About the Position: This position is located at the Naval Hospital Bremerton, Washington. The purpose of this position is to serve as a Supervisory Medical Records Administration Specialist in Patient Administration, for a Defense Health Agency (DHA) Medical Treatment Facility (MTF). The work involves managing, advising on, and analyzing the accuracy of medical records and the records management controls. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation

Duties

Perform qualitative analysis of medical records and reports to ensure accuracy, internal consistency, and correlation of recorded data within the scope of Medical Records Administration and Compliance. Ensure compliance with medical-legal requirements, Joint Commission Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standards, and service branch regulations. Recommend changes to overlays based on revisions or deletions to ICD-10-CM and CPT codes, modifications in coding practices or nomenclatures, and changes in the clinic’s scope of practice. Oversee the coding of outpatient and inpatient medical records, as well as ambulatory encounter forms, to ensure the accuracy and consistency of medical data. Ensure accurate coding of diseases, injuries, diagnoses, and procedures across various ambulatory settings and multiple specialty clinics within the Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) and its outlying clinics. Advise and assist medical and administrative staff on proper coding practices and usage. Plan and revise work schedules and assignments to ensure an even flow and distribution of work, prioritize tasks efficiently, meet deadlines, and adapt to changes in workload. Assign responsibilities to subordinates, review their work, and provide guidance and assistance on administrative matters.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security (Tier-3) clearance or access for the duration of employment.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a one-year Probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315.
• This position is supervisory as defined by the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) General Schedule Supervisory Guide (GSSG).
• This position has a mandatory seasonal influenza vaccination requirement and is subject to annual vaccination.
• This is an obligated position. An obligated position is one to which an employee has statutory restoration rights or entitlement based on active military service, recovery from a compensable injury, or return rights based on an overseas tour.

Qualifications

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 coding and auditing medical records for accuracy and privacy to meet coding productivity, policy, regulatory and legal requirements; assisting with training staff on medical coding. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as Health Care Administration or Health Care Management. 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%.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address JT-DHA-DD83DU DHA PUGET SOUND MKT-BREMERTON DO NOT MAIL Bremerton, WA 98312 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk