Clinical Auditor II

San Juan Regional Medical Center; Farmington (NM); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington, NM seeks a Clinical Auditor II to abstract and analyze data for CMS quality measures, support safety events reviews, and contribute to improvement teams.

Requires a Master’s Degree, 2+ years acute care (LPN/RN preferred), Green Belt and CPHQ, strong analytical and organizational skills, and proficiency with Word/Excel. You’ll gather data, generate reports, participate in committees, and help sustain high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree required.
• Minimum of two (2) years’ Acute Care clinical background (preferably LPN/RN).
• Green Belt Certification and CPHQ Certification required or in progress.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills; ability to ensure data validity and reliability.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel; excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Proficient facilitation skills and basic report writing skills.
• Experience with submitting data to CMS and participation on improvement teams.

Responsibilities

• Abstracts and analyzes data from multiple sources to support quality improvement.
• Gathers data for CMS Quality Measures and reports findings.
• Performs monthly medical record and ad hoc audits and creates reports/charts.
• Maintains Excel databases and creates reports; uses software/databases to analyze data.
• Attends and supports committees; presents reports and facilitates discussions.
• Participates in performance and safety event review teams; acts as a staff resource for quality improvement.
• Ensures daily work aligns with SJRMC Service Standards: Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, Stewardship.

Skills

Data analysis

Project facilitation

MS Word & Excel

Customer service

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Safety event review

Education

Master’s Degree

Tools

Truven

Greeley

AS

Job description

Creating Life Better Here starts with you. At San Juan Regional Medical Center, we're more than a healthcare provider—we're a values-driven organization dedicated to delivering exceptional care. As a team member, you help fulfill our mission to make life better here for our community. The Clinical Auditor II abstracts and analyzes data from multiple sources to provide information to the organization which will be used to improve clinical quality. They are responsible for submitting data to CMS, reviewing and classifying safety events, performing staff interviews, and participating on safety improvement teams. The Clinical Auditor II is responsible for assisting as part of the facilitation team on formal improvement teams.

Required Behaviors: As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody SJRMC's values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization. Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability and Creative Vitality ask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks. Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s Degree
• Minimum of two (2) years’ Acute Care clinical background (preferably LPN/RN)
• Green Belt Certification
• CPHQ Certification
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong analytical skills; be able to develop a consistent approach to data collection to ensure validity and reliability of data
• Skilled in using Microsoft Word and Excel
• Excellent customer service skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Proficient facilitation skills
• Basic report writing skills
• Identification and submission of two formal Process Improvement initiative proposals
• Significant participation in two formal Process Improvement teams
• Significant participation in two formal Root Cause Analysis

Duties and Responsibilities

• Gathers and inputs data for CMS Quality Measures and reports on findings
• Performs monthly medical record and ad hoc audits, conducts analyses and creates subsequent reports (e.g., mortality, sepsis, etc.)
• Collects data, maintains excel databases and creates reports/charts depicting the data
• Uses various software/databases to create and analyze reports (e.g., Truven, Greeley, AS)
• Attends and supports various committees which includes presenting reports, writing letters, and facilitating
• Participates/facilitates on performance teams
• Participates/facilitates on safety event reviews
• Serves as a resource for staff related to quality improvement
• Each caregiver is responsible for implementing SJRMC’s Service Standards into their daily work: Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and Stewardship
• Other duties as assigned

Physical Demands and Environmental Work Conditions

Primarily office environment with daily inclusion in operational environments. Prolonged sitting, standing, and/or walking. Frequent interruptions. Moderate noise level.

As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody SJRMC's values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization. Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability and Creative Vitality ask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks. Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission.

To learn more, visit us at http://www.sanjuanregional.com.