PRN Medical Records Specialist (Remote)

JOB SUMMARY

This is a PRN, part-time position.

Elligo Health Research is seeking medical record specialists to join our Research Operations Decentralized Trials group. This position supports Elligo projects by reviewing data medical records for a large decentralized clinical trial. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to review protected health information (PHI), ensure completeness and communicate with practices submitting medical records.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate knowledge of the Elligo’s clinical research activities as well as the diagnoses and medical terminology that is involved in the study. Responsible for understanding the protocol, inclusion/exclusion criteria and have an understanding of trial being conducted.

• Establish rapport, ensuring courteous and efficient service to all stakeholders, (i.e., Sponsor, partner organizations, study participants, Elligo colleagues).

• Establish standard quality assurance processes and assists the Elligo medical records team in the performance of reviews of medical records collected for the study.

• Collaborate with Operations to review protocol inclusion/exclusion criteria, putting a plan together for medical records review.

• Review medical records plan to ensure quality processes are well designed and implemented.

• Creates a quality assurance plan to continuously review and identify ways to improve quality and efficiency.

• Provide training and mentoring to junior and senior medical records analysts.

• Generate weekly reports for both internal and external teams.

• Communicate readiness to the Principal Investigator for evaluability review.

• Collaborates with finance to coordinate payment to practices for medical records attestation and acquisition.

• Maintains confidentiality, prioritizes and manages work effectively and provides high quality service.

• Performs other duties as required by the Medical Director, Research Operations and Elligo.

Qualifications:

• Experience working with medical record chart review preferred

• RN/BS/BA or Master’s in Healthcare Informatics or a related field and a minimum of 2 years of experience in a healthcare setting, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Electronic health record system proficiency

• Thorough understanding of HIPAA privacy and security laws around PHI

• Clinical research experience strongly preferred.

• Data entry experience is preferred

• Quick learner and resourceful, able to quickly learn a new system.

• Strong verbal and written skills

• Attention to detail

• Team player

• Proficiency with word processing, spreadsheet, database software (MS Office skills such as Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint)

• Legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship.

About Elligo Health Research:

Elligo helps speed new therapies to market by enabling large numbers of patients and clinicians to participate in clinical research. Studies have shown that only a very small portion of eligible patients participate in clinical research, even though a majority say they are interested in doing so. We remove the logistical obstacles that prevent their participation. Our unique direct to patient model allows us to streamline patient identification and qualification, site activation, patient enrollment, study initiation and study conclusion. This results in more efficient and cost-effective trials and acceleration of new therapies to market. www.elligodirect.com