Nurse Abstractor
full-time•Kansas City
About this role
Job Description
Nurse Abstractor – Neurosurgery Clinic
BJC Health System / Saint Luke’s Health System is seeking a highly motivated and independent Nurse Abstractor to join our Neurosurgery clinic. This critical role ensures patient safety and operational excellence by overseeing the clinical scheduling process through advanced medical record review and multidisciplinary collaboration.
Position Overview
The Nurse Abstractor serves as a clinical subject matter expert, utilizing advanced critical thinking and nursing knowledge to manage complex scheduling for hospital patients across the Saint Luke’s Health System (SLHS). This role is self-directed, requiring a professional who can function autonomously while acting as a primary agent for patient safety and customer service.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Scheduling & Planning: Assess and develop comprehensive scheduling plans for neurosurgical procedures. Ensure patients are scheduled with the appropriate provider, at the correct location, and at the optimal day and time.
- Safety & Resource Evaluation: Review each scheduling plan with a multidisciplinary team to ensure the safest environment for the patient. Evaluate the clinical resources necessary to perform designated procedures safely.
- Clinical Abstraction: Review and summarize pertinent medical records to identify risk factors and ensure all necessary clinical data is available for the care team prior to procedures.
- Process Improvement: Regularly participate in the evaluation and refinement of scheduling processes to enhance service excellence and patient safety standards.
- Leadership & Training: Delegate tasks appropriately to support staff and oversee the training and orientation of new employees within the department once their initial orientation is complete.
- Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Maintain clear communication with surgeons, inpatient teams, and various SLHS departments to facilitate seamless care transitions.
Qualifications
- Licensure: Current Registered Nurse (RN) license required.
- Skills: Demonstrated expertise in clinical abstraction, advanced critical thinking, and professional communication.
- Experience: Previous experience in neurosurgery, surgical scheduling, or clinical data abstraction is highly preferred.
Job Requirements
Applicable Experience:
2 yearsRegistered Nurse - VariousAssociate DegreeJob Details
Full TimeDay (United States of America)The best place to get care. The best place to give care. Saint Luke’s 12,000 employees strive toward that vision every day. Our employees are proud to work for the only faith-based, nonprofit, locally owned health system in Kansas City. Joining Saint Luke’s means joining a team of exceptional professionals who strive for excellence in patient care. Do the best work of your career within a highly diverse and inclusive workspace where all voices matter.
Join the Kansas City region's premiere provider of health services. Equal Opportunity Employer.
Other facts
Tech stack
Clinical Abstraction,Critical Thinking,Professional Communication,Neurosurgery,Surgical Scheduling,Patient Safety,Process Improvement,Multidisciplinary Collaboration,Leadership,Training
About Saint Luke's Health System
About Saint Luke’s Health System
Saint Luke’s serves the West Region of BJC Health System as a faith-based, nonprofit, aligned health system committed to providing the highest levels of excellence in compassionate health care and health-related services. Saint Luke’s cares for patients in 65 specialty services across 67 counties in Missouri and Kansas. Saint Luke’s Hospital has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the elite hospitals in the nation. For more than 140 years, Saint Luke’s has been dedicated to enhancing the physical, mental, and spiritual health of the diverse communities we serve.
Saint Luke’s offers:
- The region’s longest continuously operating adult heart transplant program and one of the nation’s leading cardiovascular programs at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute
- Treatment for complex brain and spinal cord diseases and one of the nation’s leading stroke reversal programs at the nationally ranked Saint Luke’s Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute
- The region’s only treatment center dedicated exclusively to treating metastatic breast cancer—the Koontz Center for Advanced Breast Cancer at Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute
- Saint Luke’s Convenient and Urgent Care clinics for treatment of minor illnesses and injuries
- Liver and kidney transplantation programs
- A comprehensive maternal-fetal diagnostic and treatment center
- Three Neonatal Intensive Care Units, including a Level IIIb NICU at Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
- Saint Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute, the only comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation hospital of its kind in the region
- A nationally recognized children's behavioral health center, Saint Luke’s Hospital Crittenton Children’s Center
Team size: 10,001+ employees
Website: http://www.saintlukeskc.org
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Industry: Hospitals and Health Care
What you'll do
- The Nurse Abstractor is responsible for managing complex scheduling for hospital patients and ensuring patient safety through collaboration with a multidisciplinary team. This role includes reviewing medical records and participating in process improvement initiatives.
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What does a Nurse Abstractor do at Saint Luke's Health System?
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