Data Coordinator, Transplant

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Our Transplant Institute team is a multidisciplinary group of experts who are committed to compassionate patient involvement throughout the entire transplant process: the initial evaluation, pre-transplant care, transplant surgery and follow-up care.
The Data Coordinator supports the Transplant Department at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA. Following 3-6 months of training, this role may work primarily remotely.

Job Description:

Maintains data capture, storage, and retrieval interfaces for the purposes of clinical care, outcome monitoring, quality improvement, and clinical research. Remote/ hybrid work option available.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Collects and enters clinical data from paper and electronic sources into a database(s).
• Interacts with clinical staff to determine data collection needs; recommends key data fields, sources and process for data collection.
• Integrates clinical data from multiple points of service.
• Monitors data to ensure that it is formatted accurately and reflective of the care elements provided.
• Performs routine audits of clinical data base to ensure data integrity and collaborates with department Systems Administrator and end users to correct issues.

Required Qualifications:

• High School diploma or GED required. Bachelor's degree preferred.
• 0-1 years related work experience required.
• Experience in medical terminology.
• Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications. May produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases.

Competencies:

• Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by general instructions and practices requiring some interpretation. May make recommendations for solving problems of moderate complexity and importance.
• Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are varied, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation using direct observation, knowledge and skills based on general precedents.
• Independence of Action: Ability to follow precedents and procedures. May set priorities and organize work within general guidelines. Seeks assistance when confronted with difficult and/or unpredictable situations. Work progress is monitored by supervisor/manager.
• Written Communications: Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written English with internal and external customers.
• Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and converse in English to communicate effectively with medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.
• Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate full working knowledge of standard concepts, practices, procedures and policies with the ability to use them in varied situations.
• Team Work: Ability to work collaboratively in small teams to improve the operations of immediate work group by offering ideas, identifying issues, and respecting team members.
• Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service to patients, visitors, staff and external customers in a professional, service-oriented, respectful manner using skills in active listening and problem solving. Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.

Physical Nature of the Job:
Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally in carrying, lifting, pushing, pulling objects. Sitting most of the time, with walking and standing required only occasionally.

Pay Range:

$24.00 - $34.00

The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law.  Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled