Medical Records Tech II-Riverside; Riverside-Robert Presley Detention Center

Overview

Medical Records Tech II-Riverside (Riverside-Robert Presley Detention Center) (Finance)

The County of Riverside - RUHS - Correctional Health System seeks to fill a Medical Records Technician II for the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside. 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.

• Review patient 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.
• Option I – Education and Experience requirements are listed under the options section of the job posting.

• Possible travel may be required to assist other facilities in meeting department needs.
• A valid California driver's license is required.
• Bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.
• Must be able to pass a Sheriffb s background check.

• 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 patientbs 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 Options

• Option I –
  
  Education:
  
  Completion of a course in medical terminology from an accredited college or university.
  
  Experience:
  
  Two years of clerical experience in a medical or mental health records environment performing duties including patient statistics and patient records assembly and evaluation. (See original posting for full details.)
• Option II –
  
  Education:
  
  Training from a recognized occupational program (including medical terminology) as a medical assistant or related field.
  
  Experience:
  
  Two years of clerical experience in a medical or mental health records environment performing duties including patient statistics and patient records assembly and evaluation.
• Option…