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Director of Health Information Management (HIM) - WA/CO

Primary Location Renton, Washington Schedule Full-time Shift Day Salary $144400 - $186780 / year
Job Number 1354219 Date posted 05/09/2025
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Job Summary:


Position will be based out of Washington and candidates must live in Washington or be willing to relocate to Washington.

Owns the management of related records and information by serving as an expert to internal senior management in regard to record keeping. Ensures that teams/units across the organization collect, record, provide notifications for, and maintain records within company, state, and federal guidelines. Oversees collection of data, to include preparation for internal, federal, state, regulatory, and relevant agency reports by consulting executive management while overseeing the conducting, collating responses, and may analyze results of surveys for all relevant populations. Ensures compliance of teams/units work with recordkeeping regulations (e.g., complying with privacy laws [i.e., HIPPA, FERPA, employee privacy]), recordkeeping best practices, and recordkeeping standards by developing advanced strategies and concepts for releasing records as required by law and regulation or for business purposes. Drives strategic long term plans for reporting on and auditing of records as required by ensuring compliance with legal regulatory guidelines and recordkeeping policies (e.g., confirming identity, patient access policy).



Essential Responsibilities:


  • Prepares individuals for growth opportunities and advancement; builds internal collaborative networks for self and others. Solicits and acts on performance feedback; drives collaboration to set goals and provide open feedback and coaching to foster performance improvement. Demonstrates continuous learning; oversees the recruitment, selection, and development of talent; ensures performance management guidelines and expectations to achieve business needs. Stays up to date with organizational best practices, processes, benchmarks, and industry trends; shares best practices within and across teams. Motivates and empowers teams; maintains a highly skilled and engaged workforce by aligning resource plans with business objectives. Provides guidance when difficult decisions need to be made; creates opportunities for expanded scope of decision making and impact.

  • Oversees the operation of multiple units within a department by identifying member and operational needs; ensures the management of work assignment completion; translates business strategy into actionable business requirements; ensures products and / or services meet member requirements and expectations while aligning with organizational strategies. Gains cross-functional support for business plans and priorities; assumes responsibility for decision making; sets standards, measures progress, and fosters resolution of escalated issues. Communicates goals and objectives; analyzes resources, costs, and forecasts and incorporates them into business plans; prioritizes and distributes resources. Removes obstacles that impact performance; guides performance and develops contingency plans accordingly; ensures teams accomplish business objectives.

  • Owns the management of related records and information by: conducting strategic planning to determine the future direction of the organization: serving as an internal consultant to senior leadership keeper of records; developing advanced strategies and concepts to ensure that records are compiled and maintained in compliance with federal and state laws; ensuring that teams/units across the organization collect, record, provide notifications for, and maintain records within company, state, and federal guidelines; and leveraging innovative logic to drive state-of-the-art solutions.

  • Oversees collection of data, to include preparation for internal, federal, state, regulatory, and relevant agency reports by: consulting executive management while overseeing the conducting, collating of responses, and analyzing of results of surveys for all relevant populations.

  • Ensures compliance of teams/units work with recordkeeping regulations (e.g., complying with privacy laws [i.e., HIPPA, FERPA, employee privacy]), recordkeeping best practices, and recordkeeping standards by: developing advanced strategies and concepts for releasing records as required by law and regulation or for business purposes.

  • Drives strategic long term plans for reporting on and auditing of records as required by ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory guidelines (e.g., HIPPA) and recordkeeping policies (e.g., confirming identity, patient access policy).

Minimum Qualifications:


  • Minimum two (2) years of experience managing operational or project budgets.

  • Minimum five (5) years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.

  • Bachelors degree in Business Administration, or related field AND Minimum ten (10) years of experience in records-related department work or internship experience or directly related field OR Minimum thirteen (13) years of experience in records-related department work or internship experience or a directly related field.


Additional Requirements:

  • Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Information Gathering; Confidentiality
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Seven (7) years of experience in a leadership role with direct reports.
Primary Location: Washington,Renton,Renton Administration - Rainier Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Day Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Working Hours Start: 12:01 AM Working Hours End: 11:59 PM Job Schedule: Full-time Job Type: Standard Worker Location: Remote Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-WA-04|NUE|Non Union Employee Job Level: Director/Senior Director Department: Renton Admin Glacier - Medical Records Admin - 1130 Pay Range: $144400 - $186780 / year Travel: No

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.

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