Health Information Tech I

Huntington Beach Hospital•Huntington Beach, CA

22h•Onsite

About The Position

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! Huntington Beach Hospital, a member of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference. Founded in 1967, Huntington Beach Hospital is a 131-bed acute-care community hospital. As the only hospital in Huntington Beach, Huntington Beach Hospital is proud to be the community hospital serving the residents of Huntington Beach and the surrounding area for the past 50 years. Fully accredited by The Joint Commission, and with nearly 200 physicians and more than 400 healthcare and other professionals on staff, our team is committed to providing outstanding service in a safe, comfortable, and caring environment. Learn more at https://www.hbhospital.org/.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent.
Computer data entry with 10-key, with accurate typing speed of 35 wpm.

Nice To Haves

Experience with accurate alphabetic and numeric filing.
One year hospital experience.
Knowledge of terminal digit filing and medical terminology.
Completion of a medical terminology course.
Background in business and office training.

Responsibilities

Securing and maintaining the patient’s health record upon discharge from the hospital.
Verifying and ensuring receipt of all patient records, and assembling the documentation into the legal medical record.
Filing loose reports received by the Health Information Services department, including transcribed reports, into the legal medical record, as appropriate.
Pulling medical records for authorized requests, and filing in terminal-digit order.
Accurately maintaining the chart tracking system and ensuring ease of retrieval.
Reviewing medical staff documentation in the Emergency Room record to verify completeness and assigning any deficiencies to the responsible medical staff member for completion.
Answering telephone calls and assisting visitors (including but not limited to physicians, patients and their family members), while maintaining confidentiality.