Medical Records Clerk
The Allure Group is hiring!
We are seeking a Medical Records Clerk available to work at our Skilled Nursing Facility located in Brooklyn, NY.
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Duties and Responsibilities:
- Receive and follow work schedule/instructions from your supervisor and as outlined in our established policies and procedures.
- Assist in organizing, planning and directing the medical records section in accordance with established policies and procedures.
- Assist in the orientation program for all personnel in accordance with our policies and procedures.
- Assist the Medical Records Consultant as required.
- Maintain minutes of meetings/files as necessary.
- Develop and maintain a good working rapport with inter-department personnel, as well as other departments within the facility, to assure that medical records can be properly maintained.
- Assist in recording all incidents/accidents. File in accordance with established policies and procedures.
- Collect, assemble, check and file resident charts and personnel records as required.
- Ensure that schedules are followed as outlined for respective shift/area.
- Ensure incomplete records/charts are returned to nursing service for correction.
- Assist in developing procedures to ensure records are properly completed, coded, signed, indexed, etc., before filing.
- Follow established policies and procedures for the medical records section.
- Establish a procedure to ensure charts/records do not leave the section except as authorized in our policies and procedures.
- Maintain a record of authorized information taken from charts/records, i.e., type information, name of recipient, date, department, etc.
- Abstract information from records as authorized/required for insurance companies, Medicare, Medicaid, VA, etc.
- Index medical records as directed by the medical records consultant.
- Maintain various registries as directed including register for admission and discharge of residents.
- Type reports for physicians as necessary.
- Collect charts, assemble them in proper order, and inspect them for completion.
- Perform miscellaneous duties pertaining to medical records and assist business office personnel as required/directed.
- Assist in admission, transfer and discharge procedures as necessary.
- Answer telephone inquiries concerning medical records functions. Prepare written correspondence as necessary.
- Retrieve medical records when requested by authorized personnel (i.e., physicians, nurses, government agencies and personnel, etc.)
- Assure that medical records taken from the department are signed out and signed in upon return to the department.
- File active and inactive records in accordance with established policies.
- Index medical records as directed.
- Assume the administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability of performing the assigned duties of the Medical Records Clerk.
- Other related duties and responsibilities that may become necessary or appropriate to meet the administrative needs of this facility.
- Perform secretarial duties for committees of the facility as directed.
- Collect and assemble/compile records for committee review, as requested, and prepare reports for staff/other committees as directed.
Requirements:
- Must possess, as a minimum, a high school diploma.
- Must possess the ability to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, visitors and the general public.
- Must possess the ability to work harmoniously with other personnel.
- Be able to follow written and oral instructions.