Medical Records Tech II-Riverside (Full-Time) (Finance)
The County of Riverside's Medical Records Department seeks to fill multiple Medical Records Technician II positions.
Under general supervision, abstracts and provides information from patient medical or mental health and vital records in response to authorized requests from agencies, hospitals, mortuaries, and individuals; assembles medical or mental health and vital records and evaluates them for completeness; works with professional medical personnel to ensure completeness and timeliness of entries in patient medical and vital records; performs other related duties as required.
The Medical Records Technician II is the first professional level classification in the Medical Records Technician series and reports to the Supervising Medical Records Technician. Incumbents are assigned duties that require routine abstracting of information from medical or mental health and vital records, or which require assembly, evaluation and quality control of patient medical/mental health and vital records.
Advancement to the next level is obtained by competitive selection through an open recruitment.
The most competitive candidates will have the following experience for Scanning Department:
- Healthcare background & front office.
Other duties for the Scanning Department include but are not limited to the following:
- Pick up discharge records from patient units.
- Scan paper records and ensure files are stored in the designated area according to storage procedures.
- Maintain and search computerized medical records.
The most competitive candidates will have the following experience for Release of Information Department:
- Releasing court records.
- Knowledge of regulations regarding mental health.
- Knowing time frame of expectations of records.
- Clerical front office.
- Complete disability paperwork.
The most competitive candidates will have the following experience for Chart Analysis/Completion Department:
- Know about joint commission requirements.
- Familiar with analyzing charts.
- History of acute care experience.
Work Schedule: Will be discussed during the interview.
Meet the Team!
Riverside University Health System• Review patient's charts and abstract essential information requested such as history, findings, laboratory, X-ray results, surgeries, diagnoses, and date and hour of admission and treatments; compile statistics on patient data and prepare statistical reports; perform miscellaneous duties such as maintaining files, indexes, records systems, and checking documents.
• Maintain supply inventory.
• Register live births, deaths and fetal deaths; facilitate delivery of newborn screening tests.
• Communicate with parents, lawyers and other interested parties on the accuracy, completeness and availability of documents.
• Pull and research medical or mental health charts; complete a variety of forms, certificates and documents relating to entries in medical records.
• Accept subpoenas for medical or mental health records or information and prepare response; determine if requests for release of medical or mental health information are legal and verify the identity of the inquirer as needed.
• Verify invoices for state reimbursement for contracted medical services.Recruiting Guidelines
OPTION I Education: Completion of a course in medical terminology from an accredited college or university.Experience: Two years of clerical experience working in a medical or mental health records department/section of a hospital, healthcare setting, provider relations, or managed care performing duties which include patient statistics and patient records assembly and evaluation. OPTION II Education: Completion of training from a recognized occupational training program (which included medical terminology) as a medical assistant or a closely related field.Experience: Two years of clerical experience working in a medical or mental health records department/section of a hospital, healthcare setting, provider relations, or managed care performing duties which include patient statistics and patient records assembly and evaluation. OPTION III Education: Completion of a course in medical terminology from an accredited college or university.Experience: One year equivalent to a Medical Records Technician I with Riverside County. OPTION IV Education: Completion of training from a recognized occupational training program (which included medical terminology) as a medical assistant or a closely related field.Experience: One year equivalent to a Medical Records Technician I with Riverside County. ALL OPTIONS Knowledge of: Technical terminology used in the medical profession; standard medical nomenclature; laws, rules and regulations pertaining to medical records; standard clerical office procedures and machine usage.Ability to: Understand and follow complex written and oral instructions; review patient medical records and abstract requested medical information; learn and use the classification and indexing of medical case histories in patient's medical records; perform general clerical work and quickly learn specific office procedures and methods; spell correctly, use excellent oral and written communication skills and make accurate arithmetical computations; effectively work with the public and professional medical personnel; establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
ALL CANDIDATES MUST UPLOAD A COPY OF THEIR TRANSCRIPT(S), LICENSE(S), AND/OR CERTIFICATE(S) BEFORE SUBMITTING THEIR APPLICATION.
For additional information or questions regarding this recruitment, contact Anay Sanchez at anasanchez@rivco.org .This classification's rate of pay will be set in accordance with California Senate Bill 525 requirements for applicable departments.
