Health Information Clerk - Manistee - Onsite

Munsonhealthcare1

Job details

  • ONSITE
  • FULL_TIME
  • Manistee
  • United States
  • Verified 2026-10-09
  • Source: Munsonhealthcare1 public SMARTRECRUITERS source

Original job description

Company Description

More Than Just Care, It’s Community  

Imagine doing meaningful work in a place where people vacation. That’s life at Munson Healthcare - northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, with eight award-winning community hospitals serving over half a million residents across 29 counties.  

If you want a career in healthcare and a lifestyle most people only dream about – with freshwater lakes, scenic trails, charming downtowns, a vibrant arts scene, and endless outdoor adventures - you might just be Munson Material. To us, that means teammates who live by our values of excellence, teamness, positivity, creativity, and a commitment to creating exceptional experiences for our patients and each other. Join a team that delivers outstanding care in one of the most beautiful regions in the country.

Invested in You  

  • Grow: Tuition reimbursement, in-person and online development, and access to our career hub to help you advance. 

  • Thrive: Full benefits, paid holidays, generous PTO, employee discounts, and free individual retirement counseling.  

  • Be Well: Free wellness platform for you and your family, plus personalized support for personal or family challenges. 

  • Be Heard: Share your ideas and help shape the way we work through improvement huddles, employee surveys, and town hall meetings  

Job Description

A Day in the Life 

Under general supervision, but according to established procedures, assembles and analyzes inpatient/outpatient charts and ensures that all records are complete and accurate.

  • Receives outpatient/inpatient medical records from admitting/nursing stations following patient discharge and assembles them according to specified procedure; ensures that all records are accounted for by reference to discharge list or outpatient log.
  • Analyzes patient records ensuring the presence of all necessary information (i.e., no deficiencies), such as diagnosis, signatures, summaries, x-rays, nursing assessments and notes, pathology and so on. Files late reports in patient records.
  • Returns incomplete records to physicians, nursing staff and other departments for addition of omitted information; inspects records following completion by physician and reroutes record for further action as necessary. Notifies admissions and other departments to make necessary corrections.
  • Copies and sends requested medical record information to insurance companies, attorneys, other physicians and hospitals according to established procedures. Assembles necessary information for patient transfers.
  • Performs related duties such as answering telephone and disseminating allowable information, indexing and filing, routine typing, photocopying, pulling medical records for other departments, etc.
  • Mandatory safety inservice attendance.
  • Performs job responsibilities in an ethical, compliant manner consistent with the organization's values and the Hospital's Corporate Compliance Program, policies, procedures and protocols.
  • Applies PI concepts and methods throughout related activities.
  • Performs other related duties as requested.
  • Encourages subordinates and works in a safe and healthy manner to prevent injury or illness.
  • The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the work being performed and are not exhaustive lists of duties or requirements of the position.
Qualifications

What’s Required  

  • Level of knowledge equivalent to that ordinarily acquired through completion of high school (including course work in typing).
  • Analytical ability necessary to interpret data contained in records.
  • Interpersonal skills necessary to communicate with all Hospital associates and physicians.
  • Visual acuity necessary to regularly read and decipher handwriting.
  • Ability to determine to whom medical record information may be released.
  • Ability to perform minimal typing.
     
Additional Information

Are you Munson Material? Apply today! 

*This position is on-site in Manistee, MI 

Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.

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