Heath Care Records Clerk at Cowlitz Family Health Center – Longview, Washington

Cowlitz Family Health Center is seeking a full time Health Care Records Clerk to play the vital role in protecting, organizing, and ensuring access to critical patient information—supporting both patients and care teams every step of the way!

The health care records clerk is responsible for processing patient health care records releases, scanning and indexing into the patient medical records, archiving and shredding patient health care records, and other associated clerical and patient health care record tasks.

• Wage Range: $20.59 - $22.17
• Schedule: Monday Through Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm
• FTE: 1.0

This position is represented by a collective bargaining agreement.

Benefits: We offer competitive wages and benefits including:

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vison Plans – 100% premiums paid for employee
• Vacation: 160 hours per year to start, accrued bi-weekly
• 9 Paid Holidays plus 1 floating holiday
• Matching 403b Retirement Plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life Insurance- $50,000 employer paid
• Long Term Disability and AD&D employer paid
• Employee Assistance Plans
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance.

Cowlitz Family Health Center provides a wide range of services to all individuals, regardless of background or socio-economic status, including medical, dental, family planning, substance abuse treatment, and behavioral health services. We believe every person has value, is worthy of respect, and deserves quality care regardless of their financial situation. Cowlitz Family Health Center is growing and evolving. We are looking for people who share our vision, want to use their skills to provide exceptional customer service to our patients, and can adapt as we continue to make positive changes.

Cowlitz Family Health Center is a drug-free workplace and performs drug testing consistent with federal guidelines in the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988. All candidates who receive a written offer of employment will be required to undergo testing for commonly abused controlled substances

DESIRED EDUCATION, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE:

• Associate degree in health information technology or equivalent combination of job experience and education.
• Certification as a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) is preferred. • 1-5 years of previous work experience performing medical records, general clerical, data entry, and customer service duties, preferably within an outpatient primary care clinic.
• Experience using electronic health record (EHR) systems.
• Excellent customer service skills with patients, clients, co-workers, colleagues and vendors.
• Demonstrated ability to work with a low-income, multi-ethnic patient population and relate respectfully and effectively to people of diverse racial, educational, and socio-economic backgrounds.
• Must be a confident, self-directed individual who can work within a team as well as independently.
• Must demonstrate excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, utilizing concise and comprehensive documentation with strong technical writing and record-keeping skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• ICD/CPT coding knowledge is preferred.
• Proficient in medical, dental, nutrition, behavioral health, or other terminology pertinent to the position and to outpatient social service office procedures.
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.