Ontario Health Information Management Association

Skills and Knowledge

• Demonstrated knowledge of hospital processes
• Strong statistical (quantitative and qualitative) and analytical skills
• Database entry and management experience
• Quality Improvement knowledge and experience: including skills in root cause analysis and improvement science
• Strong presentation and group facilitation skills
• Exceptional interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
• Strong collaboration skills, both with and through individuals
• Demonstrated satisfactory attendance and work performance
• Strong computer skills within an MS office environment (Excel, Word, Visio, PowerPoint)
• Working knowledge of Cerner PowerChart application is an asset

This is a Temporary contract for up to 18 months.

Job Type: Temporary Full Time

Hours (subject to change): 37.5 hours per week

Vacancy Type: New/Replacement Vacancy

Vacancies: 1

Employee Group: Non-Union