Bilingual Medical Records Clerk

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**Practicing at GraceMed**

If you are a healthcare professional, we appreciate your interest in

practicing in a community health setting at **GraceMed**. This is a

clinical environment where you can be a part of a diverse team of

professionals who come together to address the whole health of the

patient. Youll make a difference you can see every day as you care for

patients who are often high-risk because of their underserved status.

Youll be fully supported by a staff and organization set up to let you

focus on delivering care. And youll be part of a team that has

distinguished itself for its quality of care and outcomes.

• Reporting Relationship:** Reports to the Director of Community Cares
• Supervision Responsibilities:** No
• Essential Role:** Provides patient care services to complement the
  
  

providers role of delivering primary health care services at GraceMed

Health Clinic, Inc.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintains the medical record files; sorts, files and collates
  
  

information such as laboratory and pathology reports and clinic

notes; files into the correct patient medical records file in the

appropriate sequence and in accordance with established procedures.

• Pulls charts for designated reasons; upon request of other staff
  
  

members, for messages, prescription refills, or lab reports. Assigns

medical problems as priority for scheduled appointments per

established procedures.

• Files and retrieves medical records in accordance with established
  
  

filing system and predetermined priorities; researches lost or

missing records in accordance with established procedures.

• Examines patient medical records for completeness and ensures all
  
  

required information is included; refers to supervisor for any noted

deficiencies.

• Scans RX refills into telephone encounters; ensures the correct
  
  

pharmacy and providers are listed; assigns telephone encounter to

the correct triage nurse for the provider.

• Prints medical records in order of receiving for Release of
  
  

Information requests: doctors offices, patients, lawyers, insurance

companies, etc. Maintains excel spreadsheet documenting charges (if

applicable). Documents patient records appropriately.

• Maintains cleanliness and orderliness of the medical records area.
• Assists in the development and documentation of protocols related to
  
  

his or her job functions.

• Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.
  
  

Working Conditions

Medical office setting. Ability to sit and/or stand for long periods of

time. Bending, stooping, and lifting (up to 50lbs.) may be required.

Interaction with physicians, patients and other office personnel. May

involve contact with angry, upset or ill persons. May involve potential

exposure to blood and body fluids and other hazardous substances. Must

have visual acuity and manual dexterity to interface with computer. Must

have auditory acuity to handle phone calls.

• The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and
  
  

level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed, as

an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required

of personnel so classified.*

• This job description has been examined for compliance with the
  
  

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act

(FLSA) (May 1995).*

• Confidentiality:** As an employee of GraceMed Health Clinic, Inc., you
  
  

are bound by principles of medical ethics. You have both a legal and

moral obligation to protect the privacy of our patients. In the course

of your work, you will have access to confidential information regarding

patients, and/or the practices\' confidential business. It is essential

that you refrain from any discussions regarding perso al information

about a patient, a patient\'s condition, a patient\'s finances,

proprietary company information, and/or the practices\' confidential

business with any third person. This includes, but is not limited to,

other employees, your spouse, family or friends. CONFIDENTIALITY IS SO

IMPORTANT THAT ANY BREACH OF THIS POLICY WILL BE CONSIDERED GROUNDS FOR

TERMINATION. Review and signature of the Agreement is a condition of

employment.

• GraceMed Health Clinic** is an equal opportunity organization and
  
  

shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed),

gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability,

marital status, sexual orientation, military status, or for any other

discriminatory reason prohibited by applicable law.*