Hospice Medical Records Clerk

Hospice Medical Records Clerk

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience as a record manager preferred.
• Skilled organizer able to manage office files, logbooks, and staff schedules.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office 365 (particularly savvy with Excel).
• Detail oriented.
• Must possess light secretarial skills and have polite telephone manners.

Responsibilities

• Maintain medical records in locked cabinets to assure confidentiality of patient information.
• Set up new patient clinical records.
• File documentation in patient charts in chronological order in appropriate locations.
• Monitor check-in and check-out of patient charts by office and field staff.
• Assist staff in locating charts and documentation.
• Log in and out physician orders and mail orders to the appropriate physicians.
• Prepare paperwork for IDG meetings.
• Send attending physicians IDG updates following IDG meetings.
• Develop and implement systems to ensure organization and timely retrieval of documentation.
• Break down discharged patients’ records.
• Maintain and store all discharged patient charts.
• Assist with the orientation of new employees as requested.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Administrator.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as a record manager preferred.