Remote Infection Prevention Data Abstractor

Summary

Join Q-Centrix as a Senior Clinical Data Specialist and contribute to advancements in healthcare's value-based care. You will leverage your clinical expertise and Q-Centrix's proprietary technology to deliver quality data solutions to hospital partners nationwide. This role involves abstracting and analyzing patient medical records, ensuring data accuracy, and meeting tight deadlines. You will collaborate with various stakeholders, navigate technical systems, and contribute to team best practices. The position requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and excellent communication abilities. Successful candidates will be highly organized, adaptable, and committed to maintaining patient data confidentiality.

Requirements

• At least 1 year of direct clinical surveillance experience (abstracting hospital acquired infections)
• Exposure to multiple patient medical record systems (EMRs) and clinical databases
• Intermediate proficiency with MS Office (Microsoft Excel)
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills to approach problems in a systematic method using the ability to synthesize data and suggest recommendations
• 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
• Applicants for employment with Q-Centrix must be legally authorized to work in the United States now or in the future without sponsorship

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
• Keeps up to date on mandated regulatory/publicly reported data requirements as specified by federal, state, payer and other agencies
• Any or other additional responsibilities as assigned

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
• RN, LPN, RT RVT, or RCIS credentials

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