HIM Technician II: Records & Scanning Expert

Northwell Health; Danbury (CT); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Health in Danbury, CT, seeks an HIM Technician II to manage prepping, scanning, and quality control of inpatient and outpatient medical records into the Online Medical Record system. You will also perform indexing and quality control of documents and cover front desk functions as needed on weekends, evenings and holidays.

The role requires data entry, medical terminology knowledge, and prior hospital or medical office experience.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Must have completed 1 full year as a HIM Technician 1.
• Data entry required.
• Medical terminology and prior medical office or hospital experience required.
• Prior customer service experience required.
• Demonstrates ability to follow policy and procedures.
• Demonstrates ability to independently perform computer functions in both Windows and web-based environments.
• Demonstrates decision-making ability, attention to detail and quality, strong interpersonal skills; team-oriented, and highly organized.
• Minimum Experience: three years

Responsibilities

• Preps and assembles permanent record documents in required order for scanning.
• Performs scanning process with attention to image quality.
• Manually indexes documents when automatic indexing fails.
• Performs quality control review at all stages and corrects errors.
• Indexes and quality control of documents scanned by practices and inbound fax queue.
• Identifies serious quality issues in the online record and takes action.
• Performs Front Desk Reception duties on nights, weekends or holidays.
• Reviews records for regulatory compliance using audit tools.
• Maintains scanner setup and troubleshoots software/hardware issues.

Skills

Data entry

Medical terminology

Customer service

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Team oriented

Education

High School Diploma

HIM Technician 1 experience

Data entry experience

Tools

Windows

Web-based environments

Audit review tool

Online medical record software

Job description

Northwell Health in Danbury, CT, seeks an HIM Technician II to manage prepping, scanning, and quality control of inpatient and outpatient medical records into the Online Medical Record system. You will also perform indexing and quality control of documents and cover front desk functions as needed on weekends, evenings and holidays.

The role requires data entry, medical terminology knowledge, and prior hospital or medical office experience.