Maternity Registrar in Syracuse, New York at Crouse Hospital

Since 1887, Crouse Health has been a leading healthcare provider in Central New York. We’ve combined a family-friendly culture with a passion to provide the best care, which creates an environment where both patients and team members feel valued. Crouse Health offers a full range of general and specialty care, inpatient and outpatient services, as well as community health education and outreach programs.

The Health Information Management team at Crouse Health is hiring a Maternity Registrar.

Schedule: Full-Time, Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm, additional coverage as needed (Holidays, Weekends, etc.)

Pay Range: $19.89 - $31.85 / hour

HIM Assistant II Position Responsibilities:

• Professionally work with patients/parents in order to obtain necessary information related to the birth certificate; some require use of the language line.
• Provides daily rounding on the units to collaborate with Charge Nurse to ensure birth certificate packets are collected prior to discharge and patients with questions/needs are addressed.
• Works with floor nurses, Social Work, Labor & Delivery Leadership on needs, education, feedback for patients and staff.
• Provides customer service support to patients: in person, phone calls, emails and mailings.
• Trained on NYS legal requirements for NYS Birth Certificate creation which involves paternity, marital status, acknowledgement of Parentage and surrogacy/adoption laws.
• Trained on basic clinical abstracting from the medical record for NYSDOH SPDS abstracting.
• Accurately performs proofing and submission of Electronic Birth Certificates (EBC) to NYS via SPDS.
• Works with the local and state bureaus of Vital Statistics in addition to the Putative Father Registry.
• Obtains and submits properly signed birth certificates, fetal death certificates, and Acknowledgment of Parentage in a timely and orderly fashion.
• Accurately enters data/statistics into SPDS system (NYS obstetrics statistics).
• Provides basic education to parents on Social Security and obtaining birth certificates/addendums.
• Communicates with providers for birth certificate signatures.
• Assists in the creation of documents for birth certificate collection and nursing/patient education.
• Attends NYS trainings as offered for up-to-date education.
• Upholds the highest level of confidentiality in all aspects of the Birth Registrar/HIM position.
• Assumes other duties as assigned by department leadership.

HIM Assistant II Position Requirements:

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• One or more years of experience in a healthcare setting.
• Must pass a medical terminology test with a grade of 75%. Test will be administered by Human Resources.
• Basic knowledge of MS Office.
• Must be a critical thinker, able to multi-task, and have strong penmanship and attention to detail.
• Approval from NYS for HCS/SPDS computer system access required.

Benefits Overview:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, and 401K.
• Company paid life insurance.
• Tuition Assistance and Workforce Development Opportunities.
• Crouse Health Employee Assistance Program.
• Employee discounts on any Inpatient or Outpatient service, hospital cafeteria and pharmacy, and certain retailers.
• YMCA Subsidy program.