Medical Records Assistant

Job Description

Title: Medical Records Assistant

FLSA Status: Full-Time 

Pay Rate: $16.50/hr-$17.50/hr 

Freedom Pointe at the Villages is recruiting for a Medical Records Coordinator to join our team!

If you enjoy working with older adults, caring for and talking with them, learning from their stories and seeing them smile, this is the job of a lifetime. At Freedom Pointe at The Villages, you can jump-start a senior living career or build the one you have. You’ll grow, advance, and gain knowledge in senior services — one of the fastest-growing career fields in the country.

You’ll join a team that’s passionate about working with seniors. We work hard to deliver the very best resident-centered care and high-quality hospitality through our Extraordinary Impressions program. With integrity and a solid work ethic, you can create a long, satisfying and fruitful senior living career at Freedom Pointe at The Villages.

About the Role: 
This position is responsible for proper recording, filing and upkeep of the Health Center medical records in accordance with current federal and state guidelines.

We offer a generous benefits package for eligible employees which includes:

• We provide a fun workplace culture – including quarterly campus-wide events
• Benefits for Full and Part time staff, including health, dental, vision, 401K and more!
• Paid Training, Paid Time Off, and Paid Holidays for Full Time Staff
• Career Advancement Opportunities
• Work today, get paid tomorrow with DailyPay ! Freedom Pointe at the Villages now offers DailyPay - a program that allows employees to access their earned income on-demand, as it's earned.

Here are a few of the daily responsibilities of a Medical Records Coordinator:

• Assist in organizing the medical records department in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Develop and maintain a good working rapport with inter-department personnel, as well as other departments within the facility, to assure that medical records can be properly maintained.
• Files information such as nurses’ notes, resident assessments, progress notes, laboratory reports, x-ray results, correspondence, etc., into resident charts.
• Collect, assemble, check and file resident charts as required.
• Ensure incomplete records/charts are returned to appropriate departments or personnel for correction.
• Ensure resident charts/records do not leave the medical records room except as authorized.
• Maintain a record of authorized information released from charts/records, i.e., type information, name of recipient, date, etc.
• Retrieve medical records when requested by authorized personnel (i.e., physicians, nurses, government agencies and personnel, etc.)

Here are a few of the qualifications we need you to have:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• One year of experience in a health care setting preferably in long term care.

*Many roles in the community may require that we ask about your vaccination status. This could include MMR, chicken pox, hepatitis, flu and COVID-19 vaccine status. 

 EEO Employer

Salary : $17 - $18