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Metropolitan Human Services District
MHSD is one of ten districts across Louisiana, created by the state legislature in 2003 to oversee the delivery of publicly funded, community-based mental health, addictive disorders and developmental disabilities services to our area. MHSD serves adults, children and families of Orleans, Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes. In particular, we serve residents who are uninsured or Medicaid eligible/covered, individuals suffering from mental illness, individuals suffering from addiction, and individuals who have developmental and/or intellectual disabilities.
AN IDEAL CANDIDATE SHOULD POSSESS THE FOLLOWING COMPETENCIES:
Accepting Direction: The ability to accept and follow directions from those higher in the chain of command.
Communicating Effectively: The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas.
Focusing on Customers: The ability to serve the needs of those who support and/or rely on the services provided.
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*
For further information about this vacancy contact:
Jamie Smith
504-535-2914
jamie.smith@mhsdla.org
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
One year of experience in which clerical work was a major duty.
SUBSTITUTIONS:
Training in a business or clerical-related curriculum in a business school or technical institute will substitute for the required experience on the basis of six months of training for six months of experience.
Completion of a business or clerical-related curriculum in a business school or technical institute will substitute for the required one year of experience.
College training will substitute for the required experience on the basis of 15 semester hours for six months of experience.
NOTE:
Business or technical school training with less than completion will only be credited in six month increments. Similarly, college training will only be credited in 15 semester hour increments.
NOTE:
Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.
Job Concepts
FUNCTION OF WORK:
To collect, prepare, maintain, store, and process patient information and data.
LEVEL OF WORK:
Entry.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Close from a Health Information Supervisor or other higher-level agency personnel.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
None.
LOCATION OF WORK:
Statewide.
JOB DISTINCTIONS:
Differs from Health Information Coordinator 2 by the absence of experienced level duties.
Examples of Work
EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.
Reviews, classifies, and maintains routine or basic health care records by updating patient files, filing, compiling statistics, and identifying and correcting record errors on reports.
Retrieves and updates patient records upon request and maintains custody files for records removed from department.
Conducts in-depth interviews to complete and/or update information and eliminate discrepancies in patient data.
Verifies patient eligibility for hospital and/or social services by interpreting and applying Federal, State, and facility policies and procedures to accomplish admission and/or discharge.
Assists in communicating hospital rules and regulations to patients and third parties.
Identifies patients by obtaining a unique hospital number or assigning a number to new patients.
Assists in maintaining statistical tallies of inpatient and outpatient admit/discharge transactions.
Prepares routine forms for departmental productivity reports and hospital record keeping.
Screens patient charts during discharge to schedule and coordinate follow-up clinic appointments.
Notifies patient records section of discharge and routes a record of services provided to patient billing section.
Escorts patients to the appropriate unit(s) when necessary.
