HIM Medical Records Specialist (Onsite, Day Shift)

UNC Health; North Carolina; On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health is seeking a Records Clerk to process and maintain patient medical records in a fast-paced hospital setting in Chapel Hill, NC. The role involves filing, scanning, and coordinating requests for information to ensure timely access to the medical record.

The position requires a high school diploma or GED and at least one year of clerical experience, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and maintain accuracy in both paper and electronic systems.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to successfully manage multiple tasks simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Maintains record filing and electronic systems in accordance with established procedures and regulations.
• Performs concurrent scanning rounding on hospital units daily.
• Monitors, reconciles, and audits paper based and electronic medical records. Prepares and batches, indexes, analyzes for quality and modifies medical records for the purpose of maintaining a reliable electronic health record.
• Identifies scanning and indexing errors with timely and accurate correction/modification.
• Retrieves, delivers and coordinates the delivery of patient medical records for release of information requests, research requests and provider requests and ensures they arrive in a timely manner.
• Analyzes all bedded, emergency room, outpatient, and ambulatory surgery for chart completion to include provider assistance as necessary.
• Analyzes and monitors record completion activities of suspended physicians and generates automated incomplete record notices to physicians.
• Releases approved documents as the legal medical record.

Skills

Multitasking

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

UNC Health is seeking a Records Clerk to process and maintain patient medical records in a fast-paced hospital setting in Chapel Hill, NC. The role involves filing, scanning, and coordinating requests for information to ensure timely access to the medical record.

The position requires a high school diploma or GED and at least one year of clerical experience, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and maintain accuracy in both paper and electronic systems.