HIM Specialist

University of Kansas Medical Center; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Kansas Medical Center seeks an HIM Specialist to learn and assist EMR users, ensuring accurate chart documentation and efficient data flows within Bell Hospital. This full-time role includes on-the-job training, collaboration with HITS, and ongoing quality assurance.

The position requires a high school diploma, 2+ years of HIM experience, and comfort with Epic EMR; preferred degrees include an Associate or Bachelor's in Health Information fields.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of HIM experience is required.
• Experience with an electronic medical record (EMR) such as Epic is desirable.
• Must be accurate and detail oriented.
• Ability to learn HIM departmental systems and support EMR users.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates competence in critical thinking, interpersonal relationships, and technical skills.
• Learns HIM departmental systems to support the EMR.
• Responds to user questions in a timely manner and reinforces training.
• Acts as liaison between HIM and HITS for design, testing, and post go-live support.
• Analyzes workflows and data collection; audits processes and reports issues to Management and HITS.
• Educates physicians on EMR processes and chart documentation obligations.
• Performs other HIM duties related to indexing, transcription, analysis, or ROI.

Skills

HIM experience

EMR knowledge

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Education

High School diploma

Associate Degree in Health Information Technology

Bachelor's Degree in Health Information Administration

Tools

Epic EMR

Job description

Position Title

HIM Specialist

Days - Full Time

Bell Hospital

Position Summary / Career Interest:

The Health Information Management Specialist is responsible for learning and providing assistance to users of the electronic medical record system.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Demonstrates competence in the areas of critical thinking, interpersonalrelationships, and technical skills
• Demonstrates ability to provide care/service safely and efficiently for the care of each patient.
• Learns the HIM departmental systems in depth that support the electronic medical record (EMR) through a combination of formal and on-the-job training.
• Handles questions from users and responds in a timely manner.
• Re-enforces training to users.
• Acts as a liaison between Health Information Management and the UKH Healthcare Information Technical Services (HITS) Department for application design, testing, and issue resolution for implementations and post go-live support.
• Analyzes workflows and data collection. Audits internal processes. Reports issues needing resolution to Management and HITS.
• Assists with troubleshooting any EMR interface errors.
• Helps educate physicians on EMR processes and procedures relating to chart documentation and completion processes.
• Will perform other HIM Department duties/tasks associated with patient indexing, transcription processing, analysis, customer service or release of information (ROI).
• Responsible for a high standard of quality and quantity.
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

• High School Graduate
• 2 or more years of HIM experience.
• Prior experience with an electronic medical record (EMR), Epic EMR desirable.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Associates Degree In Health Information Technology
• Bachelors Degree In Health Information Administration

Knowledge Requirements

• Must be accurate and detail oriented.
• Possess excellent listening and interpersonal skills.
• Must be highly organized, able to work independently and be team-oriented.
• Must have the initiative to continually improve technical skills.
• Must be willing to work various shifts, weekends and holidays as needed.

Time Type:

Full time

Job Requisition ID:

R-56267

Important information for you to know as you apply:

• The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally-protected status. See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

• The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link [e-mail].

• Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health-system-dispute-resolution-program.pdf and signing the agreement to the DRP.