Trauma Registrar

Description:
Could you be our next Trauma Registrar at Paoli Hospital?
Why work as a Trauma Registrar within our Magnet Health System?

• Make an Impact! Responsible for maintaining the trauma registry data base to include patient identification, abstraction, coding and entering data; retrieval and presentation of registry data for quality improvement, education and research. Works closely with the Trauma PI coordinator to ensure accurate statistical trauma data. Must be comfortable with interpreting medical clinical data and with advanced computing and data analysis skills.
• Join the Team! Like our patients, the Main Line Health Family encompasses a wide range of backgrounds and abilities. Just as each of our patients requires a personalized care plan, each of our employees, physicians, and volunteers, bring distinctive talents to Main Line Health. Regardless of our unique design, we all share a common purpose: providing superior service and care.
• position-Specific Benefits include: You are eligible for up to 160 hours of paid time off per year. We also offer a number of employee discounts to various activities, services, and vendors… And employee parking is always free!

Position: Trauma Registrar
Shift: Full-time, Monday-Friday, 40 hours per week, Day Shift; Start time between 7am-8am.
experience:
Work experience with knowledge of ICD 10 trauma coding, AIS scoring, and 2-3 years of medical record and/or coding experience/database entry required.
Education:
1. Graduation from an accredited program or University in a health care related field or in Health Information Technology is preferred. High School Diploma or GED is required.
Licensures/Certifications:
* HIM Coding Specialist (CCS or RHIT certified) desirable

* Basic Trauma Registry Course – within one year of hire

* AAAM AIS Course – within one year of hire

* ICD refresher course – every 5 years

* AAAM Certification Abbreviated Injury Scale Specialist (CAISS)

* Registrar with less than one year of registry experience must achieve CAISS within 3 years of hire

* Register with greater than three years of registry experience must achieve CAISS by 01/2026 or within a year of hire.
Additional Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

1. Knowledge of Registries desirable

2. Excellent computer skills necessary to manage and manipulate a large database

3. Computer and internet skill and experience including familiarity and comfort with Windows and MS office to include Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint

4. Proficiency in the review and abstraction of clinical patient information from a medical record

5. Mathematical ability necessary to validate and analyze data

6. Excellent organizational skills; detailed orientated; able to work independently as workload varies on a daily basis; able to meet deadlines.

7. Interpersonal skills necessary to interact effectively with physicians and other staff