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Good sites to search for coder jobs besides Monster and Careerbuilder? - Squarepeg

Posted: Mar 07, 2012

Anybody know?

Job boards - Anonymous

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AAPC (American Assocation of Professional Coders) has a job board. Also, try the AHIMA website. Go to the job boards of the hospitals and health care facilities in your area, get your name placed on their "job alert" e-mail list.

Medical professionals do not use Monster and Careerbuilder - for the most part

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Coding jobs are usually kept within house, so to speak. Look on AAPC and AHIMA, as mentioned, and on hospital and healthcare facility websites. Network at local AAPC chapter meetings, where they usually announce local jobs. You can find the contact for them on the AAPC website.

USAJOBS.GOV has coding positions listed under "medical record technician" (? job class 645? )and "medical record administrative specialist" (job class 669)

Others are insurers, universities, etc.

Do not expect to see a lot of entry level jobs. You can overcome the experience requirement with credentials, though. At least CPC, with a CCS for hospitl coding.

Thanks so much! - Squarepeg

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nm

Most coding jobs are posted on hospital JOBS boards but not elsewhere - sm

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Coding jobs usually aren't posted on typical job web sites. They might use a professional source that a CCS would normally read, but they usually don't post everywhere. They would be drowning in applicants who didn't have their CCS but knew they could do the job anyway. Same thing with CPC of course.

I just remember medical temp staffing agencies - Squarepeg

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They probably also staff coders, I guess?

It's possible that some do occasionally - nm

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nm

Hmm. In all my years of working in HIM in various capacities - MT

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I've never heard of any of the 4 hospitals I've worked for getting coders via temp staffing agencies. Maybe doctors' offices or little ancillary clinics do?

I think your best bet is keeping an eye on your local hospitals' job boards, being active in your local AAPC/AHIMA chapters (word of mouth/networking), and indeed.com.

I'd even go so far as to call the HIM or coding manager at your hospital and introduce yourself. Let her/him know of your existence. It's been my experience that they are near desperate for certified coders, so they'd be thrilled to hear from you.

Lots of coding jobs on Indeed, an aggregator site - nm

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nm

Thanks nm - Squarepeg

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nm

Don't believe the career advice on Indeed.com. - Coder

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If you want to look at the jobs there, fine, but don't bother with the discussions. The info there is generally awful. It is outdated, opinionated, misinformed, off-target, and sometimes apears to be deliberately misleading. Anyone can post whatever drivel they may like.

oh WOW just found an incredible site - Squarepeg

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it's a directory of every hospital in the US, with the links to each of their websites, where you can then look up the jobs.

That's phenomenal! Where or how did you find it? - nm

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nm

Google :) nm - Squarepeg

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nm

hospital website - cjjmt

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Care to share the link with the rest of us?

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