Medical Records Specialist 2

Job Detail

• Job Title:

  Medical Records Specialist 2

• Department:

  80100-Health Information Management

• Location:

  Farmington

• FTE%:

  1

• Shift

• Search #:

  2025-832

• Closing Date:

• Recruiter:

  O'Donnell, Lorin E.

Additional Links:

• This position is covered by the NP-3 Bargaining Unit; click here to review the current NP-3 Contract.
• This position is in salary group CL-18; click here to review the current CL Pay Plan
• This position is part of a classified Bargianing Unit. The benefits are:

Excellence, Teamwork, Leadership and Innovation. These are the values that define UConn Health, and we are looking for team members that share these same values. Our top rated organization is looking to add a skilled Medical Records Specialist 2 to our department of Health Information Management. If you have a background in this field we want to hear from you.

At UConn Health this class is accountable for performing the most complex tasks associated with maintaining medical records and medical records coding activities. The MRS II is responsible for providing ongoing data integrity of the enterprise MPI using established mechanisms to identify, investigate, resolve complex chart corrections and prevent duplicate medical record numbers and patient overlays, assuring that for each patient there is one record with the correct identifying information to support patient care and patient safety.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

Works under the limited supervision of a Medical Records Supervisor or other employee of higher grade.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED

May lead lower level employees as assigned.

Schedule: 40 hours per week, Sunday - Thursday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm with a 30 minute unpaid meal break

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

• Performs highly technical duties in establishment, retention and maintenance of electronic medical records systems such as daily admissions and discharges, daily census, case histories, results of diagnostic tests, medical summaries, abstracts and signed releases of information.

• Ensures compliance with The Joint Commission (TJC) and Title XIX standards.

• Prepares records for clinicians use.

• Analyzes medical records and contents for completeness and quality.

• Prepares medical and statistical reports (patient diagnostic and demographic information, census log, discharge information, etc.)

• May microfilm medical records; may attend probate court hearings and give testimony.

• Performs related duties as required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

• Knowledge of relevant state and federal laws, statutes and regulations.

• Knowledge of basic medical terminology and human anatomy.

• Knowledge of medical coding principles and techniques with particular emphasis on International Classification of Disease Adopted procedures.

• Knowledge of The Joint Commission (TJC) medical records standards.

• Knowledge of principles of statistical data tabulation.

• Knowledge of office systems and procedures.

• Interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills.

• Ability to maintain medical records and prepare reports.

• Ability to utilize computer software.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Five (5) years of experience in the maintenance of medical records and preparation of statistical reports.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SPECIAL EXPERIENCE

One (1) year of the General Experience must have been as a Medical Records Specialist 1 or its equivalent.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• In depth knowledge of computer software/programs such as Epic OnBase, Axium,HDA.

• Five years experience resolving complex chart corrections/medical records.

• Knowledge of Microsoft office systems and procedures

Why UConn Health

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.