Medical Record Officer at Olive Multi-Specialist Hospital

Job Description

• Process patient admission and discharge documents
• Gathers patient information by collecting demographic information from a variety of sources
• Release information to persons and agencies according to regulations.
• Maintains master patient index by completing assigned portion of daily audit trail; corrects and communicates problems according to established procedures.
• Initiates the medical record by creating and processing the patient care record folder.
• Retrieves medical records by following chart-out procedures; documenting reasons charts cannot be retrieved for statistical and follow-up purposes.
• Delivers charts to assigned areas of the hospital by following established routing procedures.
• Keeps health care providers informed by communicating availability or unavailability of the record.
• Maintains quality results by following hospital standards.
• Maintains continuity of work operations by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
• Maintains patient confidence by keeping patient records information confidential.
• Serves and protects the hospital community by adhering to professional standards, hospital policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and standards.
• Enhances medical records and hospital reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Qualifications

• Candidates must possess a Degree in Health Records Administration/Health Information Management or Bio-statistics from a recognized University, NYSC Certificate and must be registered with the appropriate professional body.
• Candidates must also possess a current practicing license.
• Possession of a Certificate in Computer Studies or Data Processing will be an added advantage.