What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Records Technician position at HG External?
The Terraces at Los Altos is looking for an experienced Medical Records Technician to join the best team around! If you have 2 or more years of experience working in a long-term care skilled nursing or hospital setting, then we urge you to apply!
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Status: Full-time Benefitted
Hours: 9am - 5pm, M-F
Pay Range: $27.50 - $34 DOE
Work Duties
- Gather patient information by collecting information from a variety of sources; interacting with registration areas and physician’s offices
- Maintain master patient index by completing assigned portion of daily audit trail; corrects and communicates problems according to established procedures
- Initiate the medical record by creating and processing the patient care record folder
- Maintain record availability and purge as required
- Retrieve medical records as needed by various authorized professionals, following chart-out procedures; documenting reasons
- Deliver charts to assigned areas of the health center
- Keep health care providers informed by communicating availability or unavailability of the record
- Maintain continuity of work operations by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs
- Work with state officials during Survey
- Maintains the facility's clinical record system and assists in implementing record procedures;
- Serves as a member of OBRA team;
- Performs quantitative and qualitative audits for compliance including: patients' charts; medical records for physician telephone orders, physician monthly order, advanced directive status, lab tests and other assigned audits.
- Conduct Medication Admin Record (MAR) Audit
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Completion of a certificate or 2-year associate's degree in MT or HIM, or 3-5 years medical records clerk or technician equivalent experience in a skilled nursing or hospital setting.
- Two years or more experience; or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required skills, knowledge and abilities working with medical records,
- Experience in a long-term care skilled nursing SNF or hospital setting and applicable long-term care and acute care medical records protocols
- Prior experience in a retirement community with RCFE Title 22 Regulations
- Licensed either RHIT, CPC or CCS with coding experience
- Licensed as Registered Health Information Technician, preferred.
What's in it for you?
As the largest nonprofit owner/operator of senior living communities in California and one of the largest in the country, we are more than just a place to work. We are here to ensure that all we serve are provided with every opportunity to become their best selves as they define it, and this begins with YOU.
At HumanGood, we offer the opportunity to be part of something bigger than yourself on top of an incredible package of benefits and perks for our part-time and full-time Team Members that can add up to 40% of your base pay.
Full-Time Team Members:
- 20 days of paid time off, plus 7 company holidays (increases with years of service)
- 401(k) with up to 4% employer match and no waiting on funds to vest
- Health, Dental and Vision Plans- start the 1st of the month following your start date
- $25 per line Cell Phone Plan
- Tuition Reimbursement
- 5 star employer-paid employee assistance program
- Find additional benefits here: www.HGcareers.org
Part-Time/Per Diem Team Members:
- Medical benefits starts the 1st of the month following your start date
- Matching 401(k)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- $25 per line Cell Phone Plan
Salary : $28 - $34
