Director of Health Info. Management - Full time

About Healthsouth
Healthsouth is one of the nation's largest providers of rehabilitative healthcare services. Healthsouth places a priority on clinical excellence, responsiveness to individual patient needs, highly specialized treatment programs and innovative thinking that leads to increasingly positive outcomes and opportunities - for patients and staff.

To achieve these standards, Healthsouth actively seeks the best professionals in the business. Our employees are critical to our success.

About Our Facility
HealthSouth Specialty Hospital of North Louisiana is a 90-bed free standing Long Term Acute Care hospital located in Ruston, LA with satellite facilities in Farmerville and Homer, Louisiana. Our hospital team specializes in managing the complex medical care of patients through its inpatient programs and the rehabilitation needs of patients through it outpatient programs.

Benefits
To attract and retain the best professionals, we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401(k), college savings plan, employee assistance program, pre-paid legal plan and much more.

Equal Employment Opportunity
HEALTHSOUTH is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Description
The Director of Health Information Management is responsible for the overall management of the functions and staff supervision in the HIM department. The position formulates departmental policies and procedures and maintains the indexes and registers required by accrediting and regulatory agencies. In addition, the position ensures that legal aspects of medical records practices, release of information, and facility responsibility for confidentiality and privacy are being met. The HIMS Director establishes and maintains systems to control the collection, maintenance, retrieval and retention of clinical information and participate on committees and task forces which have medical records or clinical information management objectives.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS
License or Certification:
* Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) or Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT)
* Active membership in the American Health Information Management Association.
Total Education, Vocational Training and Experience:
* Graduate of accredited Medical Record Technology or Administration Program
* Minimum of two years of HIMS supervisory experience in an acute or rehabilitation hospital preferred.
* Successful completion of RHIA. RHIT exam or 5 years supervisory experience without credentials.
Machines, Equipment Used:
* General office equipment such as telephone, copy machine, fax machine, calculator, computer.
Physical Requirements:
* Good visual acuity and ability to communicate
* Ability to lift, push, pull, and retrieve approximately 10 percent of the time.
* Ability to sit 75 percent of the time.
* Ability to safely lift objects weighing up to 30 pounds.
* Ability to demonstrate safe retrieval skills from above head to floor level with objects up to ten pounds.
Skills and Abilities:
* Ability to speak, read, write and comprehend English.
* Ability to coordinate, analyze, observe, make decisions, and meet deadlines in a detail-oriented manner
* Ability to communicate effectively in both writing and verbal arenas as well as via email.
* Ability to work independently without supervision.
Environmental Conditions:
* Indoor, temperature controlled, smoke-free environment. Occasional outdoor exposure
* Exposure or potential exposure to blood and body fluids may be required.
* Handicapped accessibility.
* May work under stressful circumstances at times.
Proficiency or Productivity Standards:
* May be required to work weekdays and/or weekends, evenings and or night shifts if needed to meet deadlines.
* May be required to work on religious and/or legal holidays on scheduled days/shifts.
* Will be required to work as necessary during disaster situations, i.e. before, during or after a disaster.
* May be required to stay after workday to assist after a disaster situation until relief arrives.
* Regular attendance and reporting on time to work is a requirement of position.


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