Lead HIM Technician

You.

 Primary working location: St. Joseph Hospital - 1375 E 19th Ave, Denver, CO 80218 with float expectations, up to two times per week at Lutheran Medical Center - 8300 W 38th Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033, to coordinate functions at both care sites. 

You bring your body, mind, heart and spirit to your work as a Lead Health Information Management (HIM) Technician.

You know how to move fast. You know how to stay organized. You know how to have fun.

Youâ™re equally comfortable performing physician and clinician support, electronic health record analysis, data integrity activities, and release of information functions.

Youâ™re great at what you do, but you want to be part of something even greater. Because you believe that while individuals can be strong, the right team is invincible.

Us.

Saint Joseph Hospital is part of SCL Health, a faith-based, nonprofit healthcare organization that focuses on person-centered care. Our 365-bed facility is one of the top-ranked hospitals in Denver, and has been awarded the highest national recognition possible for nursing excellence â“ Magnet designation â“ by the ANCC. We are proud to extend the mission of SCL Health by providing care for the poor, the vulnerable, our communities and each other. Our deep community roots date back to 1873, making us one of the oldest hospitals in Colorado.

Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind and social well-being. To that end, weâ™ve launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling and paid time off. We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement planning.

We.

Together weâ™ll align mission and careers, values and workplace. Weâ™ll encourage joy and take pride in our integrity.

Weâ™ll laugh at each otherâ™s jokes (even the bad ones). Weâ™ll hello and high five. Weâ™ll celebrate milestones and acknowledge the value of spirituality in healing.

Weâ™re proud of what we know, which includes how much there is to learn.

Your day.

As a Lead HIM Technician you need to know how to:

• Coordinate day-to-day section functions providing hands on support, serving as a resource to staff, and providing coverage. Participates in establishing and monitoring section work schedules to ensure adequate staffing, preparing for or leading presentations, meetings, and in-services for department staff or facility


• Perform functions related to document imaging, chart retrieval pickup, reception and release of information for continuum of care duties. Prepare and scan documents, ensuring correct patient identifiers. Forward unresolved issues for quality review.


• Perform quality control to ensure the electronic document/image posts to the correct patientâ™s visit. Identify and correct/resolve errors identified by the quality control process. Escalate unresolved issues per procedure.


• Perform release of information on continuum of care and patient requests, ensure compliance with guidelines/requirements related to patient confidentiality and release of information.


• Analyze the electronic health record for completeness and accurately assign deficiencies in accordance with departmental policies and procedures, medical staff bylaws, rules and regulations. Identify issues and errors.


• Monitor provider rejection queue, advises provider/clinician on documentation completion requirements and updates deficiencies. Monitor the completion of operative reports, troubleshoot equipment and application issues.


• Prepare incomplete chart report; assist with chart delinquency audits as necessary. Assist providers in chart completion. Identify situations of potential concern and act appropriately to resolve provider complaints. Assist care site users and physicians having issues using the electronic medical record systems.


• Coordinate audit requests for patient information. Perform release of information on continuum of care and patient requests based on appropriate authorization and policies and procedures.

Your experience.

We hire people, not resumes. But we also expect excellence, which is why we require:

• High School Diploma or equivalent


• Currenlty enrolled in a Registered Health Information Technologist (RHIT) or Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) credential program required. Certification required on an agreed on time frame, in writing, between the associate and the manager


• Minimum of two (2) years of previous office experience and/or in an HIM department


• Intermediate knowledge of medical terminology and intermediate computer skills/experience

Preferred:

• Associateâ™s Degree


• Registered Health Information Technologist (RHIT) or Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA)
   

Your next move.

Now that you know more about being a Lead HIM Technician on our team we hope youâ™ll join us. At SCL Health youâ™ll reaffirm every day how much you love this work, and why you were called to it in the first place.