MEDICAL RECORDS ADMIN SPECIALIST

Summary

This is an Air Reserve Technician (ART) position. ARTs are part of the regular career civil service and enjoy all the benefits granted to Federal employees in the competitive civil service. Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below to view Eligibilities being considered and other IMPORTANT information.

Duties

The primary purpose of this position is: To serve as an Air Reserve Technician (ART) Enlisted, to serve as a medical records administration specialist with responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the Medical Records Section as well as those assigned to quality assurance and risk management responsibilities. Oversees all ongoing activities related to the development, implementation, maintenance of, and adherence to the organization's policies and procedures covering Service Treatment Record (STR) administration or other health record related fields such as data quality, documentation specialist, compliance, risk management, etc. Accomplishes a variety of duties providing direct support to the Senior ART of medical administrative, military functions, analysis supporting operational requirements of wing and squadron Force Protection Health programs. Works directly with AFRC STR Processing Center, sub-set of AMFOA. DUTIES: DUTY 1: Performs STR administrative duties for the organization. Responsible for the proper administration, maintenance, disposition, quality management, and review of medical and dental records known as service treatment records (STR). Reviews and evaluates STRs for completeness, consistency, and accuracy to ensure compliance with DOD and USAF guidance. Analyzes STR maintenance program and advises management on problem areas and provides solutions for corrections. Retrieves and utilizes health information tools to analyze trends in order to determine or identify areas of program deficiencies. DUTY 2: Ensures quality of the STR program including HAIMS or other electronic mediums. Establishes and implements the STR record management quality assurance program. Uses quality control measures to review and evaluate documents in STR for overall procedural problem, identifying inadequate documentation, and compliance with standards. Establishes and reports on quality assurance metrics that measures STR record management program status. DUTY 3: Manages and maintains flying, operational, and special duty programs. Manages Deployment-Related Health Assessment (DHRA) programs to include: Personnel Reliability Program (PRP) and Arming Use of Force (AUoF). Consults and advises Chief of Aerospace Medicine (SGP) on permanent withdrawal for authorization to bear arms. Provides report of medical evaluation to Security Forces Squadron Commander (CC) for reinstatement or removal of authority to bear arms. DUTY 4: Health Service Benefits Advisors and Credentials Coordinator. Principle advisor and technical authority on TRICARE services and privileging programs for the RMU. Oversees credentialing program operations. Updates, tracks, correct, and retrieves provider information in Centralized Credentials Quality Assurance System (CCQAS). Compile reports to produce charts or monitor program status. Initiates, tracks, monitors, and transfers professional licensure, certification, and/or registration for all health care providers assigned.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions,Administrative and Management Positions, Medical Records Administration Series, 0669. BASIC REQUIREMENT OR INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT:Education: completed training in an approved school for medical records technicians equates to 1 year of general experience. No credit may be given for partial completion of such training. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-07, or equivalent in other pay systems. Specialized experience must include: Evaluating and analyzing the organization and operation of medical records services, including medical records and indexes, and recommending and/or implementing appropriate revisions and modifications. Assisting medical and administrative staff in evaluating the quality and appropriateness of patient and health care services. Designing information systems to collect, analyze, monitor, report, and maintain privacy and confidentiality of patient and institutional data for health care related programs, and evaluating and implementing changes to assure the reliability of data. Developing and implementing policies and procedures for processing legal medical documents and insurance and correspondence requests in accordance with Federal, State, and local statutes. NOTE: Must be reflected in your resume OR EDUCATION: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. NOTE: You must submit a copy of college transcripts. OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: 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%. NOTE: You must submit a copy of college transcripts. FEDERALTIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-07 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-09 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks. NOTE: Applicants applying as VEOA candidates who are current GS civil service employees or are prior GS civil service employees within the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: 1. Knowledge of the missions, medical records administration and Patient Administration requirements of integrated healthcare delivery systems and the relationships of Medical Records Management and Patient Administration to other functions with the Military Personnel and Health Systems. 2. Mastery of advanced management and organization principles and practices as well as a comprehensive knowledge of regulatory references, legal requirements, principles to serve as a key focal point, functional expert, and central resource person for the activities related to the development and monitoring of Service Treatment Records management and Patient Administration activities. 3. Knowledge of patient administration in terms of medical records/service treatment records programs and processes, educational and training requirements, measurement techniques to develop program objectives, assigns priorities, assists in meeting those objectives, as well as skill in collecting and organizing data for reports and analyzing data for future planning. 4.Knowledge and skills in statistics and data analysis to apply various methods and techniques for collecting data, techniques for analyzing data for trends/future planning, variances and productivity to identify deficiencies to determine effect and impact on AF medical records management and patient administration and provide consultations to other AF medical administrative staff. Other significant facts pertaining to this position are: 1. This is an Air Reserve Technician (ART). Work schedule will be aligned to allow incumbent to fully participate in aerial flight training and attendance to Unit Training Assemblies (UTA). The incumbent's regular assignments are ART duties; however, the incumbent may be assigned some non-ART duties, generally not to exceed 30 percent of total re