Job Description
Title:
Medical Records Administrator
Job Class Code:
1305
Summary:
Function & Scope: To provide necessary technical and professional skills associated with medical record keeping procedures. Responsible for the safe-guarding, maintenance, and retrieval of all medical data.
Essential Functions:
Typical Essential Functions include but are not limited to the following:
- Organization and supervision of the staff and functions of the patient records department.
- Deals personally with clinicians and administrators.
- Facilitates the flow of charts throughout the Center.
- Assigns special duties as needed. Oversees the general output of the staff.
Marginal Functions:
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Special tasks assigned by Callier Business Manager.
Supervision:
Received: General instruction from the Business Manager.
Given: Direct supervision of the Patient Records Department staff.
Education:
Required: Bachelor’s degree from an approved school for medical record administration with registration by the American Medical Record Association.
Preferred: N/A
Experience:
Required: N/A
Preferred: N/A
Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Equipment: Use of all standard office machines. Knowledge of Microsoft Office and excellent word processing skills.
Special Job Requirements (such as hours, accuracy, special equipment and/or working conditions):
Accuracy: Excellent organizational skills. Ability to relate to employees and clinicians.
Other:
If this is a supervisory position, the incumbent is expected to complete required supervisory training; orient, train and develop subordinates; provide appropriate coaching, guidance and supervision to subordinates; and complete annual performance evaluations.
Specific job requirements or physical location of some positions allocated to this classification may render the position security sensitive; thereby subject to the provisions of Section 51.215 Texas Education Code.
Responsible for duties as assigned relating to internal controls including safe-guarding of department assets, reliability of department financial information, and compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures.
Any qualifications to be considered as equivalents, in lieu of stated minimums, require the prior written approval of the Assistant Vice President, Human Resources Management.
Last Updated: July 24, 2007
