Compensation Range $25.07 - $27.86 / hour
You Matter
• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
• Excellent career growth opportunities
Join us and find a career that supports:
• Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
• Autonomy in a warm team environment
• Growth and training
Perks and Benefits
In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:
• DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
• Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
• Company paid life insurance
• Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
• Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
• Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans
*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service.
Why Us
Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.
If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.
Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.
We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.
How you make a difference
The Discharge Planner and Medical Records Clerk is a dual role responsible for coordinating pre-release and post-release case management and maintaining accurate health records. Working under the direction of the Health Services Administrator or Program Manager, this role implements re-entry care plans and provides ongoing support to individuals in accessing community resources such as housing, employment, education assistance, and other relevant needs.
Additionally, this position organizes and manages an approved system of records, ensuring that information is properly documented, secure, and readily accessible to authorized individuals. This role is crucial in coordinating community services to ensure successful re-entry into society while maintaining accountability and efficiency in record management.
Key Responsibilities Ensure the confidentiality of all medical records information and complete forms for release of information, referring any questionable requests to the Medical Records Supervisor/Health Services Administrator (HSA). Maintain up-to-date medical records filing and perform clerical and technical duties such as preparing reports and correspondence, answering telephones, relaying messages, transferring calls, and filing loose documentation generated from inside and outside the institution. Schedule inmates for medical appointments as requested and assist the Medical Records Supervisor in preparing periodic statistical reports and other management information system requirements. Actively participate in quality of care screen audits to promote Quality Improvement standards. Maintain accountability for the organization and maintenance of health records and ensure that patient information is properly documented and secure.
Qualifications & Requirements
Education
Associates Degree, preferredHigh school diploma or G.E.D.Experience
Training in an accredited medical record program or minimum of one year experience in an established medical record system preferred, but not mandatoryAdditional Details The Discharge Planner and Medical Records Clerk is a dual role responsible for coordinating pre-release and post-release case management and maintaining accurate health records. Working under the direction of the Health Services Administrator or Program Manager, this role implements re-entry care plans and provides ongoing support to individuals in accessing community resources such as housing, employment, education assistance, and other relevant needs.
Additionally, this position organizes and manages an approved system of records, ensuring that information is properly documented, secure, and readily accessible to authorized individuals. This role is crucial in coordinating community services to ensure successful re-entry into society while maintaining accountability and efficiency in record management.
**This will typically be weekdays but also might include some weekend coverage in the future and as assigned per the needs of the jail. **
We are an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.
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