Medical Record Abstractor

WiredPeople, Inc.; Tallahassee (FL); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

WiredPeople is seeking a Medical Record Abstractor to support the Florida Violent Death Reporting System in Florida. This full-time role requires the candidate to be located within the state and to work up to 40 hours per week while ensuring accurate data abstraction into the NVDRS system.

The role includes onboarding within five business days, weekly narrative reports, and participation in regular CDC NVDRS workgroup calls and team meetings to ensure timely, high-quality case abstraction.

Qualifications

• Must perform data entry from violent death data sources with high accuracy.
• Experience working in a Public Health capacity is required.
• Ability to review reports, synthesize information, and write brief narratives.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential.
• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, plan, and organize assignments.
• Ability to organize data into logical formats for reports and publications.

Responsibilities

• Complete database registration and identity proofing within five business days.
• Abstract, edit, and enter NVDRS case information with narrative and marking circumstances, 95% accuracy.
• Report progress to the Department Program Manager.
• Submit a weekly narrative detailing hours worked and cases abstracted by Friday 3:00 PM EST.
• Maintain real-time tracking sheets to document abstracted records.
• Abstact an average of at least 35 cases per week.
• Participate in monthly NVDRS workgroup calls and take notes, summarizing them for the Program Manager.
• Attend bi-weekly program staff meetings via Teams.

Skills

Data entry accuracy

Public health

Narrative writing

Communication

Time management

Data organization

Job description

Overview:

WiredPeople is seeking to hire aMedical Record Abstractor to help support the Florida Violent Death Reporting System in Florida. This position will be full-time, up to 40 hours a week and our ideal candidate must be located within the state of Florida.

Essential Functions:

• Each Data Abstractor must complete database registration and identity proofing processes within five business days of the initiated database access request in order to begin data abstraction promptly.
• Abstract, edit, and enter violent death case information into the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) web-based data collection system, with a narrative and marking circumstances when applicable, with 95% accuracy, throughout the purchase order term.
• Report progress and/or barriers encountered directly to the Department Program Manager.
• EachData Abstractor must submit a weekly narrative detailing the number of hours worked and the number of cases abstracted to the Program Manager by Friday afternoon at 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST).
• Assist program staff in maintaining real-time tracking sheets to document abstracted records.
• Ensure the full-timeData Abstractor abstracts an average of at least 35 cases per week.
• Ensure eachData Abstractor participates in monthly Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) NVDRS workgroup calls. Use monthly coding calls to receive any necessary feedback or technical assistance on coding and case abstraction. Take notes during the call and submit a brief summary of notes to the Program Manager by close of business on the day of the call.
• Attend and actively participate in bi-weekly program staff meetings via Teams.

Qualifications:

• Must have the ability to perform data entry from a variety of violent death data sources with a high degree of accuracy.
• Must have experience working within a Public Health related capacity.
• Must have the ability to review reports, comprehend complex information, synthesize information, and write brief narrative summaries of reports.
• Must demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills to convey information clearly, accurately, and completely.
• Must possess capacity to effectively prioritize work, meet project deadlines, plan, organize, and coordinate assignments.
• Must possess the ability to organize data and information into logical formats for presentations, reports, documents, publications, and other written materials.

WiredPeople provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, WiredPeople complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.