HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNICIAN

Website State of Illinois - Department of Human Services

Posting Identification Number 39825

 

Position Overview

The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire a Health Information Technician for the Madden Mental Health Center located in Hines, Illinois to prepare and code all clinical records including medical and psychiatric diagnoses.  Interprets and evaluates technical and complex clinical records and conducts clinical chart audits.  Serves on various facility-wide committees. Serves as facility representative when testifying in court ordered hearings on health information records. Coordinates release of information activities.

Job Responsibilities

As an accredited health information management technician, prepares and codes all clinical records including medical and psychiatric diagnoses.
Interprets and evaluates technical and complex clinical records and conducts clinical chart audits.
Serves on various facility-wide oversight committees concerning Health Information.
Reviews petitions, certificates and related documents pertaining to civil commitment.
Utilizes a personal computer, software, hardware, and agency mainframe applications to produce special reports, charts, forms, and graphs for summaries and displays of health information records.
Coordinates release of information activities, including review of court orders and subpoenas, approval of authorizations from outside agencies, retrieval of records and identification of requested documents.
Maintains list of charts that have not been coded and entered into the system.
Attends and actively participates in all mandatory training.
Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to two (2) years of college.
Requires one (1) year of experience in health information records procedures.
Requires accreditation as a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) or Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA).
Conditions of Employment

Requires basic proficiency utilizing personal computers, hardware, and software applications.
Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.
Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.
*All conditions of employment listed are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.

 

 

 

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