Performance Improvement and Data Management Coordinator PT/20HRS

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION: Bachelors Degree in a business or medical-related field is required or a graduate of accredited nursing or medical record program with 2 years related data analysis experience.

CERTIFICATION/LICENSES: Current New Mexico Nursing license required, if coordinator is a nurse.

SKILLS:

• Excellent reading, writing, and editing skills in English.
• Ability to effectively evaluate medical records.
• Competence with word processing, spreadsheet, and data management computer applications.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Ability to articulate information or data to multiple audiences with varying level of knowledge and expertise.
• Ability to calculate figures and perform basic statistical computations such as mean, median and mode.
• Must be able to understand graphical displays of data and prepare and interpret control and run charts.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, test hypotheses and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of information and abstract data from multiple sources.
• Understanding of hospital processes and the systems involved in the delivery of patient care.
• Knowledge of ICD-10, CPT/HCPCS and other coding systems preferred.
• Demonstrated skills using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access.

EXPERIENCE: Minimum of 5 years of healthcare experience required, of which a minimum of two has been spent in an acute care setting. One year medical/surgical unit or critical care nursing experience preferred. Two years experience with data collection and analysis required.

NATURE OF SUPERVISION:

-Responsible to: Executive Director, Quality

ENVIRONMENT:

- Bloodborne pathogen A

General office environment and general hospital departments/nursing.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Ability to move around the hospital to all units/departments for about 20% of the day, sitting in office 80% of the day. Extensive use of a computer of required applications. Requires close work, good vision, dexterity to write as well as to type. Occasionally stand; occasionally walk; frequently sit. Infrequent bending/stooping; infrequent squatting/crouching; rare kneeling; rate climbing. Occasional lifting/carrying up to 20 lbs; occasional pushing/pulling up to 20 lbs. Occasional reaching shoulder level and above; frequent reaching to waist to chest level; occasionally reaching below waist level. Frequent simple grasping; occasional power grasping; frequent finger dexterity; frequent fine motor control. Occasional twisting of neck; frequent bending neck to look down; occasional bending neck to look up. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ample time in front of a computer. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.