Temporary Medical Records Technican II

ABOUT THE POSITION

The County of Riverside's Medical Records Department seeks to fill a Medical Records Technician II positions for the California Children Services Division located 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. 
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00AM-5:00PM or part-time hours available. 

Meet the Team:

Every day at Riverside University Health System Medical Center, a dedicated team of healthcare professionals and support staff come together to improve lives across Riverside County. Our nationally recognized programs and specialized services thrive because of the diverse talents and commitment of our team members. No matter your background or skill set, you’ll discover meaningful opportunities and a strong sense of purpose here.

To learn more about RUHS Medical Center, please visit

EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Review patient's 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.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

This classification's rate of pay will be set in accordance with California Senate Bill 525 requirements for applicable departments.

For questions regarding this recruitment, please contact Ashley Thomas at . Please allow 1-2 business days for a response to general inquiries.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Recruiting Guidelines OPTION I
• Education: Completion of a course in medical terminology from an accredited college or university
• Experience: Two years of clerical experience working in a medical or mental health records department/section of a hospital, healthcare setting, provider relations, or managed care performing duties which include patient statistics and patient records assembly and evaluation

OPTION II:

• Education: Completion of training from a recognized occupational training program (which included medical terminology) as a medical assistant or a closely related field
• Experience: Two years of clerical experience working in a medical or mental health records department/section of a hospital, healthcare setting, provider relations, or managed care performing duties which include patient statistics and patient records assembly and evaluation

OPTION III:

• Education: Completion of a course in medical terminology from an accredited college or university
• Experience: One year equivalent to a Medical Records Technician I with Riverside County

OPTION IV:

• Education: Completion of training from a recognized occupational training program (which included medical terminology) as a medical assistant or a closely related field
• Experience: One year equivalent to a Medical Records Technician I with Riverside County

ALL OPTIONS:

• 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 patient's 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

Work for Warriors is a no-cost employment program of the California Military Department for Service Members, Veterans, and military family members. The Veteran Staffing Consultant for County of Riverside is Martin Rivera.