Trauma Registry Supervisor

Position Summary

At Stony Brook Medicine, a TH Staff Associate/ Trauma Registry Supervisor is a valuable member of our team, who will be responsible for data capture and quality improvement activities related to the American College of Surgery (ACS) National Trauma Database (NTDB) registry, the ACS Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) registry, and the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Trauma data registry. The primary focus of these registries is to improve outcomes for patients undergoing trauma surgery procedures at Stony Brook University Hospital as well as to meet requirements to remain a NYS designated trauma center.Qualified candidates will demonstrate superior patient care and possess outstanding communication skills while adhering to our high standard of excellence.

Duties of a Trauma Registry Supervisor may include the following but are not limited to:

• Continually analyze new and revised specifications for the ACS NTDB, ACS TQIP, and NYSDOH Trauma registries and develop a comprehensive understanding of reporting requirements. Educate QMA, QI, Trauma Surgery, IT, and Clinical Transformation regarding potential impact on workflow requirements. Oversee efforts to update registry data capture and optimization to ensure ongoing performance improvement efforts and compliance.
• Perform gap analysis to identify trauma registry data elements not currently captured in the legal medical record. Collaborate with IT and Trauma Surgery to develop mechanisms for capturing these data.
• Provide support and supervision for trauma registrars. Oversee their education, training, and development into the trauma nurse registry role. Ensure initial and ongoing certification needs are met. Monitors productivity and accuracy.
• Act as a resource for trauma personnel at community hospitals to provide guidance and support related to clinical data topics as well as information related to the trauma registry.
• Perform hybrid medical record review, validation, and other clinical data abstraction
• Activities as necessary to support external quality reporting and quality improvement activities.
• Provide guidance to Trauma Surgery regarding areas of variance with guidelines as
• Demonstrated by the registries. This includes preparation of basic reports.
• Actively participate in data-driven quality improvement activities.
• Provide guidance and support on clinical topics to other QMA personnel, QI, and other analytical and clinical departments.
• Generate ad-hoc reports and perform ad-hoc responsibilities as deemed appropriate by the Assistant Director of Quality Measurement & Analytics.
• Maintain awareness of institutional quality priorities and work collaboratively with colleagues in Quality Measurement & Analytics, the Quality Division, IT, clinical and ancillary services, and hospital leadership to accomplish organizational goals.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Registered Nurse with 3 or more years nursing experience in a trauma center.
• Ability to analyze and interpret information in a medical record.
• Clinical chart review and abstraction experience and ability.
• Performance improvement experience and ability.
• Project management skills and the ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with diverse populations of healthcare workers is critical.
• Basic computer skills including spreadsheet and word processing are also required.
• Demonstrated ability to grow and adapt in a changing environment.

Preferred:

• Prior Supervisory or leadership experience.
• Intermediate experience with Excel.
• Experience interpreting and complying with requirements of regulatory and/or accrediting agencies.
• Skill in presenting and analyzing information to a variety of audiences.