Medical Records Tech II-Riverside (Full-Time)

The County of Riverside's Medical Records Department seeks to fill multiple Medical Records Technician II positions.

Under general supervision, abstracts and provides information from patient medical or mental health and vital records in response to authorized requests from agencies, hospitals, mortuaries, and individuals; assembles medical or mental health and vital records and evaluates them for completeness; works with professional medical personnel to ensure completeness and timeliness of entries in patient medical and vital records; performs other related duties as required.

The Medical Records Technician II is the first professional level classification in the Medical Records Technician series and reports to the Supervising Medical Records Technician.

Incumbents are assigned duties that require routine abstracting of information from medical or mental health and vital records, or which require assembly, evaluation and quality control of patient medical/mental health and vital records.

Advancement to the next level is obtained by competitive selection through an open recruitment.

The most competitive candidates will have the following experience for Scanning Department:


* Healthcare background & front office.

Other duties for the Scanning Department include but are not limited to the following:



* Pick up discharge records from patient units.


* Scan paper records and ensure files are stored in the designated area according to storage procedures.


* Maintain and search computerized medical records.

The most competitive candidates will have the following experience for Release of Information Department:


* Releasing court records.


* Knowledge of regulations regarding mental health.


* Knowing time frame of expectations of records.


* Clerical front office.


* Complete disability paperwork.

The most competitive candidates will have the following experience for Chart Analysis/Completion Department:


* Know about joint commission requirements.


* Familiar with analyzing charts.


* History of acute care experience.

Work Schedule: Will be discussed during the interview.

Meet the Team!
Riverside University Health System• Review patient's charts and abstract essential information requested such as history, findings, laboratory, X-ray results, surgeries, diagnoses, and date and hour of admission and treatments; compile statistics on patient data and prepare statistical reports; perform miscellaneous duties such as maintaining files, indexes, records systems, and checking documents.

• Maintain supply inventory.

• Register live births, deaths and fetal deaths; facilitate delivery of newborn screening tests.

• Communicate with parents, lawyers and other interested parties on the accuracy, completeness and availability of documents.

• Pull and research medical or mental health charts; complete a variety of forms, certificates and documents relating to entries in medical records....