Entry Level Medical Coder Jobs in Fairfield, CA (NOW HIRING)

Job Summary 

Under the supervision of a Clinical Research Supervisor or Principal Investigator (PI), the incumbent will perform entry-level duties related to the support and coordination of clinical studies, and may receive training and development to prepare and advance for journey-level work at the next level within the series.

May be responsible for the coordination of one or more single or multi-site, active or follow-up clinical trials; help prepare protocols for study initiation; help design flow sheets, data forms and source documents; gather and interpret medical, surgical and laboratory data regarding clinical trial subjects; may apply understanding of inclusion/exclusion eligibility criteria for protocols; help recruit, enroll, register, schedule and retain study subjects; record protocol specific treatments and assure collection and shipment of samples; assist research personnel to keep patients on study schedules; complete study forms to submit to sponsors and/or appropriate agencies; collect, enter and clean data into study databases, maintaining data quality; assist with data analysis; assist with preparation of reports and tables; attend team meetings; and perform other duties as assigned. 

Department Overview: 

This position is to support a study in its day-to-day operations at Benioff Children's Hospital. It is a limited 20% position with variable study activities at time there are times when you will be needed to work in person at the hospital from approximately 5pm-9pm when participants are in the pediatric cardiac ICU. Other times there are flexible hours that can be completed remotely. After orientation, you will be expected to work independently with consultation from the principal investigators.

Required Qualifications:

Qualifications that must be possessed by any candidate to be considered for the position.  These qualifications will be included in the job posting and will be used to screen applicants.  Please include qualifications that are objective and quantifiable such as years of experience required, educational degrees, etc. 

Please list:

• HS graduation and sufficient experience and demonstrated skills to successfully perform the assigned duties and responsibilities; and/or equivalent experience/training.
• Excellent verbal and written communications and presentation skills; excellent organizational skills; and excellent interpersonal skills to work effectively in a diverse team.
• Attention to details;
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Windows.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team-based environment; project management and coordination skills; ability to prioritize tasks and meet multiple deadlines on concurrent projects.
• Ability to establish cooperative working relationships with patients, co-workers, & physicians.

Preferred Qualifications:

Qualifications that an ideal candidate would possess, but are not minimally required for a candidate to be considered for the position.

• Demonstrated proficiency with medical terminology.
• Experience working with patients or study subjects.
• Ability to abstract data from medical records and transfer it to data collection forms or directly into databases.

% 

of time

(Nothing less than 5%)

Essential Function (Yes/No)

Key Responsibilities

(To be completed by Supervisor)

45%

YES

Patient Management

Working in collaboration with others, schedules and tracks patient visits, tests, procedures and follow up according to protocol; provides calendars and schedules to patients; obtains insurance authorization for tests/procedures; in collaboration with team members, codes and documents toxicities and adverse events; reports adverse events to appropriate University and outside agencies; obtains, processes and ships specimens.

5%

YES

Patient Registration 

Works with Investigators to verify history and medical information to assure inclusion/exclusion criteria are met; schedules screening tests and procedures;

registers and randomizes patients on trials and/or studies. 

50%

YES

Data Management

Abstracts clinical data from medical records; enters data onto case report forms, study flow sheets, and other forms; submits required data and data forms in accordance with accuracy and timeliness requirements of the protocols; addresses and resolves data queries; identifies, investigates and resolves data quality issues

100%