Medical Records Clerk

Job Description:

Spectrum Healthcare Resources has a potential opportunity for a Medical Records Clerk at the Naval Medical Center San Diego Balboa. Join our team as a civilian Medical Records Clerk and give back to our military community and their families.

Minimum Requirements:

• Education: High School diploma or General Educational Development (GED) equivalency. Basic medical terminology required.
• Certification: Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) or Registered Health Information Administrator
• Experience: Minimum 12 months experience preferred.

Additional Qualifications:

• Ability to record and transmit verbal, electronic, and written messages.
• Office environment computer skills, and the ability to perform data entry.
• Ability to determine which requests or issues need to be handled by management or appropriate staff member.
• Knowledge of basic computer skills including but not limited to database entry, word processing, electronic mail, scanners, and facsimile machines.
• Able to read, write, and speak English fluently to effectively communicate with all personnel in the Military Treatment Facility (MTF).
• Contract employees shall have the ability to enunciate with sufficient clarity to be readily understood by staff.
• Be able to lift to 50 pounds throughout each day.

Work Schedule:

• Full-Time opportunity, 40 hours a week
• Monday - Friday 06:00 - 16:00

Core Duties:

• Process an estimated 120,000 Inpatient records will be Retired out the first year, and 70,000 Outpatient records will be retired out the following years to the National Archives or any prospective record retirement process as directed.
• Scan an estimated 800 inches of loose medical documents and make data entries into an Electronic Medical Record annually.
• Initiates and maintains medical records in accordance with prescribed directives.
• Scans Medical documentation of patient care into the official medical record.
• Searches for missing paperwork or records; requests information pertaining to patient treatment to place in the medical record.
• Prepares reports regarding record statistics as necessary. Participates in records review as part of the facility’s quality assurance program and in accordance with accreditation standards.
• Retires medical records in accordance with regulatory guidelines.
• Process retirement of Inpatient and Outpatient Medical records into an electronic environment.
• Work the Records Transfer Front Desk to intake Release of Information request and fulfill Release of Information requests and provide beneficiaries with copies of their electronic health records.

For More Information Contact:

Alison Johnson

Alison_Johnson@spectrumhealth.com

A Joint Commission Health Care Staffing Services firm, SHR is the military staffing division of TeamHealth, a Nationwide organization that serves 850 civilian and military hospitals with a team of 9,600 affiliated health care professionals.

EOE/AA/Disability/Vet

Location : Location: US-CA-San Diego

Recruiter : Full Name: First Last: Alison Johnson

Direct phone number: 314-744-4199

Recruiter : Email: Alison_Johnson@spectrumhealth.com