Health Information Technician 1 Job at State of Ohio Jobs, Columbus, OH

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  • State of Ohio Jobs
  • Columbus, OH

Job Description

What you will do…

Primary Point of Contact for Admissions:

  • Conducts admission interviews, collects patient data, completes admission paperwork, inventories patients’ valuables, property and clothing,
  • Notifies appropriate staff of the admission and status of the admissions process
  • Creates initial unit chart for patients, retrieves previous patient records
  • Logs admissions data and distributes reports, compiles medical record reports and legal material for filing in unit charts
  • Retrieves charts: removes completed forms, inserts blank forms, and updates main record
  • Daily responsible for checking assigned charts for needed material and completeness.

Assisting Direct Care Staff on the Units:

  • Under direction of the unit nurse trains patients to function independently in daily living skills.
  • Follows Individual Treatment Plans to institute appropriate patient behaviors and mitigate of prevent crises
  • Escorts patients to scheduled appointments and group activities and ensures participation
  • Takes vitals, delivers meal trays, conducts rounds and supervises patients 1:1

Support Nursing Department Quality Assurance Processes:

  • Compiles medical record charts, inputs information into the Hospital’s Information System (Patient Care System PCS)
  • Creates daily census reports and track daily unit movement.
  • Analyzes Unit charts for deficiencies and reports to leadership for remediation
  • Enters data into appropriate tracking systems.

Works every other weekend and a rotating Monday through Friday schedule from 1:00 PM to 9:30 PM.

Why Work for the State of Ohio

At the State of Ohio, we take care of the team that cares for Ohioans. We provide a variety of quality, competitive benefits to eligible full-time and part-time employees*. For a list of all the State of Ohio Benefits, visit our Total Rewards website! Our benefits package includes:

  • Medical Coverage
  • Free Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
  • Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year
  • Childbirth, Adoption, and Foster Care leave
  • Education and Development Opportunities (Employee Development Funds, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and more)
  • Public Retirement Systems (such as OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS) & Optional Deferred Compensation (Ohio Deferred Compensation)
  • Benefits eligibility is dependent on a number of factors. The Agency Contact listed above will be able to provide specific benefits information for this position.
Qualifications 3 courses or 9 mos. exp. in records management; 1 course or 3 mos. exp. in medical terminology; 1 course or 3 mos. exp. in typing.


  • Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above.

Job Skills: Medical records Supplemental Information

Pre-Employment Drug Testing: The final applicant selected for this position will be required to submit to urinalysis prior to an appointment to test for illegal drug use. The State will decline to extend a final offer of employment to any applicant with a verified positive test result. Also, an applicant with a positive test result will not be considered for any position with the State of Ohio for a period of one year. "Not applicable to current state employees".

Background Check Information : The final candidate selected for this position will be required to undergo a criminal background check. Criminal convictions do not necessarily preclude an applicant from consideration for a position. An individual assessment of an applicant's prior criminal convictions will be made before excluding an applicant from consideration.

Unusual working conditions: May work weekends and holidays; may be exposed to communicable diseases and unpredictable patient behavior.

All employees of COBH are required, as a condition of their continued employment, to maintain annual flu vaccinations or have an approved exemption on file. If you are selected to fill this position, you will need to provide your vaccination information or seek approval for an exemption.


ADA Statement

Ohio is a Disability Inclusion State and strives to be a model employer of individuals with disabilities. The State of Ohio is committed to providing access and inclusion and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, programs and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws.

Drug-Free Workplace

The State of Ohio is a drug-free workplace which prohibits the use of marijuana (recreational marijuana/non-medical cannabis). Please note, this position may be subject to additional restrictions pursuant to the State of Ohio Drug-Free Workplace Policy (HR-39), and as outlined in the posting.

Job Tags

Holiday work, Full time, Part time, Weekend work, Monday to Friday,

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