Clinical Data Abstractor Specialist

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🏰 Missouri – Remote

🏰 Missouri – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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SSM Health

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1872

🏥 Healthcare

🤝 Non-profit

💰 Grant on 2023-12

Healthcare • Non-profit

SSM Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system serving communities across the U. S. Midwest through an integrated network of hospitals, clinics, and care services. With locations in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin, SSM Health operates acute-care and specialty services (including teaching hospitals and level‑one trauma centers), emphasizes mission-driven, compassionate care, workforce development, and employee benefits, and supports flexible nursing and other clinical roles.

📋 Description

• Analyze clinical data, identify trends, and report findings • Abstract and maintain comprehensive data from clinical records according to clinical and regulatory requirements • Mitigate definitional issues and resolve chart documentation discrepancies • Complete timely validation checks to support high interrater reliability • Disseminate medical-record data accurately according to governing-body rules, algorithms, and protocols • Adapt to registry and regulatory changes • Collaborate with internal team members and external vendors to support inter-rater reliability, data accuracy, and timely submission • Contribute to specialized committee and work-group meetings focused on process improvements and patient outcomes • Identify process-improvement opportunities, trends, and new processes • Review and resolve clinical data discrepancies or outliers on completed abstracts • Communicate performance considerations and improvement opportunities to appropriate parties • Report findings, opportunities, and trends to management • Extract facts from medical records using knowledge of medical terminology and anatomy • Complete assigned certifications and exams when required • Perform other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and experience • One year of experience in healthcare or a related field • Detail-oriented • Self-motivated • Ability to function well in a team environment • Effective written and oral communication skills • Willingness to reach out with questions • Critical thinking skills • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel • Experience with EPIC • Experience in database management • Familiarity with stroke patients • Background in data abstraction • Ability to complete required certifications and pass assigned exams • Ability to work Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. • Required professional license and/or certifications: None

🏖️ Benefits

• Paid parental leave: one week for eligible team members for newborns or newly adopted children, pro-rated based on FTE • Flexible payment options through DailyPay for eligible hourly team members to access earned, unpaid base pay before payday • Upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members