Trauma Registrar- Full-Time Day Shift- Hybrid at Wellstar Health Systems in Roswell, Georgia

Job Title

Trauma Registrar- Full-Time Day Shift- Hybrid

Job Description

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

Work Shift Day (United States of America)

Job Summary

The Trauma Registry is a complex injury and disease specific database that is integral to the operations of the trauma center. Quality trauma registry data must be collected by every trauma center and is critical to the success of a trauma program. The trauma registrar is responsible for the management of all components of the trauma registry, including data collection, data abstraction, data entry, data retrieval/statistical conversion, and data validation. The trauma registrar position reports directly to trauma program manager.

Key Responsibilities of the Role Include:

• Data abstraction/entry
• Database management
• Inter-rater reliability and data validation
• Uploading data to state and national trauma registries
• Analysis of data frequency submission reports
• Monitoring the database for data integrity and mapping inconsistencies as well as error correction and report writing

Level I and II Trauma Centers

Trauma registrars at level I and II trauma centers are responsible for coding extensive injury complexes, procedures, complications, and prolonged hospitalizations. They are also responsible for coding additional data elements for the trauma quality improvement program (TQIP) and participate in required Georgia quality improvement program (GQIP) state drill down exercises.

Level III and IV Trauma Centers

Trauma registrars at level III and IV trauma centers are not responsible for coding additional data elements for TQIP (unless the level III center is a participating TQIP facility). Patients with extensive injury complexes receive initial stabilization and are typically transferred out to level I or II trauma centers when resources at these facilities are exceeded. The admitted, non-transferred out, patient population at the level III and IV trauma centers usually have minimal procedures, lessened injury complexes, and shorter length of stays for coding.

Burn Centers

Burn/trauma registrars are responsible for coding data elements in both the burn and trauma registries. The burn registry requires less data entry elements than the trauma registry, however, patients within this registry tend to have complex coding requirements secondary to necessitating multiple procedures and prolonged hospitalizations.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

• Data abstraction/entry
• Data validation and inter-rater reliability
• Database management
• Data extraction and reporting
• Other duties

Required Minimum Education

High school diploma / GED general preferred and associates health information management preferred

Required Minimum Experience

Minimum 2 years trauma registry coding experience with RHIT required or minimum 3 years trauma registry coding experience without RHIT required.

Required Minimum Skills

Proficient in computer entry and data extraction; ICD-10CM and ICD-10PCS coding, AIS coding required. Computer/data entry experience Ability to communicate with various members of the healthcare team. Ability to use EXCEL, Word and have basic computer operational knowledge. Epic, 3M

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s)

Additional licenses and certifications a minimum of 8 continuing education hours of trauma related continuing education hours are required annually. 20 CEUs during reporting cycle are required for RHIT recertification. ATS trauma registry course (or equivalent course for trauma registrars) upon hire required and AAAM AIS-08 (AIS-15 preferred) coding course upon hire required RHIT - reg health information tech upon hire preferred or CSTR - cert specialist trauma registrar upon hire preferred or CAISS - cert abbr injury scale spec required

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