Senior Trauma Registry Specialist: Data Quality & Compliance

DHR Health; Edinburg (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Part time

Job summary

DHR Health in Edinburg, TX, is seeking a Senior Trauma Registrar to oversee trauma registry operations, data entry, and quality metrics, ensuring accurate reporting for state and national benchmarks. The role requires collaboration with physicians and staff, proficiency in AIS/ISS and ICD-10 coding, and completion of ATS/AAAM courses within six months.

Responsibilities include chart abstraction, AIS/ISS assignment, data maintenance in the Texas EMS/Trauma Registry, and supporting performance

Qualifications

• Minimum three years’ experience with computer data entry and/or Microsoft Office Suite software applications preferred.
• Good written and verbal communication skills required.
• Able to communicate effectively with physicians, patients, nursing staff and allied health providers.
• Completed American Trauma Society (ATS) Trauma Registrar Course within 6 months of employment.
• Completed the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM), Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) course within 6 months of employment.
• Associates Degree in health-related field or informatics is preferred
• Certified Trauma Registrar (CSTR), Abbreviated Injury Scaling Specialist (CAISS) certifications within twelve months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Maintains all patient, staff, and DHR information and documents in compliance with hospital polices regarding patient confidentiality and privacy.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the components of the Trauma Services and the functions of the Registry software.
• Assists in printing, organizing charts for abstraction and review.
• Assists in abstracting charts utilizing the Trauma Services Data Collection Forms.
• Assists in assigning AIS and ISS scores.
• Enters and maintains patient information in the Texas EMS/Trauma Registry for DHR.
• Manages the DHR Trauma Registry including maintaining a concurrent registry in compliance with the Texas Trauma Registry, National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) and American College of Surgeons (ACS) Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) for verification, state designation and national benchmarking.
• Maintains various file types and logs (e.g. trauma admit log, trauma activation log)
• Educates team members on use of Trauma Registry software, components and ongoing system enhancements as well as data dictionary updates.
• Monitors compliance with required training including but not limited to annual TQIP user training, TQIP quizzes, open form calls and other required registrar training outlined by ACS
• Maintains a system for data cleaning to ensure the reliability, accuracy and completeness of the database (e.g. inter-rater reliability audits, NTDB filter criteria) in accordance with state and national regulatory requirements.
• Accurately identifies the patient population for entry and tracking into the Digital Innovations v5 Trauma Registry in compliance with the Texas Department of State health Services of EMS and Trauma requirements and DHR specific requirements (e.g. ICD-10 code, transfer, death, ICU admission, length of stay, readmission.
• Supports Trauma Performance Improvement Coordinator in preparing reports for the purposes of research, quality improvement reporting and designation/verification survey as required by ACS
• Prepares reports for purposes of registry surveillance, approved research requests, performance improvement and designation/verification survey as required by ACS
• Participates in the Trauma Performance Improvement process.
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Data entry

Microsoft Office

Verbal communication

Written communication

AIS/ISS coding

ICD-10 coding

EMS/Trauma Registry knowledge

Education

Associates Degree in health-related field or informatics

Certified Trauma Registrar (CSTR)

CAISS certification

Job description

DHR Health in Edinburg, TX, is seeking a Senior Trauma Registrar to oversee trauma registry operations, data entry, and quality metrics, ensuring accurate reporting for state and national benchmarks. The role requires collaboration with physicians and staff, proficiency in AIS/ISS and ICD-10 coding, and completion of ATS/AAAM courses within six months.

Responsibilities include chart abstraction, AIS/ISS assignment, data maintenance in the Texas EMS/Trauma Registry, and supporting performance