Trauma Clinical Data Specialist (Beginner)

MRO; Norristown (Montgomery County); Remote; USD 34,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work environment

Generous Paid Time Off

Comprehensive benefits package

401(k) with company match

Paid professional development

Job summary

Q-Centrix is seeking a Clinical Data Specialist to support hospital partners nationwide with data abstraction and clinical data management. You will categorize, code, summarize, interpret, and mine registry data from unstructured medical records, ensuring accuracy and timely submissions.

You will work remotely in a fast-growing team, leveraging AIS 15 Coding Certification, Trauma Registry experience, and EMR proficiency to support regulatory requirements and improve patient care through quality

Qualifications

• Must hold AIS 15 Coding Certification.
• At least 6 months of Trauma Registry abstraction experience.
• Experience with EMRs and clinical databases; intermediate Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Abstract and code trauma registry data from unstructured patient records.
• Ensure quality data submissions to registries and measure repositories with high accuracy.
• Support ACS accreditation efforts using NTDB/TQIP tools and standards alignment.
• Contribute to data dictionaries, abstraction guidelines, and process improvements.

Skills

Data abstraction

Clinical data management

Analytical thinking

Time management

PHI security

Education

AIS 15 Coding Certification

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Clinical Data Specialists deliver quality solutions to hospital partners across the country through data abstraction and clinical quality data management. They approach each hospital engagement as an opportunity to apply clinical and data recognition expertise with precision to advance patient outcomes and research.

• Become a part of our team during a milestone moment in our growth, benefiting from our deep Trauma registry experience and employee-centric leadership.
• Deliver quality solutions to hospital partners across the country, approaching each hospital engagement as an opportunity to apply your expertise with precision.
• Bring your specialized knowledge and patient storytelling skills to our hospital partners through categorizing, coding, summarizing, interpreting, and mining registry/case information from nuanced, unstructured patient medical records.
• Perform data collection (abstracting) and reporting on eligible Trauma cases under current state mandates and national accrediting agencies.
• Ensure quality submission of all data in specified registries or measure data repositories, maintaining a high accuracy threshold.
• Support our partners' ACS Accreditation with utilization of NTDB/TQIP quality tools, support timely abstraction, and knowledge of how all the standards support quality patient care.
• Engage in a variety of educational opportunities, including on-the-job learning guided by our in-house Quality & Education Team along with easily accessible CEUs and paid time for continuing education.
• Stay up to date on mandated regulatory/publicly reported data requirements as specified by federal, state, payer, and other agencies.
• Contribute to team best practices, data dictionaries, abstraction guidelines, and other business rule documents while also identifying process improvement opportunities to help streamline tasks and processes.
• Contribute to our culture of perpetual learning and meaningful collaboration, supporting the development of your colleagues, including CDQS and SCDS team members.
• Experience working with multiple patient medical record systems (EMRs) and clinical databases.
• Possess strong analytical and critical thinking skills to approach problems in a systematic method, synthesizing data and suggesting recommendations.
• Holds high standards for accuracy and are attentive to detail.
• Technically savvy and interested in learning new systems and technology.
• Organized and adept at managing your time across multiple accounts and shifting timelines and priorities.
• Deeply value information security and privacy, maintaining high responsibility in keeping PHI secure and confidential (psst… Q-Centrix is SOC2 + HITRUST certified, so we take our cybersecurity seriously!).

Education and Experience

• Must be the proud recipient of an AIS 15 Coding Certification.
• At least 6 months of experience abstracting in the (Trauma Registry at any Trauma Level).
• Exposure to patient medical record systems (EMRs) and clinical databases.
• Intermediate proficiency with MS Office (Microsoft Excel).

Applicants for employment with Q-Centrix must be legally authorized to work in the United States now or in the future without sponsorship.

Total Rewards

At Q-Centrix, our purpose—safer, consistent, quality healthcare for all—drives everything we do. To accomplish this important work, we need to attract, engage, and retain a talented team by providing a compelling, equitable rewards package comprised of an inclusive culture, flexible work environment, learning and development opportunities, competitive pay that rewards high performance, and robust benefits that support health and financial wellness. Add to this package a supportive community of people who help each other not only do meaningful work, but learn, grow, and have fun while doing so, and you get an organization that has earned the Great Place to Work distinction multiple years in a row!

The target wage range for this role is $25.00 - $26.00 per hour. Individual wage rates within this range are based on multiple factors including but not limited to skills, experiences, licensure, certifications, and other business and organizational considerations. Wage ranges are reviewed, at minimum, annually and all team members are eligible for performance-based wage rate increases annually. The Q-Centrix compensation plan is productivity and accuracy focused, therefore, actual compensation could be higher or lower than target, dependent upon the team member’s performance.

In addition to our inclusive and innovative working environment and competitive pay, full-time* team members enjoy

• A fully remote work environment with flexible schedule and a generous Paid Time Off program with additional paid time for volunteering.
• Robust benefits package including medical, vision, dental, health savings accounts, company paid short- and long-term disability, employee assistance program, paid parental leave, life insurance, accident insurance, and other voluntary benefit programs for employees and their eligible dependents.
• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match.
• Paid professional development hours and other supportive resources.
• Team members who are committed to work 30 or more hours each week are considered full-time