Medical Records Clerk Part Time

Medical Records Clerk Part Time

Livingston County Jail - MI - Howell, MI 48843

Overview

Salary Range $18.90 - $22.00 Hourly Position Type Part Time Job Shift Day Education Level Not Specified Travel Percentage None Category Administrative Support

Description

SUMMARY:

Our associates deliver a higher standard of business services to support medical care and behavioral health care. We maintain professionalism, integrity, and commitment as we solve problems and make lives easier.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Retrieve medical charts for all healthcare staff as requested
• File daily all currently used medical records
• Assure that charts are counter-signed by physician and checks charts for completeness
• Releases information at the direction of the Sheriff, Site Nursing Supervisor, or Site Physician
• Secures all active and inactive medical records
• Answers telephone takes messages and makes telephone calls
• Types letters, reports, and memorandums
• Schedules off site appointments as requested by practitioner/nursing staff
• Maintains a roster or appointment book based on scheduled appointments for both on-site and offsite appointments
• Orders, receives, and maintains medical or office supplies
• Adheres to safety and security policies and participates in disaster drills
• Ability to deal with and respond to stressful situations in a stressful environment
• Requires regular and reliable attendance
• Ensure the confidentiality of all medical records information
• Performs all clerical duties related to the assembling and maintaining of medical records, including initiating records for new detainees
• Maintains accountability for the location of any medical record on file, log in and out all record jackets received or sent out
• Maintains all files in established systems with all materials properly arranged and affixed within, filing material as received
• Directly responsible to pull records and deliver for clinical use, re-file records upon completion of use
• Pulls records and performs studies as requested by the nursing supervisor
• Assists with tracking of statistical data for CQI reports
• Completes reports and performs other duties as assigned by the Health Services Administrator/Site Manager
• Notifies supervisor and completes report for incidents or accidents
• Any and all other duties as assigned

Qualifications

High school graduate or equivalent At least two years of specialized experience and/or training in keeping medical records Ability to work with people and work under pressure Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; hands-on training