Senior EHR Specialist

Essential Duties

• Receive and follow work schedule/instructions from your supervisor and as outlined in our established policies and procedures.
• Assist in organizing, planning and directing the EHR-related projects in accordance with set project deadlines.
• Afford assistance to the EHR Project Manager and Director of EHR Systems, as required.
• Develop and maintain a good working rapport with other PACS Support team members, as well as other departments in all the supported facilities, to ensure that PCC modules are implemented timely and properly.
• Provide PCC Navigation training and re-training on assigned modules.
• Be fully proficient in assigned PCC Clinical Modules, as necessary.
• Must be flexible with schedule as onsite training is required to be conducted with facilities.
• Audit Assigned modules, as needed. Includes audits to support the legal team. Includes audits to support facility admission teams for compliance with proper utilization of the module. Includes audits to support facility nursing teams in collaboration with the Regional Director of Clinical Services, Medical Records Auditor, and Regional RAI Specialist.
• Issue monthly reports covering audit results to the EHR Project Manager, Director of EHR Systems, Legal team, Clinical Leadership teams and Executive team.
• Will consult with Regional Directors of Clinical Services, Regional RAI Specialists, Regional Directors of Therapy Services, and Legal team as appropriate.
• Maintain Spreadsheets on facility audit trends for deficient areas and monitors for improvement. Alert facility personnel of audit trends and schedule follow-up webinar training, when needed.
• Avoid maintaining Masterfile of all Facility leaders, main contacts and superusers.
• Agree not to disclose assigned user ID code and password for accessing resident/facility information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to the Supervisor.
• Agree not to disclose resident’s protected health information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to the Supervisor.
• Report any known or suspected unauthorized attempt to access facility’s information system.
• Assume the administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability of performing the assigned duties of this position.

Qualifications

• Education and/or Experience: Must possess, as a minimum, a high school diploma or GED. Must be able to type a minimum of 45 words per minute and use dictation equipment. A working knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, legal aspects of health information, coding, indexing, etc., preferred but not required. College graduate, preferred. Nursing education, highly preferred. Some college encouraged.
• On-the-job training provided in medical record and health information system procedures.
• Must be knowledgeable of medical terminology.
• Must be knowledgeable in computers, data retrieval, input and output functions, etc.
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