Medical Records Clerk Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Minimum of one (1) year of documented experience in working with a frail or elderly population.
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Current drivers license in the state of California
• Medically cleared for communicable diseases and has all immunizations up-to-date before engaging in direct participant contact.
• Proficient knowledge of computer skills, MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Outlook)
• Knowledge of general office procedures, equipment and filing systems.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to quickly learn department policies, procedures, goals and services.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to change priorities regularly.

Responsibilities

• Organize and maintain health records by collecting information about participants: including test results, diagnoses, exam results, recommended treatments, prior medical history and other relevant data.
• Maintains participants files and retrieves files and documents for scheduled appointments: file study patient charts, files participant data upon receipt of information, initiate records for new participants and creates computer index, prepare file labels, maintains filing statistics and audits filing sequence.
• Serve and protect High Desert PACE by adhering to professional standards, High Desert PACE policies and procedures, federal, state and local requirements.
• Enhance health records and the reputation of High Desert PACE by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Serve as back up coverage for front desk staff.
• Keep supervisor informed of problems or issues.
• Retrieves participants schedules from computer system; distribute lab reports to physicians and materials to other departments, requests information from various departments and responses to correspondence requests.
• Participate as a member of the interdisciplinary team and in the initial, semi-annual, unscheduled and annual assessments; attend morning updates and report changes in participants baseline status to appropriate staff as needed.
• Involved in the development and implementation QAPI activities.
• Attend and participate in staff meetings, in-services, projects, and committees as assigned.
• Adhere to and support the center’s practices, procedures, and policies including assigned break times and attendance.
• Accept assigned duties in a cooperative manner; and perform all other related duties as assigned.
• Be flexible in schedule of hours worked.
• May require use of personal vehicle.