With Erie County’s senior population now approaching one out of four residents, LECOM Health is committed to wellness for this growing age group. LECOM Health offers a full continuum of care from Independent Living and Personal Care apartments to Skilled Nursing Care and Outpatient services including In-Home Care, Home Health, and Hospice under the direction of the LECOM Institute for Successful Living.

The LECOM Institute for Successful Living is currently accepting resumes for a Full Time Ward Clerk / Medical Records Specialist.

Duties may include:

• Enter physician orders: to include new admission orders, daily new orders from physician, and daily new orders from Therapy
• Schedule all incoming appointments as ordered by the physician, to include the scheduling of transportation.
• To include all follow up: Dialysis, family requests (i.e. funerals), wound clinics and any other appointment as ordered by a physician.
• To ensure the medical summary and any other related paperwork (i.e. scans, x-rays, test results, labs) is prepared in advance appointments.
• Communicate with front desk and family any appointments – scheduled, changed, or cancelled.
• Provide instruction to all who will be attending the appointment – proper infection control and social distancing guidelines.
• Notify staff of patient appointments, destinations, and times to ensure patient is prepared and ready prior to the appointment.
• Keep track of all inventory sheets from all new admits, and upload into doc library,
• Keep track of Disposition of medications returned to pharmacy and upload into medical records. Prepare disposition of medications and provide to nursing staff for review and signature’s for accuracy
• Notify pharmacy, dietary, Laboratory of all resident that are no longer residing at the facility and also room changes.
• Prepare and print out or down load onto a disk any request for medical records that are ordered or requested by outside entities
• Psyche Visits, Podiatry, Dental: follow up with Psyche, Podiatry, Dental visits, upload doc in doc library and maintain and accurate visit record of the Psyche records will become the responsibility of the Ward Clerk
• Prepare for labs that need drawn the day before they are due and have the information and labs slips ready for the third shift to prepare for the lab draws, including tubes and paperwork. Follow up and track lab results to ensure that the physician is aware of the new lab work results every morning before rounds.
• Physician visits: accountable for maintaining the schedule for physician rounds, providing the Physician with an accurate list of people that need seen, calling the physician 2 weeks before they need seen to inform them that their visit is due.

REQUIREMENTS:

• HS Diploma or GED
• Experience in Healthcare or Medical Records, strongly preferred
• CNA license is a plus, but not required
• Experience with scheduling, answering phones, computer use is required

BENEFITS:

LECOM’s full time employees enjoy the availability of an industry leading benefits package including:

• Highmark BC/BS Medical Insurance with employee-only coverage costing only $70/ month!
• Full Family Medical Insurance is only $320/month!
• Employees with LECOM Medical Insurance can take advantage of waived co-pays and deductibles at LECOM physicians and Millcreek Community Hospital.
• A 403(b) Retirement Plan with Employer Matching of 100% after completing one year of service!
• Life Insurance and AD&D Insurance is provided to all Full Time employees at no cost!
• Paid vacation and sick time accrual
• 7 Paid Holidays each calendar year
• Referral Bonus program
• Employee recognition events
• Discount available to LECOM Fitness and Wellness Center

The LECOM Institute for Successful Living is an Equal Opportunity Employer.