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Job opening: Lead Medical Record Technician (ROI)

Salary: $54 067 - 70 286 per year
Published at: Nov 30 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
The Long Beach VA Medical Center is currently recruiting for one (1) Lead Medical Records Technician (ROI) to work in HIMS Services Long Beach, CA. This position is located in the Health Information Management (HIM) section at the Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center. The MRT (ROI) reviews and processes requests for patient protected health information (PHI). Welcome to VA Long Beach Tibor Rubin - History

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to the following: Facilitates team or unit processes by working in collaboration with team members or employees to ensure that tasks are completed, that good working relationships among team members and with management are maintained, and that team priorities and goals, needs, and achievements are coordinated with management. Performs lead functions over MRT (ROI) positions at the GS 04-06 levels. Provides guidance and technical direction necessary for accomplishing the work of the unit or team. Serves as work leader, assuring the work assignments of employees in the unit are carried out. Distributes and balances workload and tasks among employees. Assures the timely accomplishment or work assigned to the team. Assures each team member has an integral role in developing the final product or providing the assigned service. Communicates to the team the problem to be solved or program issues under review and coaches the team and/or individual team members in identifying the parameters of a viable solution. Ensures the organization's "vision" is integrated into the team's goals, strategies, activity plans, and work products. Ensures team members participate in both short-term and long-term planning states of team project. Monitors the status and progress of work and makes adjustments in accordance with established priorities. Obtains assistance from the supervisor as needed for major issues or problems that arise. Maintains records of wok accomplishments. Checks work in progress to see that supervisor's instructions have been met. Instructs employees in specific tasks and job techniques. Trains team members in the accomplishment of tasks or projects. Maintains current knowledge and answers questions from team members on procedures, policies, and directives. Provides expert advice on specific tasks, procedures, and policies. Makes written instructions, reference materials, and relevant background material available. Obtains needed information on decisions form the supervisor on major issues and problems that arise. Resolves simple informal complaints of employees and refers more serious matters to the supervisor. Makes recommendations to supervisor as requested concerning promotions, reassignments, recognition of performance and personnel needs. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm Telework: Not authorized. Ad-Hoc may be authorized at supervisors discretion. Virtual: This is not a virtual position Functional Statement #: Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Experience and Education: (1) Experience. One year of creditable experience that indicates knowledge of medical terminology and general understanding of health records. Six months of the required one year of creditable experience must have provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) needed to perform MRT (ROI) work. OR, (2) Education. An associate's degree from an accredited college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education with a major field of study in health information technology/health information management, or a related degree with a minimum of 12 semester hours in health information technology/health information management (e.g., courses in medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, legal aspects of health care, and introduction to health records). OR, (3) Experience/Education Combination. Equivalent combinations of creditable experience and education are qualifying towards meeting basic experience requirements. The following experience and educational/training substitutions are appropriate for combining education and creditable experience: (a) Six months of creditable experience that indicates knowledge of medical terminology, privacy and release of information, the health record, and one year above high school with a minimum of six semester hours of health information technology/health information management courses. (b) Six months of creditable experience that indicates knowledge of medical terminology, privacy and release of information, the health record, and successful completion of a course for medical technicians, hospital corpsmen, medical service specialists, or hospital training obtained in a training program given by the Armed Forces or the U.S. Maritime Service under close medical and professional supervision. The training program may be substituted on a month-for-month basis for up to six months of experience provided the training program included courses in anatomy and physiology, and health record techniques and procedures. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria). Grade Determination: possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-6 level which demonstrates the core competencies described at that level and can you demonstrate the following KSAs: Ability to work with a team to provide technical guidance, plan, organize, and coordinate activities of release of information to effectively complete job assignments (i.e., distributing workload, monitoring the status and progress of work, monitoring accuracy of work, and ensuring required timelines are met.) Knowledge of the laws and regulations related to the authorization and disclosure of health information. Ability to effectively communicate, both orally and in writing, to meet program objectives. Ability to prepare reports in various formats and present data to various organizational levels. Ability to provide or coordinate staff development and training. References: VA Handbook 5005/123 PART II APPENDIX G58 Physical Requirements: The work is for the most part sedentary, with occasional lifting of files usually not exceeding 25 lbs.

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

  • Address Long Beach VA Medical Center 5901 East Seventh Street Long Beach, CA 90822 US
  • Name: Jeremy Trader
  • Phone: 816-861-4700 X51109
  • Email: [email protected]

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