What are the responsibilities and job description for the Health Information Management Technician - PRN position at SageWest Health Care – Lander?
Description
PRN (As Needed) - No Benefits or Guaranteed Hours
Primary (Essential) Duties:
- Create 'new' patient folder for each patient using patient's unique hospital number or name, according to established department protocol; maintain master patient index; assist physicians with record completion; contact physicians regarding incomplete charts
- Deliver and retrieve patient records (hard copy or microfilmed) to emergency room, admission office or medical/surgical nursing unit; complete out-guide or use electronic device to identify patient record (MRN), date and name of individual requesting record
- Organize and file loose reports or other medical record documents; copy all medical records as requested; ensure that appropriate consents, subpoena and other medical record forms are complete upon request for a copy of medical record; obtain authorization from administration
- Respond to requests for records from Federal, State or County courts, hospitals and physicians
- Assist nursing staff and physicians with death certificates
- Assemble condensed portions of inpatient medical records and maintain them over sixty days in medical record department
- Maintain correspondence log; perform routine clerical tasks
Scion Health considers a consistently positive, cooperative, self-motivated, courteous, and professional attitude to be an essential function of every position. While different positions have different primary areas of responsibility, everyone needs to work as a team, and we expect all employees to roll up their sleeves and pitch in as necessary to get the job done.
Employees must be able to relate to other people beyond giving and receiving instructions: (a) can get along with co-workers or peers without exhibiting behavioral extremes, (b) perform work activities requiring negotiating, instructing, supervising, persuading, or speaking with others; and (c) respond appropriately to constructive feedback from a supervisor.
While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the requirements of the job, management reserves the right to add or remove duties from particular jobs when circumstances (e.g., emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs or technological developments) dictate.
Qualifications
Required:
- High School diploma or equivalent
- Must have knowledge of medical terminology
- Must be able to type at least 30 wpm.
Preferred:
- 1 - 2 years of experience in the healthcare field preferred.
