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Job Description Requirements
?Organization Name
Department Name
Job Title
Job Rank/Grade
Supervisor
Job Status (Exempt v. Non Exempt)
Job Summary
Essential Duties
Other Duties
Job Specifications
Working conditions
Author
Date(s) (Initial/Revision)
Job Description Writing:
Review the above information on the attachment which has been collected through a job analysis for a newly approved Coding Manager position.
Part I: Write a formal Job Description for this position. Include all of the appropriate headings and categories as referenced in this week's reading and course Instruction (Health Information Management and Technology An Applied Approach:5th edition by Sayles and Gordon).
Part II: Identify the two most important criteria for selecting an employee to fill this position.
(Criteria are the qualities that would be important for one to be successful in this position)
Write 2 questions that an interviewer could ask to solict information regarding how well the candidate meets each of the criteria you have been identified.
The Job description for Coding Manager
Mr X is working as a Coding Manager in the department as a Senior Coder in the department for X years.
Duties and Responsibilities
1. Establishing policies and implementing changes.
2.Oversee the work of medical coders to ensure that they are working in accordance to the specifics provided to them.
3.Manage trouble shooting activities that originate in the coding department before they can affect the department in a negative manner.
4.Create and maintain medical records systems that are designed to keep all data confidential,and provide alerts during instances of inconsistencies.
5..Coordinating with other personnel managers and with physicians ,
6..Reviewing departmental procedures.
6.Establish communication between coding and other departments,paying special attention to quality of information exchanged.
7.Evaluating the effectiveness of personnel.
8.Interview ,hire and train medical coders to perform medical coding work in accordance with specific standards and procedures.
Inorder to be a successful Coding Manager ,by Evaluating Current Performance and Identifying Future Improvements.
The possible questions an interviewer could ask is
1.What have been your specific duties as a coding manager in the past?
2.Why do you think you were promoted to the position of Coding Manager?