Health Records Technician II

State of Maryland•Howard, MD

19d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is the full performance level of work compiling and maintaining health records in a State facility or local health department. This position does not supervise other positions. This position receives general supervision from a Health Records Technician Supervisor or Health Records Program Supervisor. This position is evaluated by using the classification job evaluation methodology. The use of this method involves comparing the assigned duties and responsibilities of a position to the job criteria found in the Nature of Work and Examples of Work sections of the class specification. The Health Records Technician Trainee, Health Records Technician I and Health Records Technician II are differentiated on the basis of the degree of supervisory control exercised by the supervisor over these employees. The Health Records Technician Trainee learns to perform duties under close supervision. The Health Records Technician I performs duties under close supervision at times and under general supervision at other times depending on the complexity of the specific duty being performed. This position performs the full range of duties and responsibilities under general supervision. This position is differentiated from the Health Records Technician Supervisor in that the Health Records Technician Supervisor has supervisory responsibility for lower-level Health records Technicians.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.
Two years of experience compiling and maintaining health records.
Candidates may substitute additional experience on a year-for-year basis for the required education.
Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a non-commissioned officer in Medical Record classifications or Patient Administration Specialists and Health Services Management specialty codes in the health records management field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.
Candidates for this classification must demonstrate the ability to type at a minimum speed of 20 words per minute.

Nice To Haves

Experience in auditing, creating, and presenting reports
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Access, Excel and Electronic Health Records (EHR)
Experience compiling and maintaining medical records in a psychiatric setting