Medical Records Technician

Mp Hr Community • Atlanta, GA

393d • $27,040 - $29,120

About The Position

The Medical Records Technician is responsible for managing and organizing medical records, ensuring compliance with policies and requirements. This role involves auditing, tracking, and securing medical records, as well as assisting in the acquisition of necessary documents. The technician must maintain both active and closed charts, and perform tasks that may be time-sensitive, requiring frequent progress reporting and accuracy oversight.

Requirements

• Ability to interact and communicate with patients, other staff, physicians, and the public
• Exercise good judgment in accordance with maintaining patient confidentiality
• Demonstrate familiarity with computers, required

Responsibilities

• Print patient schedule for each doctor
• Separate and organize out guides
• Organize and disperse daily tasks for the Medical Records department
• Locate missing charts as needed
• Effectively use computer for duties, including receiving and responding to all relevant emails
• Document and log all requests for documents as needed
• Monitor security of medical records, authorized use, and access control of the medical records room
• Provide sign-in/sign-out sheets for charts
• Manually create charts and assemble completed charts into folders with documents in correct order
• Keep charts in order - active, thinned, and discharged
• Act as a backup and/or support person to Medical Records as needed
• Be responsible for other medical records-related clerical duties as reasonably assigned
• Support in placing documents in charts as needed and monitor appropriate chart filing by others with ongoing communication to fellow employees
• Implement a schedule to review all active charts organization and reorganize if necessary
• Track and monitor charts to be thinned and remove old documents as needed
• Assist in pulling and preparing charts for internal and external audits
• Participate in agency efforts to improve quality

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed