What are the responsibilities and job description for the HIM/Medical Records Technician position at CRYSTAL CLINIC ORTHOPEDIC CENT?
The Essentials:
- Schedule: Full-Time (40 hrs/week) | 1st Shift | Monday-Friday
- Location: Fairlawn, OH
- Specialties: Health Information Management/Medical Records
What You’ll Do:
- Responsible for understanding the principles and practices of acquiring, analyzing, maintaining, releasing and protecting medical information vital to providing quality patient care.
- Essential in bridging patients’ health information and payers, such as insurance companies, government and regulating agencies, and are a critical component of the electronic health record (EHR) workforce
- Assembles patient health information including medical history, symptoms, examination results, diagnostic tests, treatment methods, and all other healthcare provider services. They organize and manage health information data by ensuring its quality, accuracy, accessibility, and security to ensure compliance with HIPAA, Joint Commission standards and medical staff by-laws and rules and regulations.
What We’re Looking For:
- Education: College degree or progress towards degree preferred.
- Experience: One (1) to Three (3) years of demonstrated experience in healthcare field or healthcare profession related to Health Information Management preferred; Proficient knowledge of an EHR required.
- Skills: Medical terminology knowledge; employee should demonstrate cooperative behavior with colleagues and supervisors; the employee shall work well under pressure, meet multiple and sometimes competing deadlines; ability to organize and prioritize work; accuracy and speed is required and an ability to handle repetitive job and stay focused; moderate knowledge of PCs is required.