Medical Records Specialist Jobs

The primary function of the Medical Records Specialist is to maintain filing and provide clerical support.
Job Qualifications
Education: High School Graduate
Knowledge And Skills

• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
• Knowledge of medical terminology preferred
• Computer skills required

Transportation: Reliable transportation and valid and current auto insurance.
Environmental And Working Conditions
Works in customers offices in various conditions. Ability to travel to customers locations, some overnight stays, some exposure to unpleasant weather.
Physical And Mental Effort
Prolonged sitting and some standing is required. Occasional need to lift, pull, carry and push items weighing up to 50 lbs to carry laptop computer/peripherals and luggage. Requires working under some stressful conditions to meet deadlines and agency needs. Requires excellent problem solving skills. Must be able to work under stressful conditions and time constraints of the agency or projects. Work requires sitting for long periods of time, bending, and stretching for files and office supplies. May occasionally require lifting files or paper weighing up to 30 pounds.
Essential Functions

• Contacts MD offices on late orders.
• Organizes, sorts, and maintains documentation in patient files in a timely manner.
• Perform other duties as required
• Notifies MD of missed visits, drug interactions and communications.
• Sends orders/F2F to MDs via fax, mail, hand carry, processes signed orders in chart upon return and scans to patient charts.
• Promotes the agency philosophy and mission by presenting a positive image to patients/families, physicians, and community agencies.
• Provides clerical support which may include preparation of admission, orientation, and new hire packets, typing, special projects, filing and copying. Phones, faxes, and scanning.
• Understands and exhibits the Traditions Health Care Mission Statement
• Assists scheduler, intake, director of clinical services and branch director as needed.
• Understands and exhibits the Traditions Health Care Core Values
• Works with Account Executives to assure timely order signatures.
• Hospitalization follow up, 30- and 60-day DC follow up calls
• Confirms consents signed in new admission charts, documents/communicates respite care and assures DNR in place correctly

Equal Employment Opportunity
Traditions Health is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination of any kind based on race, color, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy or any other legally protected characteristic.
Traditions Health Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccine Policy
Pursuant to the CMS Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Final Rule effective February 14, 2022 Traditions Health is required to have policies and procedures in place to ensure all facility staff, regardless of clinical responsibility or resident contact (Home health and hospice employees, Licensed practitioners, Students, trainees, and volunteers; and Individuals who provide care, treatment, or other services for the home health and hospice and/or its patients, under contract or by other arrangement), are either fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have been granted a qualifying religious or medical exemption. All applicants to whom an offer of employment is made, shall be required, as a condition of employment, to either be fully vaccinated by their start date, or approved for a medical or religious exemption. The policies and procedures specified do not apply to staff who exclusively provide telehealth or telemedicine services, and staff who provide support services for the home health and hospice agencies that are performed exclusively outside of the settings where home health and hospice services are directly provided to patients and who do not have any direct contact with patients, families, and caregivers, and other staff. For questions related to this policy, please contact our talent acquisition team.