Location
Altoona, PA | United States
Job description
UPMC Altoona is hiring a Registered Nurse with experience in trauma populations to help support our Trauma Department! This is full-time, dayshift position with occasional weekends as needed. The Trauma Service Registrar functions as a member of the Altoona Trauma / Emergency General Surgery Service staff, with responsibility for timely completion and submission of trauma registry data to the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation.
Responsibilities:
- Attends Multi-disciplinary Rounds on Tuesdays and Fridays.
- Prepares reports for Trauma Performance Improvement and requested information needed by Altoona Trauma / Emergency General Surgery Service Medical Director, Administrative Director, and Trauma PI Coordinator.
- Maintains Trauma Log according to data collection specifications set forth by the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation, and submits data in a timely manner.
- Attends monthly Trauma Performance Improvement meeting.
- Completes monthly inter-rater reliability. Obtain and return appropriate medical records daily. Enter the necessary data into the NTDB (National Trauma Data Bank).
- Participates in Trauma Performance Improvement activities.
- Altoona Trauma / Emergency General Surgery Service office responsibilities which includes: Assists Altoona Trauma / Emergency General Surgery Secretary with workload during high volume periods. Assumes scheduling of Altoona Trauma / Emergency General Surgery Clinic patients when Altoona Trauma / Emergency General Surgery Secretary is not available.
- Completes necessary data collection, including chart abstraction on all patients.
- Restocks Altoona Trauma / Emergency General Surgery Clinic exam rooms weekly.
- Provides clinical assistance in the Emergency Department when needed. Provides clinical assistance for Altoona Trauma / Emergency General Surgery Clinic.
- Assists with Altoona Trauma / Emergency General Surgery Service education and outreach programs.
- Assures organization of Trauma Registry Office and Trauma patient office charts/Trauma Registry.
- Maintains proficient computer skills. Maintains accuracy of data submission.
- Participates in daily rounds on weekends and when Administrative Director and PI Coordinator are not available for rounds.
- Completes collection of patient information when there are more than three (3) new admissions.
- Monitors all audit filters and complications/occurrences and compiles monthly report for review by the Medical Director, Administrative Director and Trauma PI Coordinator.
- Updates Altoona Trauma / Emergency General Surgery Service forms as needed.
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