Orlando Health, headquartered in Orlando, Florida, is a not-for-profit healthcare organization with $8 billion of assets under management that serves the southeastern United States. Founded more than 100 years ago, the healthcare system is recognized around the world for Central Florida’s only pediatric and adult Level One Trauma program. The 3,200-bed system includes 10 award-winning hospitals, 9 hospital-based ERs, and 7 free-standing emergency rooms; rehabilitation services, cancer and heart institutes, imaging and laboratory services, wound care centers, physician offices for adults and pediatrics, skilled nursing facilities, an in-patient behavioral health facility, home healthcare services in partnership with LHC Group, and urgent care centers in partnership with FastMed Urgent Care. More than 4,200 physicians, representing more than 100 medical specialties and subspecialties have privileges across the Orlando Health system, which employs more than 23,000 team members. In FY21, Orlando Health served more than 160,000 inpatients and 3.6 million outpatients. During that same time period, Orlando Health provided approximately $648 million in total value to the communities it serves in the form of charity care, community benefit programs and services, community building activities and more.

Top Reasons to Choose Orlando Regional Medical Center:

• Competitive Pay: Evening, nights, and weekend shift differentials offered for qualifying positions.
• Free Continued Education Opportunities
• Nurse Certification Opportunity
• Benefits Start Day 1 of hire
• Room for growth
• Just Culture
• & much, much more! Student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, back up elder and childcare, pet insurance, etc.

The Trauma Registrar is responsible for assurance for validity of all trauma registry information, to include the accurate identification of appropriate patients, and all aspects of trauma coding.

Essential Functions

• Identifies trauma patients based on specific criteria, abstract complex clinical data, perform data entry, and calculate an accurate severity score within the trauma registry.
• Assists with projects under the direction of the Manager, Clinical Specialty Data that support education, research and goals of the trauma program.
• Maintains at least 95% validity on all critical data elements.
• Assures registry validity through frequent custom report review and registry utilities.
• Assures all data points of registry are properly completed and updated.
• Utilizes appropriate trauma scoring methodology for registry patients.
• Utilizes appropriate trauma scoring methodology for registry patients.
• Follows State guidelines to assure all essential elements are properly recorded.
• Maintains concurrent registry through daily abstraction on discharged clients and current admissions.
• Assures ongoing registry analysis for promotion of prevention activities, research and injury/demographic reviews.

Education/Training• Associate degree or higher; or completion of Trauma Registrar Course; or one year of direct trauma registry or ICD-10 coding experience.• Knowledge of essential medical terminology related to trauma and emergency medical services. • Proficient in MS Word, Excel, and Windows OS.• Completion of AAAM’s Abbreviated Injury Scale Course, a Trauma Registry course, and ICD-10 within one year of hire.

Licensure/CertificationNone.

ExperienceFour (4) years in health-related field, with a strong emphasis on data integrity, abstraction, and analysis. Associate degree or higher, may substitute for two (2) years of experience

• ICD- 10 (preferred)