A psychiatric
nurse looking for employment
in a community mental health
facility would need to develop or have the
following skills, knowledge, abilities, and other attributes, which are considered important to excelling on the job:
• First - hand experience
in creating and maintaining patients» records
in accordance to
facility policies and state regulations • Highly
skilled in establishing records prior to patients» admission by creating master files for both admitted and discharged patients • Effectively able to collect information from
nursing staff, therapists, patients and families and surgeons
in order to complete existing records • Deeply familiar with retrieving and filing medical record jackets and documentation to and from central files • Well - versed
in purging and archiving obsolete records by placing them
in storage and maintaining storage logs • Especially well - versed
in preparing new patient records by
following set standards and protocols and maintaining existing ones • Proven record of effectively collecting data, compiling statistical information and preparing reports from medical records information charts • Hands - on experience
in determining appropriate release of medical records and preparing correspondence and forms to respond to retrieval requests • Demonstrated expertise
in establishing and upholding processes to be
followed for collection, coding and indexing of medical records • Proficient
in maintaining a detailed record of authorized information taken from medical records