Medical Records Technician Ii - Murrieta - Cois Bryd Detention Center

Candidates with general knowledge about Detention Services are encouraged to apply.
Work Schedule: Will be discussed during the interview.
Tentative: 9/80 (Off Pay Week Friday)
Work Address: 30755 Auld Rd #B Murrieta, CA. 92563 (The position is physically inside the Cois Bryd Detention Center)

Under general supervision, to abstract and provide information from patient medical or mental health and vital records in response to authorized requests from agencies, hospitals, mortuaries, and individuals; to assemble medical or mental health and vital records and evaluate them for completeness; to work with professional medical personnel to ensure completeness and timeliness of entries in patient medical and vital records; to assist with organizing, sorting, and scanning all incoming patient health information; to manage and maintain patient's health records, ensure that the information is up to date and accurate; to perform other related work.
Incumbents in this class report to the Supervising Medical Records Technician and 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.
ALL CANDIDATES MUST UPLOAD A COPY OF THEIR TRANSCRIPT(S), LICENSE(S), AND/OR CERTIFICATE(S) BEFORE SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION. If you are having difficulties uploading the said documents, please complete and submit the application. Send relevant documents to me at anasanchez@rivco.org so that I may attach them to your application.
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Reviews patient's charts and abstracts essential information requested such as history, findings, laboratory, X-ray results, surgeries, diagnoses, and date and hour of admission and treatments; compiles statistics on patient data and prepares statistical reports; performs miscellaneous duties such as maintaining files, indexes, records systems and checking documents.
Pulls and researches medical or mental health charts; completes a variety of forms, certificates, and documents relating to entries in Medical Records.
Accepts subpoenas for medical or mental health records or information and prepares response; determines if requests for release of medical or mental health information are legal and verifies the identity of the inquirer as needed.
Verifies invoices for State reimbursement for contracted medical services.Medical Records Technician II
$17.0106 - $25.3126 Hourly
$35,382.00- $52,650.00 Annually
Education: Completion of a course in medical terminology from an accredited college; OR completion of training from a recognized occupational training program (which included medical terminology) as a medical assistant, medical transcriptionist or closely related field.
OPTION I
Experience: Two years of clerical working in a medical or mental health records department/section of a hospital, health care setting, provider relations, or managed care performing duties which include patient statistics and patient records assembly and evaluation.
OPTION II
Experience: One year equivalent to a Medical Records Technician I with Riverside County.
Knowledge of: Technical terminology used in the medical profession; standard medical nomenclature; laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to Medical Records; and 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; and establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

Veterans' Preference

The County has a Veterans Preference Policy. Upload a copy of your (or your spouse's) Member-4 Form DD-214 (or NGB-22) indicating dates of service, and a copy of your spouse's letter of disability (if applicable) with your application. For privacy reasons, it is recommended that you remove your social security information from the document(s). A Human Resources Representative will review the materials and determine if you qualify for veterans' preference. See the policy here (Download PDF reader).

Reasonable Accommodations

The County of Riverside is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). Qualified individuals with disabilities who need a reasonable accommodation during the application or selection process should contact the recruiter for the position noted above. For additional information and/or to obtain the appropriate form for requesting a reasonable accommodation, please visit the Disability Access Office web page located at: http://dao.rc-hr.com/.

Other Requirements

License/Certificate: Possession of a valid California Driver's License may be required.

Bilingual Testing

The Human Resources Department will coordinate a Bilingual (Spanish) Non-Proctored Assessment.

What's Next?

This recruitment is open to all applicants.

Applicants who are current County of Riverside employees and/or current employees of the Riverside University Health System may be considered before other applicants depending on the volume of applications received.

Qualified applicants may be considered for future vacancies throughout the County.

Application Period

BASED ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED, THIS POSTING MAY CLOSE WITHOUT NOTICE.

Applications received prior to the closing date will be considered based on the information submitted. Changes or alterations cannot be accepted. No late applications will be permitted.

Include relevant work experience details on resume and/or application.

Applicants who fail to provide information demonstrating they possess the position requirements may not be considered further in the application process. A description of job duties directly copied from the job classification or job posting will not be considered.

All applicants are required to provide a copy of any license(s), official/unofficial transcript(s), degrees, and/or related employment documents to your NeoGov account, prior to the closing date of the job posting. If your education was completed outside of the United States, you will need to provide a copy of your Foreign Education Equivalency evaluation from a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) or Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE).

Employment Type: Regular