Q-Centrix is hiring a
Infection Prevention Data Abstractor

Summary

The Infection Prevention Senior Clinical Data Specialist delivers quality solutions to hospital partners across the country by applying their clinical expertise to categorize, code, summarize, interpret, and calculate registry/case information from patient medical records. They ensure quality submission of all data in specified registries or measure data repositories, maintain a high accuracy threshold, prioritize tasks, navigate new technical systems, contribute to team best practices, and keep up-to-date on mandated regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• At least 1 year of direct clinical surveillance experience (abstracting hospital acquired infections)
• Exposure to multiple patient medical record systems (EMRs)
• Intermediate proficiency with MS Office (Microsoft Excel)
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• Demonstrates high standards for accuracy and attention to detail
• Demonstrates technical savvy and strong desire to learn new systems and technology
• Thrives working independently and takes ownership of projects/patient records
• Consistently and clearly communicates, adjusting style and tone as needed to effectively collaborate with hospital partners, peers, team leads and others
• Demonstrates strong self-organizational and time management skills to concurrently manage multiple accounts, adjusting as needed to shifting timelines and priorities
• Adapts to changes in timelines, requirements, and project assignments
• Maintains a high degree of responsibility in keeping PHI secure and confidential

Responsibilities

• Apply specialized, clinical knowledge to hospital partners: categorize, code, summarize, interpret and calculate registry/case information from nuanced, patient medical records
• Ensure quality submission of all data in specified registries or measure data repositories, maintaining a high accuracy threshold
• Prioritize, organize, and meet tight deadlines for multiple concurrent tasks and team requests; uses tact and judgement to manage expectations, flag obstacles and propose solutions in a timely manner
• Navigate new technical systems: electronic medical records (EMR) and registry/case entry tools; use team resources to troubleshoot technical issues with systems and applications with a focus on solutions
• Contribute to team best practices, data dictionaries, abstraction guidelines, and other business rule documents; identifies process improvement opportunities to help streamline tasks and processes

Preferred Qualifications

• At least 1 year of direct clinical surveillance experience with your CIC
• An active CIC certification
• Direct clinical experience working as an Infection Preventionist

Benefits

• 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