Coordinator Trauma Data Adult Trauma

The responsibility of the Trauma Data Coordinator is to ensure the Trauma Registry contains detailed, reliable, and readily accessible information needed to support the operations, quality initiative and research of University Hospitals Medical Centers. Data collected describes the injury event, demographics, pre-hospital information, diagnosis, care, outcomes, and costs of treatment for injured patients. The data collected is a required component of Trauma Center verification by the American College of Surgeons and required by state law. Trauma registry data is submitted to the American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) as on ongoing requirement of Trauma Center Verification, as well as State and Regional TQIP collaboratives. Registry data may be used internally and externally for research, clinical performance improvement (PI), public health initiatives, injury prevention strategies, UHCMC initiatives, clinical outcomes measurement, and resource utilization. The Trauma Data Coordinator provides progressive leadership and effective management to University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Adult Trauma Center Trauma Registry.

What You Will Do

• Develops, manages and maintains registry data collection, validation, and reporting in conjunction with the Trauma Program Manager. This includes creation of reports and data for the Trauma Program Manager, Trauma Medical Director, Trauma PI Coordinator, internal health care professionals and external governmental agencies as required. In addition, creates reports that support internal and external hospital wide research projects and initiatives.
• Analyzes data and supports trauma performance improvement and research by identifying variations in patient care delivery and measuring clinical outcomes parameters and benchmarks such as response times, timeliness of care, length of stay, complications and cost for the trauma center.
• Ensures compliance with local, state and national agencies that regulate trauma care. Continuous development to comply with the laws and regulations for trauma data collection and reporting.
• Works in conjunction with the Institutional Review Board (IRB), trauma surgeons and other trauma practitioners to provide data for research publications, lectures, and presentations both internally and externally to the community and public.
• In conjunction with the trauma staff, designs and implements trauma center sponsored events created to educate internal staff and members of community outreach programs. This entails preparing lectures, tracking and supporting the budget, editing grant proposals, fundraising and coordinating the logistics of the events.
• Assists with the office coordination for the trauma center. Prepares monthly financial reports as requested. Orders and tracks supplies for the office and trauma center events. Manages accounts payable activities and provides clerical assistance to the PI coordinator and manager.

Additional Responsibilities

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
• For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
• Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.