Medical Records Clerk - Health Information Services

Founded in 1938, Wilcox Medical Center is a not-for-profit medical center dedicated to providing the Kaua‘i community with accessible quality health care. The largest medical center on Kaua‘i, it is a state-of-the-art acute care facility with a full suite of services offering 30 specialties and programs, including cardiology, emergency, family practice, gastroenterology, health management, internal medicine, neurology, OB-GYN, oncology, orthopedics, pediatrics and urology. Its 18-bed emergency department serves as the island’s Primary Stroke Center. The medical center also has four birthing suites, seven intensive care beds and 20 same-day surgery beds. Wilcox is the first American College of Surgeons-verified Level III Trauma Center in the state of Hawai‘i. Wilcox is part of Hawai‘i Pacific Health, one of the state’s leading health care systems and a not-for-profit health care organization with medical centers, clinics, physicians and other caregivers working together to create a healthier Hawai‘i.

Health Information Services (HIS) processes patient Medical Records and releases Health Information to patients, physicians, and other outside facilities for treatment, payment, or review. HIS is the custodian and gatekeeper for privacy of the organization’s Medical Records and also generates the coding procedures for data collection, research, and reimbursement. With the widespread computerization of health records and other information sources, including hospital administration functions and health human resources information, health informatics and Health Information technology are being increasingly used in the health care sector.

As a Medical Records Clerk, you will help to ensure that Wilcox Memorial Hospital maintains the highest standards of excellence, security and privacy in the management of our patient records. You will perform a combination of duties related to record keeping, such as the creation, maintenance, filing, and retrieving of Medical Records, and assuring that all records are kept in accordance with The Joint Commission standards and government rules and regulations. We are looking for someone highly organized and meticulous who pays attention to detail and protocol, can manage and structure complex information systems and shares our commitment to delivering the highest quality health care to Hawai‘i’s people.

Location: Wilcox Medical Center, Lihue, HI

Work Schedule: Day - 8 Hours

Work Type: Full Time Regular

FTE: 1.000000

Bargaining Unit: ILWU

Exempt: No

Minimum Qualifications: High School or equivalent. One (1) year of clerical experience in a position with customer contact.

Preferred Qualifications: Associate's Degree. Health records experience.