Trauma Registrar – Trauma

TRAUMA REGISTRAR – TRAUMA DEPARTMENT 

Salary: $65K – $75K + Full Benefits & PTO
Location: Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
Status: Full-Time

Join our dedicated team as a Trauma Registrar, where you’ll play a vital role in ensuring accurate trauma data collection and reporting. This data supports research, performance improvement, and prevention initiatives, contributing to better patient outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

Under the supervision of the Trauma Program Director (TPD), the Trauma Registrar will:

• Identify and track trauma patients according to national, state, and organizational guidelines.
• Accurately abstract, code, and enter trauma data into the registry using ICD-10 and Abbreviated Injury Scoring (AIS).
• Maintain 80% concurrent trauma registry completion within 60 days of hospital exit, per ACS standards.
• Submit data to the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB), Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP), and New York State Trauma Registry on required schedules.
• Participate in data validation (Inter-Rater Reliability) and make necessary corrections.
• Generate reports for the Trauma Medical Director (TMD), TPD, and Performance Improvement (PI) Team as needed.
• Support preparation of trauma-related reports, research, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Identify and report patient safety and quality concerns to the PI Team.
• Attend local, state, and national trauma-related meetings and maintain continuing education (CE) requirements.

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