Clinical Data Abstractor Specialist

It's more than a career, it's a calling. MO-REMOTE Worker Type: Regular Job Highlights: Help shape the future of stroke care. As a Clinical Data Abstractor Specialist, you'll transform complex clinical information into actionable insights that support stroke certification, regulatory compliance, and quality improvement efforts. Your expertise will directly contribute to enhancing patient outcomes and advancing excellence in stroke care across our hospitals. Apply today to learn more! Job Summary: The clinical abstraction specialist will apply their knowledge of healthcare and data management to analyze clinical data, identify trends and report them. They will abstract and maintain comprehensive data from the clinical records according to established clinical/regulatory requirements. Mitigate definitional issues, and chart documentation discrepancies to ensure timely completion and proper validation checks for a high level of interrater reliability. Job Responsibilities and Requirements: PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES Disseminates data from the medical record accurately reflecting governing body’s rules, algorithms and protocols. Continuous learning and adaptability due to registry and regulatory changes Supports collaboration with internal team members and external vendors to ensure inter-rater reliability as well as data accuracy and timely submission. Contribute to specialized committee or work group meetings in support of process improvements to enhance patient outcomes. Identify new processes of improvement, opportunities and trends. Review and resolve any clinical data discrepancies or outliers on completed abstracts Skillful with written and oral skills for communicating performance considerations and improvement opportunities to correct parties. Report findings/opportunities/trends to management levels. Driven by logical and analytical thinking to solve problems. Possess an eye for detail-oriented analysis and design Adept at working independently or within team environment/Self Starter. Ability to multi –task and appropriately prioritize responsibilities for high volume of workload Utilize knowledge of medical terminology and anatomy to extract facts from within the record especially when chart documentation is of uncertain quality Able to complete certifications (pass exams) if assigned to an abstraction that requires it. Performs other duties as assigned. EDUCATION Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and experience EXPERIENCE One year experience in healthcare or related field Department: 8751010033 Healthcare Data Abstraction and Registries Work Shift: Day Shift (United States of America) Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Click here to learn more.