Health Information Technology Job Description and Responsibilities

Health information technology provides education and training to the healthcare system's employees in areas relevant to health information management policies and procedures. Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of health information technology. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. To write an effective health information technology job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included health information technology job description templates that you can modify and use.

Health Information Technology Duties & Responsibilities

Sample responsibilities for this position include the following:

• Work as part of the college-wide HIT team with the guidance of the Health Science Curriculum Coordinator to coordinate and manage curriculum, course packets, current text, and standard exams.
• Assist in maintaining and coordinating program professional accreditation through CAHIIM at the campus level, academic accreditation through the State of Minnesota and all other accrediting agencies.
• Assist in providing academic and professional guidance for students.
• Designs and evaluates didactic and clinical curriculum to ensure that expected competencies are being taught to the students.
• Develop an expertise in the HCIT/Rx Services sector.
• Leading and coordinating implementation projects training and optimization efforts for the organization and its eClinicalWorks (eCW) Practice Management (PM) and Electronic Medical Record (EMR) software.
• Teaching class according to high professional standards.
• Developing instructional plans to ensure student achievement of course learning objectives.
• Directing and assessing student learning and laboratory performance to provide feedback in a timely fashion.
• Attending professional workshops and in-service programs for personal and professional advancement.
• Uses a structured problem-solving method to optimize clinical systems and select, develop, implement, and evaluate informatics solutions for Dialysis and ambulatory nephrology practices.
• Participates in advocating, facilitating and supporting development and implementation of strategies, initiatives and tools to advance the use of Information Technology in nephrology practices and dialysis facilities as appropriate, providing subject matter expertise as needed.
• Assists in the promotion of the use of Information Technology in clinical settings in general and within the nephrology physician practices specifically.
• Participates by working closely with Acumen Product Development staff representing the needs and requirements of the nephrology physician community and providing clinical feedback as the Acumen product suite evolves, assisting with the translation of these needs and requirements into specifications to enhance the Acumen software product.
• Maintain Health Information Technician, Medical Coding, and Medical Transcriptionist program goals and standards, at the campus level, that provide the bas...

Health Information Technology Qualifications

Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.

Education for Health Information Technology

Typically a job would require a certain level of education. Employers hiring for the health information technology job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as:

• Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Health, Education, Health Information Management, Computer Science, Faculty, Teaching, Information Technology, Healthcare, Technical, Management.
• Bachelor’s degree in health policy, public policy, health informatics, or a related field required.

Licensing or Certifications for Health Information Technology

List any licenses or certifications required by the position:

• RHIA, RHIT, ITIL, PMP, CPI, CPR, AHIMA, CEU, HIPAA, HIT.

Skills and Experience for Health Information Technology

Desired skills for health information technology include the ability to apply relevant current education methodologies and techniques and teaching methods. Additionally, desired experience for health information technology includes:

• Obtaining CEUs from professional organizations and accredited institutions of higher education.
• 8 years’ experience working in health information technology, practice management, government health policy, healthcare related sales/marketing, provider relations, or related field required.