What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Assistant I - Medical Records position at Waimanalo Health Center?
We are seeking a dedicated, talented, and team-oriented full-time Medical Assistant with medical records experience to join our `ohana (family) to support our mission and values. We offer competitive wages, excellent benefits, and a great working environment.
Mission
Waimānalo Health Center is rooted in Native Hawaiian values and devoted to improving the health and wellness of all people, regardless of ability to pay, by providing comprehensive primary and preventive health care services of the highest quality.
Vision
Waimānalo Health Center is dedicated to the continuous advancement in quality healthcare while assuring universal access for all. We believe that our values of Aloha, Mālama I Ka Pono, Mālama I Ka ʻOhana, and Mālama I Ka ʻĀina, enable our patient-centered healthcare home services to deeply focus on the shared role of healing oneself, ʻohana, community, and ʻāina over generations.
Core Values and Guiding Principles
Waimānalo Health Center welcomes all members of the Koʻolaupoko community to access our holistic services ranging from traditional Hawaiian healing practices to Western medicine.
Aloha: We listen to people with our full attention, seeking to know them and understand their health care and wellness needs and aspirations for themselves, their family and community. We will respond, to the best of our abilities, as caring, compassionate, engaged, and professional partners in healthcare.
Mālama I Ka Pono: We know that quality healthcare starts with people’s trust in our services and the excellence of our care for them and the resources entrusted to us to meet their needs. We are committed to maintaining their trust by treating people with respect and confidentiality, and by being open about our organizational practices and results, seeking to continuously improve our work.
Mālama I Ka ʻOhana: We believe that wellness embraces the whole family, and we welcome their participation in the healthcare of their loved ones. Our belief extends from the Ahupuaʻa of Waimānalo throughout Koʻolaupoko where we build the foundation for good health and wellness for everyone, and we seek collaborative partners who share our values and vision.
Mālama I Ka ʻĀina: We understand the importance of one’s sense of place and the holistic nature of health and wellbeing. Through integrative services we support the balance of body, mind, and spirit, while respecting one’s cultural connectedness to the ‘āina of Hawai'i. Ka Mauli O Ka ‘Āina A He Mauli Kānaka: The Life of the Land is the Life of the People.
Summary
The Medical Assistan/Medical Records Technician is responsible for overseeing clinical information entering and leaving WHC. This may be via paper, fax, CD, electronic media, or digital means. The position is responsible for ensuring WHC meets its legal responsibilities in replying to subpoenas and other Requests for Information.The MA/MRT is the functional supervisor for the systems WHC puts in place to share data with other entries. The MA/MRT is responsible for ensuring incoming data is placed in the correct system locations or assigned to the correct personnel and that outgoing data is going to the correct locations, while adhering to the security and confidentiality rules WHC has enacted. This position is non-patient facing .
