Health Information Technician

Health Information Technician

The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery is seeking to hire a Health Information Technician for the Chicago-Read Mental Health Center located in Chicago, Illinois to serve as a specially trained and skilled technical assistant to the Health Information Administrator. Prepares specialized reports and evaluates health information records. Assures compliance with accrediting and regulatory agency standards. Functions as an audit specialist and measures data accuracy.

Represents the organization in matters regarding health care records in court actions. Participates in assigned facility committees and provides training to staff on department and facility policy and procedures pertaining to health information.

Essential Functions:

• Serves as a specially trained and skilled technical assistant to the Health Information Administrator.
• Applies coding and classification to diseases and verifies reliability of coded information.
• Represents the organization in matters regarding health care records in court actions.
• Utilizing a personal computer, software, hardware, and agency mainframe applications, produces special reports, charts, forms, and graphs for summaries and displays of health information records.
• Serves as a liaison to clinical staff and managers for unresolved medical record related discrepancies, delinquencies, and non-compliant records.
• Monitors existing health information services system procedures.
• Participates in assigned facility committees and provides training to staff on department and facility policy and procedures pertaining to health information.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to two (2) years of college.
• Requires one (1) year of experience in health information records procedures.
• Requires accreditation as a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) or Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA).

Conditions of Employment:

• Requires the ability to utilize office equipment, including personal computers.
• Requires the ability to obtain Certified Coding Associate (CCA), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) or Certified Professional Coder (CPC) within 12 months of hire.
• Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.
• Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.

About the Agency:

The Illinois Department of Human Services uplifts individuals and communities across Illinois. Our mission is to respond to the needs of all people in Illinois so they can lead healthy, safe, and enriched lives. Our vision is the future we are shaping with dignity and the well-being for everyone in Illinois. Our values are the principles that guide us as we work to remove systemic barriers and create lasting opportunities with Compassion, Accessibility, Responsibility, and Equity.

As a State of Illinois employee, you will receive a robust benefit package that includes the following:

• A Pension Program
• Competitive Group Insurance Benefits including Health, Life, Dental and Vision Insurance
• 3 Paid Personal Business Days annually
• 12 Paid Sick days annually (Sick days carry over from year to year)
• 10-25 days of Paid Vacation time annually - (10 days in year one of employment)
• 13 Paid Holidays annually, 14 on even numbered years
• Flexible Work Schedules (when available dependent upon position)
• 12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
• Deferred Compensation Program - A supplemental retirement plan
• Optional Pre-Tax Programs such as Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP), Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP)
• Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility
• GI Bill® Training/Apprenticeship Benefits eligibility for qualifying Veterans
• 5% Salary Differential for Bilingual Positions
• Commuter Savings Program (Chicago only)

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