Direct Care and Treatment
Mental Health & Substance Abuse Treatment Services
AFSCME Council No. 5  (AFSCME)
Community Behavioral Health Hospital (CBHH) in Fergus Falls is seeking a talented, mission driven, person-centered Health Information Management Specialist (HIMS) / Office & Administrative Specialist, Intermediate to join our team. CBHH are 16-bed inpatient psychiatric facilities for adults experiencing a serious mental health episode. The length of stay is usually less than 30 days, during which treatment focuses on stabilization, patient education, and discharge planning involving community support resources, with the overall goal of preventing future episodes. Responsibilities include: • Maintain a current, comprehensive medical record for all patients from admission to discharge. • Manage census information system by complying date and ensuring accuracy and availability of patient numbers, characteristics, location, and statistical reports. • Assure timely dissemination of medical record information.
Customer Service Skills sufficient to communicate information to clients, including phone calls and walk-in contacts in helpful and courteous manner.
Data Entry Performance skills sufficient to create database records and update entries or create and apply the basics of spreadsheets and supply/retrieve information in databases.
Database, Documents, and Records Management skills sufficient to locate, update, and retrieve health information from a variety of databases.
English Language skills sufficient to read, write, and understand with proficiency in spelling, grammar, and punctuation used in medical/treatment records and business correspondence.
Physical Demands of this position include standing, sitting, pulling, stooping; ability to lift and move paper and batched documents of up to 20 pounds; ability to move arms on a continual basis sufficient to open mail, sort and file documents.
Specialized Terminology skills to include medical terminology, document management, scanning, indexing and quality control.
Spreadsheets skills sufficient to develop and modify basic spreadsheets, and sort and extract data.
Typing/Keyboarding skills sufficient to complete a variety of reports, letters, forms, and data summaries.
Word Processing skills sufficient to develop, format, and modify a variety of correspondence, records, reports and forms.
Available upon request.