Medical Records Technician

Medical Records Technician (MRT)

Location: Trenton, NJ

Full Time

Essential Healthcare Solutions is seeking qualified Medical Records Technicians (MRT), also known as Health Information Technicians or Medical Records Specialists, to join our growing team. We are looking for healthcare professionals responsible for managing patient health information. Their core duties include organizing, analyzing, coding, and maintaining patient medical records in both manual and digital formats, ensuring accuracy and compliance with regulations. MRTs do not provide direct patient care, but they are crucial for smooth healthcare operations by ensuring that records are complete, confidential, and readily available to providers.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assembling patient records, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and proper sequence.
• Assigning codes (such as ICD-10, CPT) to diagnoses and treatments for billing and statistical purposes.
• Inputting patient data into Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems.
• Reviewing and extracting relevant data from patient records for various uses.
• Adhering to privacy laws like HIPAA and maintaining the confidentiality of patient information.
• Serving as a liaison between healthcare providers, billing offices, and insurance companies.
• Preparing statistical reports from summarized health information.
• Maintains a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Other duties and projects assigned.
  

Qualifications

• A strong understanding of medical terms to accurately record information.
• Skills in using computer systems and various software applications for data management and coding.
• Attention to Detail: Crucial for ensuring the accuracy of sensitive medical information.
• Ethical Integrity: Upholding the confidentiality of patient data.
• Must be a US citizen or permanent resident and have resided in the US for 3 years in the past 5 years.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• CPR or BLS and First Aid certification.
• Must be able to multitask, be detail-oriented, be organized, and have excellent verbal and communication skills.
• Must be able to perform duties in a stressful and high-paced environment without physical limitations.
• Ability to adapt to sudden changes and flexibility in work requirements to include potential shift changes based on operational needs and/or command priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual (English/Spanish or other relevant languages) preferred.
  • Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT): Offered by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) for associate degree holders.
  • Certified Coding Associate (CCA) or Certified Coding Specialist (CCS): Also offered by AHIMA, these focus specifically on coding skills.
• Has undergone a federal investigation at the level of Tier 2 or higher; has been granted

  favorable suitability/eligibility and has not had a break in service for more than 24 months.
  

• DHS or ICE detention center experience

Physical Requirements and Work Conditions

• Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.
• Work involves sitting and standing for prolonged periods of time.
• Ability to ascend/descend stairs
• Visual acuity required to complete paperwork and computer work.
• Work is performed in a secure detention facility.
• May require evening, weekend, or on-call hours.
• Exposure to emotionally challenging situations.

Work Hours : Shifts (7 am – 4 pm; 4 pm – 12 am; 12 am – 7 am)

Salary : $36.15/hr.

Essential HealthCare Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer -

We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate in hiring based on sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact Human Resources and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

Accommodation requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that Human Resources will respond to only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation.