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: Problems assessment techniques, including criteria development, data retrieval and display, data analysis, and confidentiality of Quality Improvement data.
• Compliance with hospital, State and Federal regulations.
• 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)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Medical records: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• HIM certification (Preferred)

Work Location: In person