Yale-New Haven Health New Haven , CT 06501
Posted 1 week ago
Overview
To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.
The Registry Nurse is responsible for concurrent and retrospective data abstraction from patients' charts and its entry into the specific registry. This position is essential to the Section of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care and to the organization at large to enable the organization to have accurate and up to date data to support organizational research and quality improvement activities. The Registry Nurse ensures that data abstraction and entry into the registry is accurate and correctly reflects patients' injuries, procedures, studies, complications and events in the general course of hospitalization. The Registry Nurse collaborates with care coordinators, physicians, nurses and other health care professionals to determine the full extent of injuries and complications for a selected specific patient population. The Registry Nurse will assist Management and Coordinators to maintain the integrity of the specific Registry, generate queries and reports, and ensure compliance with all HIPAA regulations. Adheres to the "I Am YNHH" service excellence pledge and promotes a positive work environment.
EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran
Responsibilities
Qualifications
EDUCATION
Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse. Graduation from an accredited school of nursing and possession of a current license in the State of Connecticut.
EXPERIENCE
3-5years nursing experience.
LICENSURE
Current CT RN or LPN License
SPECIAL SKILLS
Excellent communication, negotiation and organizational skills. Excellent clinical judgment. Excellent knowledge of personal computers and related software. Adaptability to a wide variety of professional interactions. Comprehensive understanding in the use of medical records to extract data. Understanding of the use coding and scoring sysytems appropriate to the specific registry. Maintains and passes the appropriate registry specific performance measurements for each program.
PHYSICAL DEMAND
May require prolonged sitting, and prolonged use of computer.
Additional Information
This position requires a Registered Nurse, or Licensed Practical Nurse with 3-5 years acute care nursing experience.
YNHHS Requisition ID
124275
Yale-New Haven Health