Health Information Specialist - Full Time (40 hours/week)

Company Description KVH is an integrated healthcare delivery system that includes 24-hour emergency care, inpatient, and outpatient hospital services through KVH Hospital.
Clinics and services provided include family medicine, internal medicine, a geriatric nurse practitioner program, home health and hospice, physical therapy, orthopedics, general surgery, pediatrics, women’s health, and urgent care.
Kittitas Valley Healthcare expects all employees to uphold our Vision & Mission.
The KVH Vision, Mission & Guiding Principles can be found at https://www.
kvhealthcare.
org/mission-and-vision.
KVH puts ‘employee care’ high on the priority list, with health benefits like low cost medical, dental, and vision insurance and a robust employee wellness program.
KVH offers company contribution toward your choice of medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage, including coverage available for spouses/ domestic partners, and dependent children.
KVH believes that continuing education is critical to our mission and vision.
We have implemented many educational programs such as the Medical Assistant Apprenticeship program and certification pay to encourage continuing education.
We want our employees to know they are valued.
One of the ways we show this is by quickly vesting employees, making them pension eligible after just one year of part-time status.
To view more details about the comprehensive benefits package we offer to eligible employees visit our website - Benefits - KV Healthcare www.
kvhealthcare.
org Job Description Under the direction of the department director, the Health Information Specialist is primarily responsible for gathering information from all relevant sources to perform the document capture process in the creation and maintenance of the medical record in the electronic environment.
This position will be responsible for the chart analysis function, reviewing the record for accuracy and completeness.
The function of reconciling and paper chart destruction is included in this position.
The Health Information Specialist is responsible for the processing and distribution of all outsourced transcription, for completing the follow-up, data entry, and filing of birth certificates, and for release of information.
The Health Information Specialist will provide office support to all other positions in the HIM Department.
Qualifications What is required.
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High school diploma or equivalent Additional training/education in a healthcare discipline Proficiency with computer systems and programs, including all Microsoft Office programs What is preferred.
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Prior experience in a health information management department with an electronic health record Successful completion of a medical terminology course Additional Information Wage: Wage range currently starts at $17.
57/hour and goes up to $26.
62/hour.
Actual wage will be based on years' of applicable experience.
FTE: 1.
0 = 40 hours/week Benefits: This position is benefits eligible Union Status: This is a non-union covered position