Medical Records Assistant - SCI Waymart

THE POSITION

The Medical Records Assistant position at SCI-Waymart gives you the chance to support important health care operations within the facility. This role allows you to help keep medical information organized, accurate, and easy to access. Your efforts will help staff provide timely treatment and make informed decisions. Step into a position where your attention to detail and enthusiasm make a real difference.

This role supports the health care operations of SCI-Waymart by preparing, organizing, and maintaining medical records in multiple formats. The work ensures that all information is complete, accurate, and ready for use by authorized staff. As a Medical Records Assistant, you will perform the following duties:

• Record Preparation:
  Maintain paper, electronic, and film medical records and ensure accuracy and completeness
• Information Handling:
  File, issue, withdraw, and transfer records while following confidentiality and legal requirements
• Archiving Duties:
  Archive inactive paper, electronic, and film records and prepare materials for the State Records Center
• Tracking Logs:
  Monitor and update logs related to release of information and record requests
• Report Preparation:
  Compile statistical reports and verify medical coding for management use

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

• Full-time employment, 37.5-hour work week
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• Telework:
  You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary:
  
  Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $41,506 (before taxes).
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

• One year of clerical experience maintaining or reviewing medical records, transcribing dictated or recorded medical information, or conducting medical abstracting and coding; or
• Graduation from an accredited medical secretarial, medical records, medical transcription, medical assisting, medical coding, or health information management program; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

• Successful completion of basic training in Elizabethtown, PA is required.
• You must meet the PA residency requirement . For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• You must pass a background investigation and meet Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) compliance requirements.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. 7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and click on Veterans.

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce.

The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania.

The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law.

All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
• Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
• Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
• You must provide complete and accurate information or:
• Your score may be lower than deserved.
• you may be disqualified.
• You may only apply/test once for this posting.
• Your results will be provided via email.