EMR Medical Records Lead

Job Details

Health Information Management (HIM) Lead

Job Description

The HIM Team Lead ensures the accurate, secure, and compliant management of patient data, often acting as a point of contact for health information management (HIM) related issues. 

Essential Functions

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
• Assist managerial staff in areas of workflow and day to day operations ensuring department goals are met and all applicable state and federal regulations are adhered to  in accordance with HIPAA and privacy rules
• Conduct initial and ongoing training and mentoring for new and existing staff (sessions, one-on-one, etc..)

• Assist employees with day-to-day questions, issues or problems and escalate identified systemic issues to supervisor

• Responsible for processing own assigned work queue

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required):

Demonstrate strong interpersonal, organization and communication skills

Ability to work independently as well as part of a team

Awareness of HIPPA and Privacy regulations

Effective problem-solving skills

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

Education:

High School Diploma or Equivalent Required.  Degree in HIM is preferred

AND

Experience:

At least 2 years' experience in assigned area of HIM responsibility

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Thomas Jefferson University

Primary Location Address

111 S 11th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students.