What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clerk position at Thomas Jefferson University and Hospitals?
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Health Information Management (HIM) ClerkJob Description
HIM Clerk is responsible for chart pick up and assembly of paper documents according to established chart order. Performs duties that include the preparation, scanning, indexing, and quality analysis of paper documentation for paper medical records.
- Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
- Pick-up and deliver documents from medical practice and/or hospital units to HIM central location.
- Ensures documents are aligned, maintained and uniform in the EHR
- Responsible for verifying appropriate patient identification is on every page of the document
- Scans medical record documentation following established process, in a timely manner, to ensure information is available for patient care. Inspects the quality of each document scanned.
- Manually indexes documents to the correct patient, encounter, document type and document date. Indexes documents associated with orders to the correct order number so that the order closes in the EHR.
- Performs qualitative analysis of scanned and indexed documentation to ensure the integrity of the electronic health record. Validation of the paper record to scanned images to ensure a complete and legible record.
- Knowledge of medical record imaging format and content.
- Ability to perform job function and make decisions with limited supervision. Good organizational skills with ability to prioritize tasks.
- Ability to walk around campus and carry paper charts
- Good communication skills required.
- Ability to interact with healthcare providers.
Education:
- High School graduate or equivalent with GED.
Experience:
- Experience in Health Information Management preferred.
- Prior experience in scanning and/or indexing of documents in an EHR.
Work Shift
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RegularPrimary Location Address
1513 Race Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of AmericaNationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University , home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health , nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.
