Health Information Management Image Specialist

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

UNC Health Nash, an affiliated member of the UNC Health system, invites passionate healthcare professionals to join our esteemed team. Governed locally, we proudly serve a diverse patient base, spanning Nash, Edgecombe, Halifax, Wilson Counties, and beyond. With a steadfast commitment to elevating community health through exceptional care, we prioritize excellence, compassion, and innovation, ensuring every individual receives the highest standard of support. Joining our team means becoming an integral part of our dedication to wellness, where we constantly strive to redefine excellence in healthcare through state-of-the-art facilities and pioneering programs. Join us in this transformative journey, where your contributions will make a lasting impact on our community's health and wellbeing.

Summary:
Ensures that all patient encounters are received and prepared for scanning in an accurate and timely manner.

Responsibilities:
1. Verifies receipt of all inpatient and outpatient discharged records from nursing units, ancillary departments, and remote campuses. Follow up on missing records to ensure that they are received in a timely manner according to procedure.
2. Confirms patient name, medical record number, and account number are on every page in the chart. (Front and back.) Processes non-bar-coded documents appropriately. Identifies outside vendor barcodes and corrects applicable pages to ensure proper indexing.
3. Complies with requirements for writing summaries and initiating the Peer Review Process using established criteria, so that no penalties or denials are incurred due to failure to comply.
4. Removes all staples and paper clips and sticky notes. Identifies and separates multi-part forms and scans the original. Separates and sequences perforated forms for scanning purposes. Copies all documents so that they are fed through the scanner without difficulty.
5. Operates and maintains assigned equipment in accordance with specifications so that no damage or undue wear and tear occurs. Accesses, manipulates, enters and prints data using designated computer applications, without appreciable assistance. Immediately reports malfunctioning equipment to appropriate person, if unable to correct.

Other information:
Education Requirements:
*High school graduate or GED.

Licensure/Certification Requirements:
*None

Professional Experience Requirements:
*None

Legal Employer: Nash Hospitals

Entity: Nash UNC Health Care

Organization Unit: NGH Health Information Management

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 8.00

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: NASH HC

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.