This position is located within the Albuquerque Area Indian Health Service at the Jicarilla Service Unit in Dulce, New Mexico. The purpose of this position is to assemble, analyze, code, abstract, report, maintain, and extract medical records data information and procedural codes. This position provides a critical function by ensuring the integrity and availability of data and statistics used to provide medical care to patients are completed timely.

Duties

The incumbent is responsible for Release of Information (ROI) authorization requests. The incumbent performs daily routine duties related to quality assurance on receipt, scanning, and indexing of health and administrative information. The incumbent is responsible for filing patient reports in a timely manner and in accordance with AAAHC, IHS regulations and standards that govern Health Information Management Department Policies. The incumbent is responsible for participating in continuous performance improvement (PI) monitoring on a routine basis. The incumbent is responsible for processing medical records for all scheduled and unscheduled patient appointments utilizing the current electronic retrieval system. This position is being announced concurrently under Delegated Examining (DE) procedures. Please review vacancy announcement number IHS-23-AQ-12067489-DE, for eligibility requirements.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying. 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; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: GS-04 - Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of general experience. General experience is progressively responsible clerical, office or other work that indicates ability to acquire the particular knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of this position. Or 2 years of education above the high school level. This education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. Two year of full-time academic study is defined as 60 semester hours, 90 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university, or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 72 weeks in a business, secretarial, or technical school. Or a combination of experience (as described in option A above) and education (as described in option B above) that when combined fully meets 100% of the qualification requirements for the GS-04 grade level of this position. GS-05 - Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-04 grade level. Examples of experience include reviewing medical records in a clinic or hospital setting insuring files are complete and documents are filed correctly; scanning documents into an electronic health record; and preparing correspondence for fax, mail, or personal pickup. Or 4 years of education above the high school level. This education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. Four years of full-time academic study is defined as 120 semester hours or 180 quarter hours in a college or university. Or a combination of experience (as described in option A above) and education (as described in option B above) that when combined meets 100% of the qualification requirements for the GS-05 grade level of this position. To calculate your percentage of experience, divide your total number of months experience by 12(months). Proficiency Requirements: In addition to meeting experience or education requirements, applicants for this position must show possession of Office Automation skills and must have typing proficiency of 40 words per minute based on a 5-minute sample with three or fewer errors. Time In Grade Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade Requirements: Merit Promotion (status) candidates must have completed one year of service at the next lower grade level. Time-In-Grade provisions do not apply under the Excepted Service Examining Plan (ESEP). You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.

Education

There are no education requirements.

Contacts

• Address Jicarilla Service Unit PO Box 187 500 N.Mundo Road Dulce, NM 87528 US
• Name: Darling Nelson
• Phone: (505)256-6816
• Email: [email protected]