Health Records Technician

**Req ID**:198197**
**Location**:Northern** Zone,**Colchester East Hants Health Centre**
**Department**:GC Privacy NZ**
**Type of Employment**:Permanent**Hourly FT** (**100%**) x**1**
**CUPE** **Admin Professionals** Position**
**Posting Closing Date**:10-Mar-25**

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.

**About the Opportunity**:
Reporting to the Provincial Privacy Manager - Access & Disclosure, the Health Records Technician - Access and Disclosure is responsible for facilitating access by patients to their personal health information held by Nova Scotia Health. They provide assistance and guidance to patients and families with completing the requisite forms and paying fees in order to obtain copies of medical records.

The Health Records Technician also processes requests and releases information for third parties including, but not limited to: law firms, law enforcement agencies, insurance companies, Workers Compensation Boards, licensing bodies such as the College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Department of Community Services, and other third parties following the guidelines for access to personal health information as set forth in the Personal Health Information Act (PHIA) and NSH policies.

The Health Records Technician accepts and processes subpoenas, court orders, and production orders and attends court as an agent of NSH to provide medical records for trials and hearings when subpoenaed.

The Health Records Technician collects payments for Access to Personal Health Information, provides estimates for the production of medical records, and generates billing for the same for the Finance Department.

**About You**:
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

- Grade XII plus graduation from an accredited Health Information Management Program required
- Certified member in good standing of the Canadian Health Information Management Association (CHIMA) required
- If no applicant meets the above requirements, applicants who are currently enrolled in a HIM program and eligible for certification with CHIMA may be considered for a Records Tech in Training position
- Extensive knowledge of privacy legislation
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Excellent Customer Service Skills
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Excellent organization and time management skills
- Demonstrated judgment and decision making skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work under time restraints, meet deadlines and work independently with mínimal supervision
- Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

**Hours**:

- Permanent, full-time position, 75 hrs bi-weekly

**Compensation and Benefits**:
$29.44 - $31.57 Hourly

**Once You've Applied**

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

This is a Admin Professionals bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units, or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.