Primary City/State:

Casper, Wyoming

Department Name:

Trauma Services-Corp

Work Shift:

Day

Job Category:

Revenue Cycle

Great careers start with great training. The people of Banner Health are focused on delivering excellent care to our patients. In return, we are committed to excellence in personal development for all our team members. Apply today. 

Living in Casper you will find that mountain trails, fishing, access to lakes are within minutes from the hospital. Being centrally located in the state also allows you to easily travel through the state to take in all Wyoming as to offer such as, the Big Horn Mountains, Thermopolis Hot Springs, and Yellowstone National Park to name a few. You will find that Casper is a city, yet has a small-town feel, often times coming in contact with patients and families in the community expressing thankfulness for the care you gave!

As a Trauma Registrar at Wyoming Medical Center, you will be working in a role that, touches the entire facility, from EMS, to ER, to ICU, and to surgical floor, through rehabilitation and home. You will be part of a team that drives patient care from behind the scenes.  You will have on the job education provided. This role does not have weekend or holiday shifts. This role can be hybrid once trained and has flexibility to do 5 - 8 hour shifts or 4 -10 hour shifts Monday - Friday.

The ideal candidate has Trauma Registry experience, RHIT or Certified coder, Abbreviated Injury Scale experience 

Within Banner Health Corporate, you will have the opportunity to apply your unique experience and expertise in support of a nationally-recognized healthcare leader. We offer stimulating and rewarding careers in a wide array of disciplines. Whether your background is in Human Resources, Finance, Information Technology, Legal, Managed Care Programs or Public Relations, you'll find many options for contributing to our award-winning patient care.

POSITION SUMMARY
This position participates in activities associated with the trauma registry, including data gathering, data abstraction, timely and accurate data entry/coding, data validation and reporting that meets trauma center requirements. Acts as a member of the multi-disciplinary trauma team to support patient quality and performance improvement initiatives.

CORE FUNCTIONS
1. Collects required information for all injured trauma victims meeting inclusion criteria by reviewing multiple sources including medical records, EMS records, and various hospital software programs. Abstracts required data elements including basic patient demographics, clinical procedures, clinical and diagnostic results, etc. Enters data accurately related to the trauma patient's history, diagnosis, therapy, and outcome.

2. Uses scaling and scoring tools such as current International Classification of Diseases codes (ICD), the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) developed by the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM), and Injury Severity Score (ISS).  Codes injuries and procedures for the database as required for clinical care, research, benchmarking and accreditation. Ensures the hospital remains compliant with all applicable standards as they relate the respective State registry, American College of Surgeons, National Trauma Data Bank, Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) and trauma center accreditation.

3. Maintains the Trauma Registry database in compliance with state regulations and accreditation requirements. Assists team with documentation and management of the registry database as it relates to clinical research, benchmarking and accreditation.

4. Develops and produces timely information/reports as requested and contributes to timely data submission to national and state agencies to ensure accreditation/verification/designation statuses are maintained.

5. Works as an integral part of the trauma quality and performance improvement program by contributing to identification of opportunities for improvement and/or areas of concern commensurate with the level of training/knowledge/experience.  

6. Works independently under limited supervision. This position functions at assigned facility and has no budgetary responsibilities. Internal and external customers include physicians, clinical staff, facility employees, trauma team members and state and national agencies.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Requires a level of education equivalent to that of a Registered Health Information Technologist (RHIT) or certified coder, including advanced education in medical terminology, anatomy and physiology.

Must have or will have required course work, including the ATS trauma registrar course, AIS training course, within one year of hire.

Must have a level of experience and ability in coding, abstracting and data management as normally acquired over two or more years of clinical and/or experience in a coding or clinical data management position. Requires the ability to interpret and comprehend information contained within the patient’s medical record and to find all required data elements for the Trauma Registry. Requires the ability to abstract registry data from the patient’s medical/health record using the above standard setters regarding abstracting and coding procedures.

Must have excellent organizational, written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to prioritize multiple work projects and tasks.

Exceptional data entry and data management skill sets are required with an expected high degree of accuracy. Must be able to work effectively with common office computer software, the Trauma Registry software, the electronic medical records system and databases, spreadsheet and graphical programs.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Registered Health Information Technologist or Registered Health Information Administrator certification (RHIT or RHIA), Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Specialist Trauma Registry (CSTR) preferred.

Past trauma registry experience preferred.

Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

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