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Kern Medical has been a community cornerstone since its founding in 1867. Today, we are an acute care teaching center with 222 beds, offering the only advanced trauma care between Fresno and Los Angeles. Kern Medical offers a range of primary, specialty, and multi-specialty services including high-risk pregnancy care, inpatient psychiatric services integrated with county mental health programs, and a growing network of outpatient clinics providing personalized patient-centered wellness care. Kern Medical cares for 15,500 inpatients and 125,000 clinic patients a year.
Career Opportunities within Kern Medical include many benefits such as:
Position: Health Information Services Specialist I/II - Shift - Bilingual
Compensation
The estimated pay for this position is $18.0243 to $22.8411. The rates shown include a 6% premium pay (base= $-$ plus 6%). This reflects only a portion of the total compensation package for this position. Additional compensation may be available for this role through differentials, incentives, and bonuses. In addition, this position may be eligible for participation and company contributions into the Kern County Employees’ Retirement Plan.
Job Description
Under general direction performs healthcare information support activities, which may include: forms control, records processing, chart completion, and release of information.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:
The Health Information Services Specialist I/II have knowledge of the procedures used to collect health information and to process charts and associated records; responsible, complex assignments in all phases of Health Information Services. Assignments may be made in forms control, records processing, chart completion, or release of information.
Essential Functions:
Employment Standards:
Level I: High School Diploma, G.E.D., or equivalent and one (1) year of experience in medical records, or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to obtain the knowledge and skill to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.
Level II: High School Diploma, G.E.D., or equivalent and two (2) years of experience in medical records, or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to obtain the knowledge and skill to successfully perform the essential duties of the job. A class in medical terminology is preferred. Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) or Register Health Information Administrator (RHIA) certification is desirable.
Additional Requirements:
Some assignments may require certification of typing/keyboard speed of 40 net words per minute.
Knowledge of: English grammar usage and spelling, customer service principles; basic filing and record keeping principles, medical terminology, HIPAA privacy practices and compliance practices, medical record file room operations.
Ability to: Operate a variety of office machines; communicate effectively both orally and in writing sufficient to perform the essential functions; use computers and various software to accomplish work; problem solve; proofread.
A background check will be conducted for this classification.
Full Time
Ambulatory Healthcare Services
$38k-47k (estimate)
12/06/2023
06/02/2024
kernmedical.com
BAKERSFIELD, CA
200 - 500
1867
RONALD BIERMAN
$10M - $50M
Ambulatory Healthcare Services
Since our beginning in 1867, Kern Medical has served as an integral part of the community. Our 222-licensed bed acute care teaching hospital and outpatient clinics offer many services unavailable to the rest of the community. These services include: - The only Level II Trauma program between Fresno and Los Angeles - Academic teaching programs that have trained many of the physicians now practicing in our community. Each year, over 200 residents, fellows, and medical students enroll in Kern Medical's training programs. - Hospital-based high-risk pregnancy services - Inpatient psychiatric servic...es integrated with the County's mental health programs - Integrated outpatient clinics with locations at our Sagebrush Clinic (1111 Columbus Avenue), Medical Center Campus (1700 Mt. Vernon Avenue), and on Truxtun Avenue (6401 Truxtun Avenue, Suite A-1) As an academic teaching hospital, we are affiliated with UCLA and its David Geffen School of Medicine, with many of our physicians also holding faculty positions at UCLA. Our physician training ranges from three to five years with residencies in internal medicine, surgery, family practice, emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and psychiatry. We offer an extensive array of services to all regardless of their circumstances. We continue to add new medical technologies, recruit outstanding physicians in new specialties, and further expand our affiliation with UCLA. We are proud of our founding mission focused on caring for you and your loved ones with the highest quality and most compassionate service.
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