Administrative Assistant I - Medical Records

Texas Health and Human Services; Corpus Christi (TX); On-site; USD 29,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Health and Human Services Commission in Corpus Christi seeks an Administrative Assistant I-Medical Diagnostic to support the Medical Director’s office. You will perform clerical duties, maintain patient records, schedule appointments, and ensure timely documentation in electronic records.

This role emphasizes accuracy, confidentiality, and teamwork in a state facility. Qualified candidates have a high school diploma or GED and at least two years of medical-related experience, with

Qualifications

• High school graduate or GED equivalent.
• At least two years of medical related experience.
• Medical Terminology and experience working with medical reports is required.

Responsibilities

• Attends work on a regular basis and may be required to work a specific shift schedule or, at times, even a rotating schedule, extended shift and/or overtime in accordance with agency leave policy and performs other duties as assigned.
• Files and maintains order of active charts.
• Thins chart as needed; maintains retention charts following guidelines.
• Audits active charts and electronic records in order to recognize deficiencies, errors or lack of documentation in accordance with facility guidelines.
• Manages inactive clinical records to assure accuracy of information and timely availability to medical staff.
• Assist with process of scheduling and rescheduling medical appointments, tracking appointment statuses and providing reports to assist in quality of care process.
• Obtains physician signatures on lab reports, consultations, progress notes, etc., and files signed documents in the appropriate patient record within prescribed timeframes in order to document patient care.
• Performs other duties as assigned in order to ensure that services are provided.
• Directly responsible for the electronic medical records.
• Other duties as assigned include but are not limited to actively participating and/or serving in a supporting role to meet the agency’s obligations for disaster response and/or recovery or Continuity of Operations (COOP) activation. Such participation may require an alternate shift pattern assignment and/or location.

Skills

General clerical skills

Team collaboration

Office equipment

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Adobe Acrobat

Data entry

Education

High school diploma or GED

Medical Terminology

Job description

Texas Health and Human Services Commission in Corpus Christi seeks an Administrative Assistant I-Medical Diagnostic to support the Medical Director’s office. You will perform clerical duties, maintain patient records, schedule appointments, and ensure timely documentation in electronic records.

This role emphasizes accuracy, confidentiality, and teamwork in a state facility. Qualified candidates have a high school diploma or GED and at least two years of medical-related experience, with