Pediatric Trauma Registry Specialist II — Data & Quality

1200 MH-Memphis Hospitals; United States; On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is seeking a Trauma Registrar II to collect, analyze, and report clinical data for the pediatric trauma registry. You will abstract data from medical records and submit to state/national registries while supporting quality improvement initiatives.

The role requires knowledge of trauma registry methodology, ICD-10CM coding, and EMR proficiency, with opportunities to train junior staff and contribute to trauma research and performance metrics.

Qualifications

• Trauma database coding experience is preferred.
• Certified Abbreviated Injury Scale Specialist and Certified Specialist in Trauma Registry are desired.
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing or health information management is commonly required.

Responsibilities

• Collects clinical data for inclusion within the Children’s Trauma database registry in support of organizational quality and safety initiatives.
• Obtains, abstracts and enters appropriate data from the medical record and other data sources.
• Collects, verifies and submits data to meet state and national regulatory agency requirements.
• Utilizes the Continuous Improvement Process to ensure that hospital, DNV and quality standards are met.
• Analyzes, aggregates, and reports pediatric trauma clinical data for communicating performance metrics.
• Assists with data analysis to ensure robust PIPS program and trauma research.
• Builds and generates quality and operational reports from registry data to facilitate improvement in clinical, quality and financial outcome metrics.
• Maintains the pediatric trauma clinical database.
• Serves as primary liaison with third-party vendors, database end users, and clinical decision support department.
• Advises on performance metric reporting and clinical benchmarking related to quality and medical staff initiatives.
• Assists in training of Trauma Registrar I.
• Monitors quality of coding of Trauma Registrar I during training period.
• Communicates observations to management.

Skills

Trauma registry

Data abstraction

ICD-10CM coding

Medical terminology

Excel / data reports

EMR systems

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Associates Degree in Health Information Management

Associates Degree in Nursing

Tools

EMR systems

Microsoft Excel

Database management

Job description

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is seeking a Trauma Registrar II to collect, analyze, and report clinical data for the pediatric trauma registry. You will abstract data from medical records and submit to state/national registries while supporting quality improvement initiatives.

The role requires knowledge of trauma registry methodology, ICD-10CM coding, and EMR proficiency, with opportunities to train junior staff and contribute to trauma research and performance metrics.