Medical Clerk - Jail Correctional Medicine - Administration - 3

General Summary:
The Medical Clerk is responsible for performing a variety of administrative tasks to support healthcare staff, patients, and operations within a correctional environment. Duties include managing patient records, scheduling appointments, handling billing information, and facilitating communication within the healthcare facility.

Essential Duties:
• Answer phone and or emails (or any form of paper or electronic messaging).
• Comfortable with operation on electronic medical records / computer competency.
• Import medical and mental health records in the electronic medical record
• Complete Texas Uniform Health Status (also known as “TDC Medical”) as requested by TDC Coordinator / Jail Staff.
• Print lab labels for specimens and coordinate lab specimens pick up
• Schedule medical appointment / outside referrals
• Scan / Import records into medical charts.
• Generate reports / export records as requested from either the electronic medical record or paper records.
• Other duties as assigned.

Other Duties as assigned.

Supervision
Received: Division Director, Supervisor, Administrative Support, Nurse Manager
Given:

Education
Required: High School / GED
Preferred: Some College; Medical Assistant

Experience
Required: 0-2 years – doctor’s office / hospital unit clerk/ or relevant experience in a different field.
Preferred: >3 years

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
Required: Valid Texas Driver’s License
Preferred: Valid Texas Driver’s License, Emergency Medical Technician- Basic/ Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)

Physical Demands
Typical:
• Standing / Walking / Bending / Stooping to pick up medication boxes, pushing a cart / dolly.
• Lifting up to 50 lbs. – Example: reams of paper be able to push a cart.
• Repeated hand and wrist movements for tasks such as charting / keyboarding
• Fine motor skills - Required for tasks writing.
• Must be able to see and read monitors, charts, and labels.
• Must be able to hear alarms, patient calls, and conversations (phone).

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Typical:
• Keyboarding
• Basic CPR / First Aid

Work Environment
Typical: Correctional Settings that work primarily with:
• Juveniles – age 10 years of age to the age of 18, male and female patients.
• Adults – age 18+, male and female patients.
• May have indirect or in view of inmate-patients