HIM Specialist Lead

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world's leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world's deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. These values are grounded in and expressed through the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems. Fred Hutch is in pursuit of becoming an anti-racist organization. We are committed to ensuring that all candidates hired share our commitment to diversity, anti-racism and inclusion.

Provides Lead support for day-to-day staff operations in HIM, to include training new staff, staff outage coverage, and provides HIM system subject matter expertise. Apprises HIM Supervisor of personnel and performance issues. The Lead coordinates oversight and maintenance of both the paper and electronic medical record to support compliance with HIPAA regulations, and to protect the patient medical record for use by clinical and non-clinical staff.

Coordinates HIM Specialists in the maintenance of paper and electronic health records that are complete, accessible, timely, and compliant for all Fred Hutch Clinics and Hospital.
• Assists HIM Supervisor with new employee training and orientation. Assists HIM Supervisor with ongoing document management training classes and meetings.
• Assists HIM Supervisor with monitoring of productivity and quality.
• Conducts quality audits and provides feedback and instruction to team members.
• Identifies and resolves issues or challenges that prevent optimal departmental success.
• Troubleshoots all software applications in use for HIM.
• Arranges for and/or provides cross coverage for absences.
• Participates in on-call coverage for weekends and holidays.
• Performs all tasks related to scanning of medical records to include prepping, indexing, and quality assurance.
• Meets productivity standards as determined by HIM leadership.
• Performs special projects and/or other duties as assigned.

Required:

• Associate of Arts Degree in Health Information Management or complimentary field of study; or equivalent work experience.
• 1-2 years in healthcare as lead in healthcare environment.
• Highly organized and detail oriented with ability to work on multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Demonstrated proficiency with computer data entry skills.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and with ability to motivate staff.
• Demonstrated ability to interact with many types of internal and external customers in a flexible, accommodating manner.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate well (in both verbal and written formats) with patients, staff, and providers.
• Demonstrated knowledge of health information systems, medical terminology, computer software, and database fundamentals, of ORCA, EPIC, and electronic software systems in use at Fred Hutch.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise independent judgment based upon departmental policies and procedures.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite applications.

Preferred:

• Bachelor's Degree in Health Information Management or equivalent work experience.
• RHIT/RHIA

A statement describing your commitment and contributions toward greater diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in your career or that will be made through your work at Fred Hutch is requested of all finalists.

The hourly pay range for this position is from $29.76 to $42.37 and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees a comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance health, well-being, and financial security. Benefits include medical/vision, dental, flexible spending accounts, life, disability, retirement, family life support, employee assistance program, onsite health clinic, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation (12-22 days per year), paid sick leave (12-25 days per year), paid holidays (13 days per year), paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks), and partially paid sabbatical leave (up to 6 months).