Clinical Data Specialist designs and maintains clinical quality databases. Queries databases, creates reports and analyzes data to comply with regulatory reporting requirements and support improvements in clinical effectiveness. Being a Clinical Data Specialist defines and tests new measures, validates data, and takes steps to automate and improve the data collection process. Requires a bachelor's degree. Additionally, Clinical Data Specialist typically reports to a supervisor or manager. The Clinical Data Specialist gains exposure to some of the complex tasks within the job function. Occasionally directed in several aspects of the work. To be a Clinical Data Specialist typically requires 2 to 4 years of related experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
Minimum Qualifications:
· Certified Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), or Technician (RHIT), or an associate degree in a health care related discipline with Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) certification, and a minimum of 3 years medical coding experience.
Or
· Registered nurse (or medical school graduate) with a minimum of 3 years inpatient clinical experience, advanced clinical expertise and an extensive knowledge of complex disease processes with broad clinical experience in an inpatient setting.
Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications Required:
RN current license or RHIA/RHIT/CCS (medical school graduates are exempt from this MQ)
And
Must acquire CCDS or CDIP certification within 3 years of hire
Job Summary:
Scope: Responsible for the overall improvement of the quality and accuracy of medical record documentation through interaction with physicians, members of the patient care team, and hospital coding staff.
Function: Ensures clinical documentation accurately reflects the appropriate level of service provided, severity of illness, and risk of mortality of each patient. Successfully facilitates the accurate representation of patient status that translates into coded data.
Preferred Qualifications:
Job Duties:
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
Demonstrate excellent observation skills, analytical thinking, and problem-solving plus good verbal and written communication.
Salary Range:
Actual salary commensurate with experience.
Work Schedule:
Remote work, Texas resident.
Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm, and as needed on occasion.
Equal Employment Opportunity
UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.