HIM Records Management Lead: EHR & Compliance Expert

Rochester Regional Health; United States; On-site; USD 40,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Rochester General Hospital, part of Rochester Regional Health, is seeking a Lead HIM Records Management Specialist to oversee scanning, indexing, and archival processes. You will ensure data integrity, security, and accessibility of medical records while training staff and serving as a super-user for key systems.

In this full-time role, you’ll lead process improvements, generate ad-hoc reports in EHR platforms, and collaborate with internal teams and vendors to resolve issues and maintain

Qualifications

• High school diploma required; associate degree preferred.
• RHIT certification preferred.
• Minimum 1–2+ years in Health Information Management or similar setting.
• Minimum 3+ years in Document Lifecycle Management.

Responsibilities

• Supports EHR workflow design, optimization, and automation.
• Develops training materials, SOPs, and supports team training.
• Creates ad-hoc reports and analyzes data using EHR systems and Excel.
• Serves as a subject matter expert/super-user for applicable systems and workflows.
• Ensures medical records are accurate, accessible, secure, and compliant.
• Prepares, scans, indexes, and quality-checks medical records.
• Conducts imaging and quality control audits to ensure compliance and data integrity.
• Manages paper chart requests, retention, and destruction processes.
• Troubleshoots issues and provides support in the manager’s absence.
• Collaborates with internal teams and vendors to resolve errors and improve processes.

Skills

Communication skills

Customer service

Organizational skills

Computer literacy

Education

High school diploma

Associate degree

RHIT

Tools

Epic

Cerner

Meditech

Excel

Word

Outlook

Teams

PowerPoint

Job description

Rochester General Hospital, part of Rochester Regional Health, is seeking a Lead HIM Records Management Specialist to oversee scanning, indexing, and archival processes. You will ensure data integrity, security, and accessibility of medical records while training staff and serving as a super-user for key systems.

In this full-time role, you’ll lead process improvements, generate ad-hoc reports in EHR platforms, and collaborate with internal teams and vendors to resolve issues and maintain