Transplant Quality Data Coordinator - FT Days - Renal Transplant

DHR Health - US:TX:Edinburg - Days

Summary:

FLSA STATUS: Exempt Non-Exempt

MISSION STATEMENT:

Our Mission is to improve the well-being of those we serve with a commitment to excellence: every patient, every encounter, every time.

VISION:

Our Vision is to create a world-class health system to advance medicine and increase access for the communities we serve by empowering caregivers to heal through compassion, knowledge, innovation, integrated care and excellence.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Data Coordinator for Transplant Services is responsible clinical data abstraction, design, capture, management, querying and reporting. The data coordinator will effectively communicate and coordinate the flow of information among medical, ancillary, nursing, financial and other staff. The data coordinator will develop and maintain transplant statistical data and perform outcome monitoring in coordination with the Quality Director for the transplant department. The data coordinator assists in maintaining compliance with requirements of external agencies in the area of quality and accreditation surveys/inspections, specifically those related to Transplant, The Joint Commission, CMS, UNOS, and the ESRD Network.

POSITION EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS:

• • Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing or other relevant clinical discipline required (business administration, business management, health care administration, public health or a related field);
  • Master’s Degree in Nursing, Health Care, Public Health or Business Administration preferred.
  • Project management experience
  • Strong analytical, problem solving, and quantitative skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with patients, physicians, management, staff, peers, and other customer.
  • Demonstrated customer service skills, including the ability to use appropriate judgment, independent thinking and creativity when resolving issues.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Computer skills: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, clinical documentation systems.
  JOB KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE :
  
  • Experience in quality assurance and performance improvement activities preferred
  • Certification in quality improvement preferred

  Responsibilities:
  
  

  POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Coordinate and implement strategies for the inpatient and outpatient data as it relates to the transplant process and data capture
    

  Assures continuous tracking of quality data in the transplant databases, monitors ongoing data integrity processes
  
  

  Coordinates development and preparation of quality report cards/scorecards for the Abdominal Organ Transplant Program
  
  

  Review clinical data for completeness and accuracy
  
  

  Responsible for data reporting to all outside regulatory and research agencies for transplant program
  
  

  Reviews medical records, including reviews of documentation required for UNOS and CMS. Collates and submits data related to these reviews to the leadership team and hospital departments as requested.
  
  

  • Participate with management to develop and apply standard of data storage, manipulation and reporting
    

  Maintains current knowledge of requirements related to CMS Conditions of Participation, Joint Commission, and UNOS.
  
  

  Participate in data entry and abstraction of data from clinical database for analysis and research, including knowledge and application of pertinent computer programs
  
  

  Knowledge and application of pertinent computer programs, internal applications, OTTR, and others, national registry and reporting applications, UNOS, SRTR
  
  

  Responsible for supporting management staff to achieve and maintain accreditation and regulatory compliance within Transplant Services. Assists in the preparation of action plans.
  
  

  Prepares and maintains materials/documents used for surveys by CMS/NC Dept of Health for transplant centers and for Joint Commission.
  
  

  Coordinates preparation of UNOS reports including annual personnel report, TIEDI
  
  

  Monitors and tracks compliance with UNOS requirements for data submission. Alerts the management team if there is not full compliance with the requirements.
  
  

  Other information:
  
  

  LINES OF REPSONSIBILITIES:

  (Chain-of-command)

  1. Transplant Quality Director 2. Transplant Administrator/Renal Director 3. Chief Clinical Operations Officer
  

  CUSTOMER SERVICE:

  Provide excellent customer service to all DHR customers. All employees are required to attend the DHR C.A.R.E.S program which outlines the Customer Service Principals including: Commitment, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Service.
  

  AGE SPECIFIC:

  Employees must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned unit. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirement relative to his or her age.

  AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: (ADA):

  A. Essential Duties: Indicated by bold print within performance standards, preceding individual numbered criteria.

  The following table provides physical requirements that will be associated with, but not limited to, this position:

  Light/moderate lifting up to 20 lbs, from the floor to shoulder height.
  

