Responsibilities

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Medical Information Management Technician I keeps accurate patient records to maintain medical record integrity support clinical and medical staff members providing patient care and to maintain confidentiality. Maintaining medical record integrity and confidentiality is accomplished through filing chart assembly retrieval of confidential medical records and acting as a legal clerk by processing subpoenas and patient requests. Medical staff support functions include incomplete chart control physician suspension for delinquent medical records quality assurance audits and coordination of transcription services.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:

 Minimum of one year experience working in a healthcare setting (or an equivalent combination of education and experience). Knowledge of organization and operation of a medical record department.  Medical terminology  Able to read speak and write English  Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions correctly  Computer skills (Windows Microsoft products and Meditech preferred)Overview

Dignity Health Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital is a 104-bed not-for-profit hospital located in Grass Valley California. The hospital has been providing compassionate quality health care to residents and visitors of western Nevada County since 1958. As an affiliate of the nationally recognized Dignity Health system we ensure the highest standard of health care to our patients and have access to important regional resources throughout the system including the Dignity Health Heart & Vascular Institute the Dignity Health Neurological Institute of Northern California and the Dignity Health Cancer Institute of Greater Sacramento. With 787 employees 101 active medical staff and 21 Emergency Department beds Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital continually implements and upgrades its technology and recruits employees who understand the vital importance of kindness and compassion in the healing process.