Job Description
Job Title: Patient Record Abstractor III (Remote – PST Hours)
Pay Rate: Minimum $54.34/hour (AFSCME Covered Position)
Duration: 30 days (pending approval for extension; may be extended)
Openings: 4 Positions
Work Location: Remote — Candidate must work Pacific Standard Time (PST) hours. Equipment not provided.
Job Summary
Under general supervision, the Patient Record Abstractor III performs advanced-level abstraction, analysis, and review of patient medical records to support hospital data processing, reporting, and documentation compliance. This role involves complex record analysis, documentation review, and coding-related abstraction functions at an advanced operational level.
The position requires strong experience in Radiology, Emergency Medicine, and Ophthalmology documentation review and abstraction.
- Key Responsibilities
- Review, analyze, and abstract patient medical records for accuracy and completeness.
- Perform complex and detailed coding and abstraction of patient records for data processing and analysis.
- Identify and extract relevant clinical and diagnostic information from medical documentation.
- Ensure compliance with organizational policies and healthcare documentation standards.
- Conduct comparative analyses of patient records and prepare summaries as required.
- Recognize and resolve discrepancies in medical documentation.
- Support data retrieval, reporting, and patient record organization.
- Maintain patient record indices and documentation systems.
- May provide supervisory support or technical guidance to lower-level abstractors, if assigned.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Required Qualifications
- High school diploma or General Education Diploma (GED).
- Demonstrated knowledge of medical terminology.
- Minimum three (3) years of related hospital clerical experience.
- At least two (2) years of experience in patient record abstraction or similar work.
- Strong experience with:
- Radiology documentation
- Emergency Medicine (EM)
- Ophthalmology records
- Ability to analyze complex medical documentation.
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently in a remote environment.
- Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in hospital medical records or health information management departments.
- Experience performing complex patient record abstraction and analysis.
- Prior supervisory or technical lead experience.
Position Level Information
Patient Record Abstractor III positions operate at an advanced operational level, performing complex work requiring high-level skills within defined areas. This role may include supervisory duties or advanced non-supervisory responsibilities depending on assignment.
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