Medical Record Abstractor

Summary

Join WiredPeople as a Medical Record Abstractor supporting Florida's Violent Death Reporting System! This full-time position (up to 40 hours/week) requires Florida residency. You will abstract, edit, and enter violent death case information into the NVDRS system, ensuring 95% accuracy. Collaboration with the team and reporting to the Program Manager are key aspects. The role demands strong data entry, public health experience, and excellent communication skills. Successful candidates will maintain a high case abstraction rate and actively participate in team meetings and CDC calls.

Requirements

• Have the ability to perform data entry from a variety of violent death data sources with a high degree of accuracy
• Have experience working within a Public Health related capacity
• Have the ability to review reports, comprehend complex information, synthesize information, and write brief narrative summaries of reports
• Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills to convey information clearly, accurately, and completely
• Possess capacity to effectively prioritize work, meet project deadlines, plan, organize, and coordinate assignments
• Possess the ability to organize data and information into logical formats for presentations, reports, documents, publications, and other written materials

Responsibilities

• Complete database registration and identity proofing processes within five business days of the initiated database access request
• Abstract, edit, and enter violent death case information into the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) web-based data collection system, with a narrative and marking circumstances when applicable, with 95% accuracy, throughout the purchase order term
• Report progress and/or barriers encountered directly to the Department Program Manager
• Submit a weekly narrative detailing the number of hours worked and the number of cases abstracted to the Program Manager by Friday afternoon at 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST)
• Assist program staff in maintaining real-time tracking sheets to document abstracted records
• Ensure the full-time Data Abstractor abstracts an average of at least 35 cases per week
• Participate in monthly Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) NVDRS workgroup calls. Use monthly coding calls to receive any necessary feedback or technical assistance on coding and case abstraction. Take notes during the call and submit a brief summary of notes to the Program Manager by close of business on the day of the call
• Attend and actively participate in bi-weekly program staff meetings via Teams

Benefits

Equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics