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Medical Records Technician

Military Treatment Facilities under DHA

Department of Defense

Fresh

Location

Salary

$41,341 - $53,744

per year

Closes

January 29, 2026

GS-4 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $30,286 - $39,372

Typical requirements: 1 year general experience. 2 years college or associate degree.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves managing medical records at a naval medical center, including reviewing and organizing patient files, retrieving archived information, and handling receptionist duties like answering calls and assisting visitors.

It's a good fit for someone detail-oriented with basic office experience or education in business or technical fields, who enjoys working in a healthcare support role within the military system.

No advanced medical knowledge is needed, just strong organizational skills and comfort with record-keeping.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience in clerical duties, such as answering calls, handling correspondence, retrieving data from automated systems, and maintaining records
  • OR four years of education above high school from an accredited business, secretarial, technical school, junior college, college, or university
  • OR a combination of education and experience that meets the 100% qualification threshold
  • U.S. citizenship
  • Ability to review, analyze, sort, sequence, and compile inpatient and ambulatory surgery medical records
  • Skills in researching and retrieving records from archive systems
  • Experience applying quality management procedures to ensure record integrity

Full Job Description

About the Position: Servers as a Medical Records Technician and receptionist/release of information clerk of the Data Flow Branch, Medical Information Services Division, Patient Administration, and Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Virginia.

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

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 clerical duties such as answering telephone calls and written correspondence; retrieving information from automated systems; and maintaining records.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-04).

OR Education: Four years of education above the high school level obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university.

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 your semester hours of education beyond two years (total semester hours minus 60) by 60.

Add the two percentages. Major Duties:

  • Reviews, analyzes, sorts, sequences and compiles inpatient and ambulatory surgery medical records
  • Reviews patient information to prevent incomplete/inaccurate data.
  • Research and retrieves inpatient records from the medical record archive system
  • Applies quality management procedures to ensure the integrity of the medical record filing systems
  • Serves as a receptionist in the office for patient and hospital staff personnel.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/26/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/26/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: HSJT-26-12868140-DHA