Medical Records Technician (Office Automation)

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is located within the Patient Administration office in Blanchfield Army Community Hospital on Fort Campbell, Tennessee.

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 registering patients into a medical records system; verifying information for accuracy in patients' medical records; and assisting with the release of patients' Protected Health Information (PHI) in accordance with proper guidelines.

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. 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:

• Performs a variety of administrative functions associated with health information including reviewing for completeness and consistency.
• Maintains medical records ensuring all necessary forms and documents are present, accurate, and complete in accordance with various current regulatory requirements.
• Utilizes the CHCS Medical Records Tracking Module (MRT) to create medical records for new patients and bar- code labels for each record to be scanned into the tracking system.
• Conducts analysis of medical records and quality assurance studies to gather information and statistics and make recommendations to improve procedures for providing medical health information.
• Performs medical records delivery and pickup from treatment clinics.