HIM Supervisor

• Develops positive customer relationships by displaying professional and helpful behaviors, as well as mutual respect for patients, physicians, team members, visitors, and family/significant others.
• Communicates openly and honestly; following through with assignments; behaving in a fair and consistent manner; and supporting teamwork at all levels of the organization.

• Leads and directs assigned HIM team in ensuring daily operations, production, and quality standards are met.
• Manages staff and systems in defined areas to achieve appropriate staffing, resource utilization and cost containment objectives of the organization.
• Ensures staff adheres to appropriate departmental and facility policies and procedures which include ensuring quality and quantity of work/services of staff are acceptable and the staff is meeting established productivity standards
• Develops and maintains policies and procedures applicable to scope of services supervised.
• Makes recommendations concerning updating and revising of HIM policies.

• Evaluates and prepares daily, weekly, and monthly reports indicating production levels and utilization of time and progress toward meeting established goals.
• Completes, analyzes, and submits daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly reports (statistical, productivity, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of a complex nature with the use of various applications including MS Excel and PowerPoint.
• Reviews various reports, analyzes data, identifies problem areas and makes recommendations/implements resolution of problems

• Assists with planning, organizing and supervising implementation/upgrades of all HIM related IS systems, including integrated system testing and training
• Keeps abreast of information systems and all updates and assists HIMD with ensuring implementation meets compliance with department standards

• Assists HIM Director/Manager in directing and evaluating compliance to privacy, information security, and confidentiality of health information standards
• Assists HIM Director/Manager in ensuring compliance with related regulations and standards established by State, Federal, accrediting, and other regulatory agencies

• Effectively recruits, develops, and retains qualified staff
• Coaches and mentors staff in order to improve performance and expand responsibility
• Monitors, evaluates, appraises, or disciplines employees' activities according to organizational guidelines
• Reviews and updates job descriptions annually or as necessary to delineate current requirements
• Conducts, at a minimum, monthly staff team meetings with ongoing staff training
• Verifies the validity of employees hours submitted to payroll

• Monitors completion of required compliance, privacy, information security, and other mandatory training
• Facilitates training for new or transfer hires and ensures staff are properly trained on all department policies and procedures and systems
• Conducts ongoing staff education, coaching, mentoring, and cross training of direct reports
• Fosters building a cooperative, collaborative, and efficient team while ensuring team engagement

• Current knowledge of HIM and healthcare standards, policies, and procedures
• Understanding of HIM processes in an electronic health record environment
• Extensive knowledge of medical record documentation requirements
• Demonstrated leadership abilities
• Ability to understand and follow established procedures and other guidelines of great complexity in the performance of work tasks that involve making frequent decisions
• Ability to determine methods and approaches to work problems
• Ability to handle multiple complex assignments
• Ability to identify and resolve problems of varying degrees of complexity using strong analytical and logic skills
• Ability to develop and recommend policies and procedures
• Ability to develop and maintain positive relationships with direct reports, departmental management and hospital/medical staff leadership
• Ability to communicate effectively in all interactions
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong verbal/written communication skills
• Computer knowledge of MS Office
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

• Associate Degree in Health Information Technology or Bachelor's degree in Health Information Management or closely related field and three (3) years in supervisory or lead role preferred
• Previous experience in hospital and/or academic hospital/health system environment with an EMR strongly preferred

• Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) or Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) preferred

• Duties may require bending, twisting and lifting of materials up to 25 lbs.
• Duties may require driving an automobile to off-site locations.
• Ability to sit for extended periods of time.

• Office Work Environment
• Hospital Work Environment
• Work environment is at a moderate level
• Capacity to work independently in a virtual office setting or at hospital setting if required to travel for assignment.

• Up to 45% travel may be required

• Pay: $62,157.22 - $93,235.83 annually. Compensation depends on location, qualifications, and experience.

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and business travel insurance
• Paid time off (vacation & sick leave) - min of 12 days per year, accrued accrue at a rate of approximately 1.84 hours per 40 hours worked.
• 401k with up to 6% employer match
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, AD&D, auto & home insurance.
• For Colorado employees, Conifer offers paid leave in accordance with Colorado's Healthy Families and Workplaces Act.

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