Clinical Quality Data Coordinator I
UT Southwestern Medical Center
About the Role
Provides comprehensive clinical data and analytical support for the UTSW Health System through collaboration, innovation, and efficiency. Ensures reporting compliance in accordance with required guidelines from governmental, state, certifying bodies, national databases, and institutional initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Acquire proficiency and maintain knowledge with:
- Electronic Medical Record (EMR) software
- Regulatory guidelines and certification(s) requirements, processes, and trends for data reporting
- Performance improvement measures, reference materials, and definitions
- Various platforms using data management and querying skills to extract, validate and summarize data
- Clinical performance improvement initiatives to be able to provide comprehensive analytical support
- Demonstrate strong interpersonal and professional communication skills; both written and spoken.
- Work with mentor to develop analytical ability sufficient to evaluate data, make sound judgments and recommendations.
- Adhere to regulatory and data deadlines.
- Participate and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams.
- Attend stakeholder meetings.
- Complete projects as assigned with assistance.
- Fulfill department expectations and goals.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Organize, coordinate, and demonstrate judgement, professionalism, and diplomacy.
- Establish excellent customer service skills and a professional attitude.
- Navigate, abstract, and analyze data for performance monitoring and data reporting.
- Meet mandatory deadlines.
- Demonstrate strong interpersonal and professional communication skills; both written and spoken.
- Work in partnership with leadership, physicians, and additional stakeholders in a positive manner.
- Develop problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently.
- Recognizing and promoting good ideas/solutions.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Microsoft Office Applications
- Epic (Preferred)
- Data platform knowledge (Preferred)
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor's Degree in related clinical or healthcare data management.
- Experience:
- No experience with a Bachelor's degree.
- 1 year equivalent experience in clinical or healthcare data management with no degree.
- Licenses and Certifications:
- (RN) REGISTERED NURSE Upon Hire
- (LVN) LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSE Upon Hire