HIM Assistant - HIM Operations

UNC Health Care Systems • Chapel Hill, NC

28d • $18 - $25 • Onsite

About The Position

Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve. Summary: Processes and maintains patient medical records including filing, retrieving and distributing medical documents and reports according to established priorities and procedures in a medical records department.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED
• No licensure or certification required.
• One (1) year of clerical experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully manage multiple tasks simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Maintains record filing and electronic systems in accordance with established procedures and regulations.
• Performs concurrent scanning rounding on hospital units daily.
• Monitors, reconciles, and audits paper based and electronic medical records. Prepares and batches, indexes, analyzes for quality and modifies medical records for the purpose of maintaining a reliable electronic health record.
• Identifies scanning and indexing errors with timely and accurate correction/modification.
• Retrieves, delivers and coordinates the delivery of patient medical records for release of information requests, research requests and provider requests and ensures they arrive in a timely manner.
• Analyzes all bedded, emergency room, outpatient, and ambulatory surgery for chart completion to include provider assistance as necessary.
• Analyzes and monitors record completion activities of suspended physicians and generates automated incomplete record notices to physicians.
• Releases approved documents as the legal medical record.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: High school or GED