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Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

Position Purpose

Quality Documentation Specialist ensures that the appropriate core measure data collection is completed timely, submitted while assuring monitoring systems are in place to promote quality care. This individual is responsible for the collection of required data to support the improvement activities surrounding the measures. Accurately abstracts the core measure data for required submission to meet regulatory requirements as well as the generation of standard reports for appropriate stakeholders. The Quality Documentation Specialist establishes effective working relationships with medical staff, nursing, and administration to support the quality of care and patient safety objectives of the organization.

What you will do

+ Collaborate with stakeholders in collecting and evaluating clinical data to achieve positive clinical outcomes and strategic goals

+ Collaborate with department/service line leadership to develop and implement data collection systems that have accessible and retrievable formats to use data to plan, deliver and evaluate patient care and services

+ Collect, validate, and enter data into Core Measure database according to Joint Commission/CMS requirements and methodologies

+ Review documentation in each DRG specific medical record for compliance with Core Measure abstraction criteria

+ Facilitate collection, review, and analysis of data for improvement opportunities

Minimum Qualifications

+ Graduate of an accredited nursing program; BSN preferred

+ Two years’ experience in quality improvement, data collection and analysis in a hospital setting required

+ Experience with Core Measures and/or data abstraction for proprietary databases strongly preferred

+ Current RN CT licensure

+ Proficiency in data collection and data analysis for quality improvement.

+ Familiarity with basic statistics, data analysis and statistical process control (SPC)

Position Highlights and Benefits

+ Full time 40hrs M-F days

+ Excellent benefits - starting day 1!

Ministry/Facility Information

Saint Francis Hospital is committed to exceeding the expectations of our patients and families by providing world-class service in a progressive, people-centered, compassionate health care environment. We are licensed for 617 beds and 65 bassinets, are a major teaching hospital and the largest Catholic hospital in New England.

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran