MEDICAL RECORDS SPECIALIST

UNM HOSPITALS; Monte Largo Hills (NM); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

UNM Hospitals is seeking a Clerk Specialist III in Occupational Health Services. This full-time, day-shift role processes paper medical records, scans, and audits to ensure accuracy and compliance with policies.

No direct patient care is required; responsibilities include documenting, reviewing, and maintaining records per departmental procedures. Essential qualifications include vocational/technical education with post-high school coursework.

Qualifications

• Related Education and Experience may be substituted for one another on a year for year basis.

Responsibilities

• Process paper medical records by reviewing documentation to ensure it is approved for inclusion in the legal medical record.
• Perform scanning, quality checking and validating functions.
• Maintain the electronic medical record by performing audits of medical records to ensure verification of correct patient information.
• Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures.
• No patient care assignment.
• Review information contained in documentation to ensure it is approved format.
• Create and maintain daily records of work performed.
• Develop, oversee and conduct audits to maintain integrity of programs.

Education

Vocational or Technical

Related - Post High School

Job description

Compensation Disclaimer

Compensation for this role is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to experience, education, and other business and organizational considerations.

Department: Occupational Health Svcs

FTE: 1.00 Full Time Shift: Days

Position Summary: Process paper medical record by reviewing documentation to ensure it is approved for inclusion in the legal medical record. Perform scanning, quality checking and validating functions. Maintain the electronic medical record by performing audits of medical records to ensure verification of correct patient information. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures. No patient care assignment.

Detailed responsibilities

• DUTIES - Perform duties of Clerk Specialist III as work flow dictates
• INFORMATION - Review information contained in documentation to ensure it is approved format
• PPOLICIES AND PROCEDURES - Ensures institutional policies and procedures for administration and maintenance of medical records are adhered to
• CONFIDENTIALITY - Maintain medical record confidentiality and legal requirements
• RECORDS - Create and maintain daily records of work performed
• QUALITY - Review records to ensure they meet hospital quality standards
• CUSTOMER SERVICE - Respond to additional service or special requests in a timely manner; ensure customer issues are appropriately resolved; demonstrate positive customer relations
• POLICY & PROCEDURE - Maintain established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, and quality assurance programs
• DEVELOPMENT - Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in-services, meetings and workshops
• AUDIT - Develop, oversee and conduct various routine and special audits, research and correct data to maintain integrity of programs

Qualifications

Related Education and Experience may be substituted for one another on a year for year basis.

Education

Education:

Essential:

• Vocational or Technical

Education specialization:

Essential:

• Related - Post High School

Experience

Experience:

Essential:

No minimum experience required

Nonessential:

No preferred experience

Credentials

Credentials:

Essential:

• Not Applicable/Not Required

Physical Conditions

Physical Conditions: Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Working conditions

Essential:

• No or min hazard, physical risk, office environment