Medical Records Specialist

Deercreekseniorliving; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The Pennant Group, Inc. is seeking a Clinical Records Manager to oversee all aspects of maintaining and protecting organization clinical records in a healthcare setting. You will lead the clinical records team and ensure policy implementation and regulatory compliance across state and federal requirements.

Responsibilities include supervising daily records processing, protecting confidentiality, and auditing records post-discharge, while coordinating with the Clinical Director and other leaders.

Qualifications

• At least three years of experience in clinical records management, preferably in home health or hospice care operations.
• Information systems knowledge required.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise and direct clerical personnel.
• Knowledge of corporate business management and governmental regulations.
• Demonstrates good communication skills and public relations skills.
• Demonstrates autonomy, organization, assertiveness, flexibility and cooperation in performing job responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Manages all daily clinical records functions including establishing and implementing clinical records policies.
• Ensures clinical record systems are maintained in compliance with state, federal and regulations.
• Maintains working knowledge of state and federal regulations and serves as a resource for organization personnel.
• Protects all clinical records through control procedures for open and closed records.
• Protects confidentiality of patient and organization information through effective controls and supervision of clinical records.
• Recruits, selects, orients, and manages members of the clinical records team.
• Monitors unsigned physician orders and follows up with overdue physicians to obtain signatures.
• Supervises the clinical records information system and stays updated on upgrades and enhancements.

Skills

Clinical records management

Information systems knowledge

Supervisory experience

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Health Information Management

Tools

Records management software

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

Responsible for managing all aspects of maintaining and protecting organization clinical records including the management of the clinical records team.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manages all daily clinical records functions including establishing and implementing clinical records policies.
• Ensures clinical record systems are maintained in compliance with state, federal and regulations.
• Maintains comprehensive working knowledge of state, federal regulations and serves as a resource for appropriate organization personnel.
• Protects all clinical records through the establishment and implementation of control procedures for all open and closed records.
• Protects the confidentiality of patient and organization information through effective controls and direct supervision of clinical records.
• Forwards copies of clinical records to authorized users according to policy.
• Completes an administrative record audit following patient discharge and forwards abnormal results to the Clinical Director or their designee for clinical audit.
• Monitors aged unsigned physician orders and submit second and third requests for signed orders to overdue physicians, calls or visit the offices of seriously overdue physicians.
• Supervises the use of the clinical records information system and maintains a comprehensive working knowledge of the system including upgrades and enhancements.
• Recruits, selects, orients, and manages member of the clinical records team.
• Manages the members of the clinical record team to ensure accurate and prompt filing and retrieval of clinical records.

undefined JOB REQUIREMENTS (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)

• At least three years of experience in clinical records management preferably in home health or hospice care operations.
• Information systems knowledge required.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise and direct clerical personnel.
• Knowledge of corporate business management and governmental regulations.
• Demonstrates good communication skills and public relations skills.
• Demonstrates autonomy, organization, assertiveness, flexibility and cooperation in performing job responsibilities.

The employer for this position is stated in the job posting. The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US. Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets. More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at http://www.pennantgroup.com.

At Sacred Heart Home Health Care we believe that people are entitled to the best health care they can possibly get. Nothing is more important than helping our patients recover in the Comfort of their own home.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to ensuring that all conditions and privileges of employment, including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, transfer, promotion, discipline, determination of compensation and/or benefits, and termination of employment, for all job classifications, are based on qualifications and work record.

No employment decision is made, nor do we discriminate, on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex/pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, veteran status, or disability.