Health Info Mgmt Svc Director

Encompass Health; Braintree (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Encompass Health seeks a Health Information Management Service Director to lead the HIM department, supervise staff, and shape policies ensuring accurate medical records and compliance with regulatory standards. The role emphasizes privacy, confidentiality, and information governance across clinical data.

The director will champion culturally competent patient-centered care, support diversity, and promote an inclusive environment, integrating privacy training into onboarding and ongoing staff

Responsibilities

• Oversee HIM department functions and staff supervision.
• Formulate departmental policies and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, and confidentiality requirements.
• Maintain systems for collection, maintenance, retrieval and retention of clinical information.

Job description

The Health Information Management Service Director is responsible for the overall management of the functions and staff supervision in the HIM department. The position formulates departmental policies and procedures and maintains the indexes and registers required by accrediting and regulatory agencies. In addition, the position ensures that legal aspects of medical records practices, release of information, and hospital responsibility for confidentiality and privacy are being met. The Director establishes and maintains systems to control the collection, maintenance, retrieval and retention of clinical information and participate on committees and task forces which have medical records or clinical information management objectives. This position will support cultural diversity by ensuring that the delivery of quality, equitable and culturally competent patient-centered care is provided; promoting and maintaining an inclusive work environment and culture that is respectful and accepting of diversity; and ensuring that cultural diversity and sensitivity training is part of new employee orientation on an on-going basis to meet the needs of the patient population served in the hospital.

Job Code: 100154

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