What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Records position at Ultimate Care?
Ultimate Care Nursing home is seeking a fulltime Medical Records clerk with experience.
Job type:
Fulltime, shift is 9am-5pm.
The Medical Records Coordinator is responsible for ensuring that medical records are maintained in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. They also ensure that information contained in the record is complete, accurate and only available to authorized personnel. Job duties include, but are not limited to:
- Oversees the daily operations of the Medical Records Department.
- Abstracting, analyzing, auditing, and coding of all medical records in a timely manner.
- Oversees the release of medical record information, archiving/storage of medical records, and the transcription/dictation processing.
- Collects and analyzes data for quality improvement.
- Completes quarterly performance improvement reports in a timely manner.
- Functions as a member on assigned committees.
- Works closely with nursing, social work, and finance to ensure PPS compliance and unit profitability.
- Looks to become highly involved in areas outside specific job function.
Position Requirements:
- Must possess 2 years of medical record or Health Information Management experience.
- Long term care experience preferred.
- Excellent organizational, communication and customer service skills and the ability to utilize information Systems effectively (such as Microsoft Office Windows products, Outlook, 3M, etc.) is required.
- Knowledge of medical terminology, previous experience with electronic health record systems.
- Excellent organizational skills
- Good time management skills
- Strong computer skills necessary.
