Job Summary

The University of Illinois at Chicago, Hospital and Health Science System is looking for a qualified candidate to fill the role of Abstrator/Clinical Practice Data Analyst. Under the general supervision of the Director of Quality and Performance Improvement and Sr. Quality Improvement Specialists, the Abstrator/Clinical Practice Data Analyst uses knowledge of medical terminology, providing expertise to acquire, abstract, manage, analyze, and generate data reports from medical records, clinical and financial/administrative databases, and other medical data for the Director, physicians, researchers, clinicians, healthcare teams, and external agencies with the goal of improving patient population health outcomes. 

Essential Duties 

• Enters abstracted data pertinent diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment data from medical charts into a database
• Works with physicians and staff to find information or pull specific charts.
• Tracks routine statistics and analyze variables in patients.
• Investigates causation of missing relevant data for completeness of abstraction requirements, collects follow-up data and corresponds with clinical and non-clinical staff about incomplete charts or data
• Creates detailed summaries of a patient's treatment and prognosis and organize and maintain databases.
• Creates data reports from existing databases based on needs analysis of health system leadership, clinicians, and teams
• Interacts with decision support and informatics staff to determine efficient capture and merging of information from optimal sources and access hospital and external agencies databases to generate reports and displays
• Utilizes software and cloud service systems to generate complete and accurate reports, charts, and displays.
• Performs own quality assurance for data integrity and accuracy
• Performs other duties and required.
• Immediately notifies the Director and Sr. Quality Specialist of new software and data abstractions required by federal, state, local and external agencies.

Minimum Acceptable Qualifications

CREDENTIALS TO BE VERIFIED BY PLACEMENT OFFICER

1. Bachelor's degree in Science, Information Management, Healthcare Information, Nursing, Information Technology, Computer Science, Statistics, Finance, Management Engineering, Business or closely related fields or as required by the position to be filled in the area of specialization inherent in the position may be required.
2. One (1) year (12 months) of data management/analyst work experience in a clinical or healthcare related field.

**Applicants possessing a Master's degree, in a closely related field, meet the requirements for #1 above

To Apply: For fullest consideration, please fully complete an online application by clicking the Apply for Position button below.

Fully complete all sections of the online application including adding your full work history with specific details of your duties & responsibilities for each position held. Fully complete the education, licensure, certification and language sections.

You may upload a resume, cover letter, certifications, licensures, transcripts and diplomas within the document section of your online application.

All civil service positions require an exam.  The exam for this position is a Credentials Assessment.  You will not be required to report in person for this exam.

Credential Assessment Exam Scoring Information:

You will not be required to report in person for this exam. The updated online application and all uploaded, relevant documents, such as a resume, college transcript, certifications and licensures will be used in the calculation of the exam score. These documents should be uploaded prior to the position close date.

When completing your online application, please be sure to provide detailed information about your job knowledge and specific duties and responsibilities, as your qualifications for any Civil Service position will be primarily determined based on what is contained in the application. Dates of employment and if employed on a full or part time basis (including number of hours per week) must be indicated for each position held. Additional consideration will be given to supporting documentation i.e. resume, transcripts, licenses, and certifications so please be sure to attach all applicable documents.

For additional information regarding this position please contact kbridgey@uic.edu.

If an application is not fully completed and submitted by the close date, the applicant/employee will not be considered for this position.

For fullest consideration, the above mentioned requirements must be submitted no later than 7/5/2022.

We appreciate your interest in employment at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

This position requires Illinois residency within 180 days of the hire date.

University of Illinois faculty, staff and students are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. If you are not able to receive the vaccine for medical or religious reasons, you may seek approval for an exemption in accordance with applicable University processes.

For classifications that require a degree as part of the minimum qualifications, a degree verification will be required before any offers of employment are extended.