Health Record Technician 1 - WCC
About The Position
The Washington State Department of Corrections is hiring a full-time, permanent Health Record Technician 1 for the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton, Washington. The position is scheduled Monday through Friday on a day shift. The technician serves as a custodian of patient medical records, entering and verifying health information and ensuring records comply with applicable laws and agency policy. The role provides health-record information to authorized medical providers, staff, and third-party agents concerning residents and patients, consistent with applicable policies and state and federal requirements. The position supports health-record retention schedules and public-record requests, and assists with the delivery, distribution, access, maintenance, and retention of manual and electronic health-record forms. It also processes requests for health information, oversees records management compliance, assists and directs facility staff, audits health records, and may represent the agency in court regarding health records. Employees may work directly with or near incarcerated individuals in a potentially hazardous setting.
Requirements
- Certification by the American Health Information Management Association as a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) or Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), or ability to obtain certification within six months of appointment and maintain it during employment.
- Valid driver license.
Nice To Haves
- Two or more years of experience in Health Information Management.
- Current knowledge of state and federal laws, national standards, and department policies governing health records and disclosure of health information, and ability to apply that knowledge appropriately.
- Experience working in a correctional facility.
Responsibilities
- Review and process requests for patient medical, dental, and mental-health information within 15 working days or less, following health-record procedures.
- Review and process Department staff requests for patient health information by the requested date and following health-record procedures.
- Review and process patient requests to inspect their health records within 15 working days or less.
- Determine whether health-information requests should be granted or denied under the Washington State Uniform Health Care Information Act (RCW 70.02) and federal laws.
- Ensure patient health records at the facility comply with departmental policies, procedures, and state and federal statutes.
- Participate as an active member of the Health Record Management Committee.
- Provide instruction to unit clerical staff and assign, review, and correct their work.
- Communicate with the Health Records Technician 2 and Health Services Manager about Health Records Department performance.
- Audit health records for listed deficiencies and complete the applicable facility or reception-center audit form.
- Provide facility staff with technical assistance and direction regarding health records, disclosure of health information, and statewide health-record processes.
- Represent the agency in court regarding health records.
- Assist with reviewing and updating health-record retention schedules; coordinating and retrieving information for public-record requests; and delivering, distributing, providing access to, maintaining, and retaining manual and electronic health-record forms.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Up to 25 paid vacation days a year.
- Eight hours of paid sick leave per month.
- Three days of bereavement leave.
- Twelve paid holidays a year.
- Generous retirement plan.
- Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Dependent Care Assistance.
- Deferred Compensation.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