  Yes
  

  Kneeling
  

  Yes
  

  
  

  Must be able to assist other employees with lifting more than 20 lbs.
  

  Yes
  

  Walking
  

  Yes
  

  
  

  Light/moderate carrying up to 20 lbs.
  

  Yes
  

  Standing/Squatting
  

  Yes
  

  
  

  Straight pulling
  

  Yes
  

  Sitting
  

  Yes
  

  
  

  Pulling hand over hand
  

  Yes
  

  Pushing
  

  Yes
  

  
  

  Repeated bending
  

  Yes
  

  Stooping/Bending
  

  Yes
  

  
  

  Reaching above shoulder
  

  Yes
  

  Climbing Stairs
  

  Yes
  

  
  

  Simple grasping
  

  Yes
  

  Climbing Ladders
  

  No
  

  
  

  Dual simultaneous grasping
  

  Yes
  

  Depth Perceptions needed
  

  Yes
  

  
  

  Ability to see
  

  Yes
  

  Identify Colors
  

  Yes
  

  
  

  Operating office equipment
  

  Yes
  

  Twisting
  

  Yes
  

  
  

  Operating mechanical equipment
  

  Yes
  

  Crawling
  

  No
  

  
  

  Ability to read and write
  

  Yes
  

  Ability to Count
  

  Yes
  

  
  

  Ability to hear verbal communication without aid
  

  Yes
  

  Operating Personal Vehicle
  

  Yes
  

  
  

  Ability to comprehend written/verbal communication
  

  Yes
  

  Other: Ability to deal with stress
  

  Yes
  

  
  

  OSHA Category
  

  III
  

  
  

  B. Working Conditions: The individual spends over 95% of his/her time in an air-conditioned environment with varying exposures to noise. There is protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. The position does have low exposure to malodorous, infectious body fluids from patients and some minimal exposure to noxious smells from cleansing agents.

  C. Occupational Exposure: This position has minimal to no exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues and is an OSHA Category III (although situations can be imagined or hypothesized under which anyone, anywhere, might encounter potential exposure to body fluids). Person who performs these duties are not called upon as part of their employment to perform or assist in emergency medical care or first aid or to be potentially exposed in some other way.

  D. Aptitudes: HIGH 1 2 3 4 5 6 LOW

  Intelligence: General learning ability: The ability to “catch on” or understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments. 3

  Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them, and to use them effectively. To comprehend language, to understand relationships between words, and to understand meanings of whole sentences and paragraphs. To present information or ideas clearly. 3

  Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately. 2

  Spatial: Ability to comprehend forms in space and understands relationships of plane and solid objects. Frequently described as the ability to “visualize” objects or two or three dimensions, or to think visually of geometric forms. 2

  Form Perception: Ability to perceive pertinent details and objects or in pictorial or graphic material to make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures and widths and lengths of lines. 3

  Clerical Perception: Ability to receive pertinent details and verbal or tabular material. To observe differences in copy, to proofread words and numbers, and to avoid perceptual errors in arithmetic computation. 2

  Motor Coordination: Ability to coordinate eyes and hands to fingers rapidly and accurately in making precise movements with speed. Ability to make a movement response accurately and quickly. 3

  Finger Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully. To work with fingers in placing and turning motions. 3

  Manual Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully. To work with hands in placing and turning motions. 3

  Eye-Hand-Foot Coordination: Ability to move the hand and foot coordinately with each other in accordance with visual stimuli. 3

  Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive and respond to similarities or differences in colors, shapes, or other values of the same or different color. To identify a particular color, or to recognize harmonious or contrasting color combinations, or to match color adequately. 3

  I have read and reviewed my job description with my supervisor or designee and I understand the job I am expected to perform.

  If applicable ____________ certification will be completed within _________ time frame of hire/transfer date.

  Employee Signature: ________________________________ Date: ____________________

  Transfer/Hire Date Effective: ________________________.