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The Health Information Manager is responsible for coordination of the hospital wide Medical Records/HIMS activities.

EDUCATION:

High School Diploma or GED with medical/secretarial training. Prefer HIM certification.

KNOWLEDGE AND TRAINING:

• Knowledge of hospital policy and procedures relating to health information management.
• Knowledge of skill in implementation of federal and state regulations related to release of confidential health information.
• Knowledge of business English and medical terminology.
• Skill in typing, computer applications (e.g. Word and Excel), telephone communications and in operating other business office machines.
• Skill in office practices and procedures.
• Ability to make accurate and efficient arithmetic computations, statistical analysis.
• Ability to find selected information in a medical record.
• Knowledge and skills in health information management and ICD-9/DSM IV coding. Ability to type 65-75 words per minute.
• Ability to make appropriate independent decisions.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with a broad range of healthcare professionals.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assists in coordination and/or provides support for all Quality Improvement activities and reviews within the hospital.
• Provides information and standards to clinicians and other support personnel as needed in regards to:

a. Problems assessment techniques, including criteria development, data retrieval and display, data analysis, and confidentiality of Quality Improvement data.

b. Compliance with hospital, State and Federal regulations.

c. Revision and review of hospital policies and procedures.

• Assists other departments in formalizing committees to investigate problems, determine action and prepares required reports as necessary.
• Maintains documentation of the integration of the Quality Improvement activities hospital-wide, as outlined in hospital and Departmental Quality Improvement Plans.
• Assures that reports to the Medical Staff, governing body, administration and external agencies are submitted in a timely manner.
• Demonstrates ability to establish and maintain an effective working relationship with professional staff, peers, and external agency personnel.
• Demonstrates ability to communicate in a clear, concise and effective manner both verbally and in writing.
• A good comprehension and observance of the necessity for confidentiality in a psychiatric setting.
• Transcribes dictation pertaining to medical record reporting, giving all in-house dictation top priority. Keeps a daily record of all dictation. Ascertains that dictation equipment is in proper functioning order at all times. Ascertains that no secretarial work is performed that should not be done.
• Displays knowledge of other duties in the department and performs their functions as necessary. Other duties may include: Statistics, preparation of master index cards, filing indexing, tacking charts from sign-out sheet, returning charts to permanent storage, assisting physicians with record completion, filing of returned charts, preparing in-house file, filing of thinned charts, chart assembly, chart analysis, microfilming, legal correspondence and coding.
• Has thorough knowledge of policies and procedures of Medical Records Department, as well as Federal and Local Law concerning the release of information.
• Performs special projects or other related work as required or requested.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• Medical records: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: One location