Job title: Medical Records Technician
Company: The Terraces at Los Altos
Job description: The Terraces at Los Altos is looking for an experienced Medical Records Technician to join the best team around! If you have 2 or more years of experience working in a long-term care skilled nursing or hospital setting, then we urge you to apply!
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Status: Full-time Benefitted
Hours: 9am – 5pm, M-F
Pay Range: $27.50 – $34 DOE
Work Duties
- Gather patient information by collecting information from a variety of sources; interacting with registration areas and physician’s offices
- Maintain master patient index by completing assigned portion of daily audit trail; corrects and communicates problems according to established procedures
- Initiate the medical record by creating and processing the patient care record folder
- Maintain record availability and purge as required
- Retrieve medical records as needed by various authorized professionals, following chart-out procedures; documenting reasons
- Deliver charts to assigned areas of the health center
- Keep health care providers informed by communicating availability or unavailability of the record
- Maintain continuity of work operations by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs
- Work with state officials during Survey
- Maintains the facility’s clinical record system and assists in implementing record procedures;
- Serves as a member of OBRA team;
- Performs quantitative and qualitative audits for compliance including: patients’ charts; medical records for physician telephone orders, physician monthly order, advanced directive status, lab tests and other assigned audits.
- Conduct Medication Admin Record (MAR) Audit
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Completion of a certificate or 2-year associate’s degree in MT or HIM, or 3-5 years medical records clerk or technician equivalent experience in a skilled nursing or hospital setting.
- Two years or more experience; or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required skills, knowledge and abilities working with medical records,
- Experience in a long-term care skilled nursing SNF or hospital setting and applicable long-term care and acute care medical records protocols
- Prior experience in a retirement community with RCFE Title 22 Regulations
- Licensed either RHIT, CPC or CCS with coding experience
- Licensed as Registered Health Information Technician, preferred.
What’s in it for you?
As the largest nonprofit owner/operator of senior living communities in California and one of the largest in the country, we are more than just a place to work. We are here to ensure that all we serve are provided with every opportunity to become their best selves as they define it, and this begins with YOU.
HumanGood offers competitive pay and phenomenal benefits. Eligible positions (30+ hours/week) start with 20 paid days off, plus seven holidays, a company-matching 401(k) and health plans that give you cash to use for those unexpected health issues. We provide healthcare benefits for our part-time and per diem team members! We also offer a Tuition Reimbursement to promote your career advancement. You can view more information about our total rewards at HGcareers.org.
Come see what HumanGood has to offer!
The health and safety of our team members and residents is our top priority and with the increasing spread of variants of COVID-19, it is critical that we do all we can to protect one another from this disease.
Where legally permissible, you may begin working after (a) showing proof of the first dose of a two-dose COVID vaccination regimen or one dose of a one-dose COVID vaccination; (b) showing proof of a COVID vaccination appointment within 7 days of your start date; or, (c) upon submission of a request for exemption from COVID vaccination. Exemptions based on religious beliefs and qualifying medical reasons will be considered.
Expected salary:
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Job date: Sat, 09 Mar 2024 05:30:01 GMT
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