Lead Medical Records Technician (Office Automation)

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About the Position: This position is located at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital on Fort Campbell, TN.

This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes managing patient health records, processing release of information requests and delivering patient health data to authorized recipients, training and mentoring staff on health information management and medical records procedures.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05).

OR Education: A half year (i.e., 9 semester hours) of graduate level education in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as electronic health records, health data management, and medical terminology.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 9.

Add the two percentages.Proficiency Required: This position requires a qualified typist. A qualified typist can type 40 words per minute based on a 5 minute sample with three or fewer errors.

Major Duties:

• Directs the work of 7 employees (civilians and/or military) performing a variety of duties associated with the establishment, maintenance, accountability, and processing of patient health records and medical treatment files
• Distributes and balances the workload among employees in accordance with established work flow and priorities.
• Conducts analysis of medical records and quality assurance studies to gather information and statistics and make recommendations to improve procedures.
• Inputs data into the automated systems and compiles reports for management use.