Surgical Clinical Reviewer
Core
Collect and submit reliable surgical data to the ACS NSQIP database, identify quality improvement opportunities, and contact patients/families for postoperative occurrence identification.
Role type
Clinical data abstraction specialist (surgery)
Builds
Surgical quality improvement datasets for the ACS NSQIP program
Domain
Healthcare / Surgical Quality Improvement
Required skills
Clinical chart review and abstraction, Data entry and management, Patient contact and follow-up, Statistical knowledge, Quality improvement methodology, Inter-rater reliability testing
Preferred skills
Database management, Basic statistical analysis, Process improvement, MS Office proficiency (PowerPoint, Access)
Technologies
MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), Hospital medical record systems
Responsibilities
Identify surgical patients for program inclusion based on criteria, Collect preoperative, operative, and postoperative data from medical records, Attend Morbidity & Mortality conferences, Conduct Inter-Rater Reliability (IRR) testing, Contact patients/families postoperatively, Develop educational materials for ACS NSQIP
Seniority
Entry-level to Mid-level, hands-on IC