Registry Engineer Quality Improvement Program
Registry Engineer Quality Improvement Program
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Job Description
The Quality Improvement Program at University of Iowa Health Care has an opening for a full time Registry Engineer. This position is responsible for abstracting reliable clinical data from the electronic medical record and submitting the data to the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) Bariatrics registry and the Transcatheter Aortic Valve (TAVR) and Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion (LAAO) registries. Participation in national clinical registries is required by accrediting agencies and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and provides UI Health Care with accurate information (nonadministrative data) to ensure quality and safe care for adult and pediatric populations.
Registry Engineers are also responsible for collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to identify opportunities for improvement and develop action plans for process improvement to improve patient outcomes through benchmarking with other hospitals.
The successful candidate must have:
- Excellent written verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- Be selfdirected and have excellent time management and organizational skills.
- Ability to make quality independent decisions.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Analytical and strong problemsolving skills.
- Ability to work effectively and efficiently under tight deadlines high volumes and multiple interruptions.
- Ability to maintain the strictest levels of confidentiality.
- Ability to listen to others.
- Highgrade diplomatic skills to effectively negotiate for harmony.
- Flexible and adaptable to change.
- Competency in the use of a variety of computer hardware and software systems.
- Commitment to creating and contributing to a positive team culture
- Works collaboratively with the Chief Quality Officer (CQO) and Director in the Quality Improvement Program (QuIP) to operationalize the vision and the work of the program for the hospital.
- Respect for the administrative hierarchy
General supervision is received from the Director and the CQO in the Quality Improvement Program and the Lead Engineer for External Reporting and Registries.
- Data collection for select patient populations and/or publicly reported metrics through the application of national registries requirements and/or publicly reported metric specifications.
- Establishes reliable and efficient processes for the collection of data components from the electronic medical record.
- Identifies performance improvement opportunities based on registry and/or publicly reported metric information.
- Applies performance improvement principles to improve patient outcomes.
- Consults with senior QuIP staff nurses physicians and other UI Health Care staff members to evaluate and improve patient outcomes.
- Maintain knowledge on the metric specifications and the evidencebased standards that are incorporated into the metrics and collaborates with clinicians to integrate recommendations into practice.
- Accurately tracks compliance variances and reports results to clinicians on a real time basis.
- Serves as an educational resource on registry and/or publicly reported metric requirements data elements and reporting options. May assist in developing educational material and delivering presentations related to registry information.
- Interacts with registry website and maintains familiarity with upcoming changes to registry or data collection requirements.
- Responsible for utilizing software applications available at the site to ensure accurate and timely entry and transmission of data to the registry. Responsible for reviewing regular site accrual reports on the websites and responding to accrual report alerts.
- Contacts patients and/or families via telephone and/or written communications postprocedure to capture additional information for registries while ensuring HIPAA compliance.
- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the hospital community especially staff clinical departments Nursing Health Information Management and Health Care Information Systems.
- Actively participates in unit departmental and/or intradepartmental committees.
- Performs other projects or responsibilities as assigned by the Director of the Quality Improvement Program.
- Knowledge of change theories.
- Clinical knowledge of the patient population of responsibility based upon practical and theoretical knowledge.
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements related to University of Iowa Health Care.
- Demonstrates critical thinking skills.
- Proficiency in Epic.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Demonstrates adaptability and flexibility.
- Ability to weigh and manage priorities.
- Skilled at multitasking.
- Detail oriented.
- Skilled at synthesis and analysis.
- Ability to communicate with all levels of the organization.
- Customer service oriented.
- Creates well developed written and oral communications
- Attend Quality and Safety Oversight Subcommittee (QSOS) meetings one time per year to present UIHC annual performance in the registry and identified opportunities for improvement. Previous year and current year improvement projects will be presented.
- Develops reports to effectively communicate findings. Presentation of information is clear concise and tailored to the level of the user.
- Adheres to organizational and department specific safety and confidentiality policies and standards.
- Participates in and supports Patient Safety Awareness Week (PSAW) and the Quality and Safety Symposium.
- Seeks opportunities to enhance own professional knowledge skills and abilities as they relate to ones current position and/or to prepare for potential future roles and overall career development e.g. speaking/poster presentations at local or national conferences publications in journals/books or certification in quality or performance improvement.
- Develops effective and supportive relationships with all members of the QuIP team and multidisciplinary teams in the hospital.
- Demonstrates behaviors that promotes a positive team culture influencing our ability to impact patient safety throughout the organization.
- Champion for Just Culture.
- Participates in the hiring of professional and support staff.
- Assumes special assignments as delegated by the Chief Quality Officer and the Director of the Quality Improvement Program.
Work schedule: Some flexibility between the hours of 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM Monday through Friday
Location: This position is located at the University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center 200 Hawkins Drive Iowa City IA. This position is eligible to participate in partial remote work after the initial training and onboarding has been completed. Remote work must be performed at a location within the state of Iowa and will require a work arrangement form to be completed upon the start of your employment. Per policy work arrangements will be reviewed annually and must comply with the remote work program and related policies and the employee travel policy when working at a remote location.
Pay level: 5A. Starting salary will be based on applicant qualifications and relevant experience. To view the full salary range for 5A: Professional and Scientific Pay Structures University Human Resources The University of Iowa.
Benefits Highlights:Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health dental life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans. Complete information regarding the full benefits package may be viewed at: Qualifications
- A BSN or a bachelors degree in an appropriate healthcarerelated field and 13 years recent clinical experience providing care to adult or pediatric patient populations or an equivalent combination of related education and clinical experience.
- Relevant experience 13 years) in healthcare or in a health industry or business administration related job
- A current license to practice nursing in Iowa
- Outstanding communication skills at the verbal written and presentation levels
- Proficiency in computer software applications
- Demonstrated professional experience working effectively with individuals from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives.
- Possess ability to analyze complex data and report metrics
Desirable Qualifications
- A masters degree in a healthrelated field
- Medical record abstraction or clinical computer information systems experience
- Computer proficiency with databases or software applications
- Previous clinical experience in an academic medical center.
- Some knowledge of University and Regent policies procedures and regulations
Application Process:
- In order to be considered for an interview applicants must upload the following documents with their application:
- A current resume/CV
- A cover letter that clearly addresses how they meet the listed required and desired qualifications of this position
- A current resume/CV
- Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days. Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM onMay 9 or on date of closing.
- Successful candidates will be required to selfdisclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check.
- Professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.
- This position is not eligible for University of Iowa sponsorship for employment authorization.
- For questions contact Heidi Bodensteiner at
Employment Type
Full Time
