Health Information Management (HIM) Specialist

Schedule: Monday-Friday.

Job Location Type: In-Person

Your experience matters

At Lifepoint Health, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce who can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact across our hospitals and communities. As a Health Information Management Specialist on our team, you’ll support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing and providing care to our patients and community members to positively impact our mission of making communities healthier ®.

More about our team

Sovah Health is a regional health care delivery system with 2 hospital campuses – Danville and Martinsville. Each facility has a 24/7 Emergency Room, Outpatient Imaging Center, and over 20 primary and specialty care physician clinics. Our Danville location is also a teaching hospital that trains medical students and physician residents specializing in family and internal medicine.

The Health Information Management & Clinical Documentation Integrity team support excellent care, ensuring medical records are accurate & available. We promote well-being and high productivity through characteristics like open communication, and support for work-life balance. Our assignments allow for flexible schedule, and an opportunity to partner with all hospital departments.

How you’ll contribute

A Health Information Management Specialist who excels in this role:

• Performs various clerical activities within the Health Information Management department, including medical record assembly, imaging activities, generation and filing of medical records.
• Analyzes the assembled record for chart completion deficiencies in accordance with regulatory and medical staff guidelines.
• Assigns deficiencies to appropriate medical staff and enters data for tracking and monitoring. Updates or clears deficiencies as documentation is completed.
• Provides professional, confidential support to callers and visitors, including physicians, patients, and families.

Why join us

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

• Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage — with medical plans starting at just $10 per pay period — tailored benefit options for part-time and PRN employees, and more.
• Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What we’re looking for

Applicants should have a high school diploma or equivalent. Additional requirements include:

• Minimum of 2 years previous experience of health information management or similar clerical experience required.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and stressful environment.

EEOC Statement

Sovah Health - Danville is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Sovah Health - Danville is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.

We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.