Clincal Records Specialist

Company: West Tennessee Healthcare
Location: Jackson
Posted on: May 27, 2023

Job Description:

Overview:Responsible for performing receptionist, clerical and transcription duties related to the manual and mechanical processing of physician orders on an assigned nursing unit. Must know keyboard, medical terminology helpful. Duties may also include basic patient care such as taking vital signs and answering call lights. Employee is subject to call back and overtime as required by the hospital. Responsibilities:Assembles patients charts, records, patient information on unit records and routes patient's charges.Transcribes physician orders, completes related forms, schedules procedures via computer and/or manual process, adds forms related to procedures to chart and notifies licensed personnel.Answers telephone and appropriate pages and relays information to appropriate team member and notifies physician of consults and schedules appointments for office visits.Transcribes nursing orders in nursing system, updates computerized patient care plan, scans medication records and other unit records.Maintains charts and adds forms, posts lab, x-ray and other related reports; dismantles chart and collects all patient related forms necessary for discharge or transfer.Performs responsibilities as related to the safe disposal of hazardous pharmaceutical waste.Performs related responsibilities as required or directed. Qualifications:EDUCATION: High School Diploma or GED LICENSURE, REGISTRATION, CERTIFICATION: N/A EXPERIENCE:One year of current hospital CRS experience is required.Knowledge of hospital and department policies, routine for tests and procedures, medical terminology, unit forms and record keeping and ability to transcribe physician's orders as required.

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