Supervisory Medical Records Technician (ROI)

About the role

This Supervisory Medical Records Technician (ROI) position is located within the Business Office Service Line at the Manchester VA Medical Center. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Has full supervisory responsibility, including preparing work assignments, monitoring the performance of release of information staff, evaluating employee performance, selecting staff, recommending awards and advancements, and taking disciplinary actions.
• Generates workload reports, distributes pending workload to staff, and monitors completion status.
• Ensures the timely release of health records in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Ensures compliance with accrediting agency and regulatory requirements and ensures corrective action is initiated, as needed.
• Works collaboratively with VA Regional Counsel to ensure health records related to malpractice, subpoenas, and tort cases are prepared and disclosed in a timely manner.
• Ensures orientation and competency assessments are conducted for all assigned staff.
• Develops policies and procedures, performance standards, and position descriptions, or functional statements.
• Is responsible for professional and administrative management of release of information staff.
• Maintains interdepartmental relations with other services to accomplish medical center goals.

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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).
• Experience/Education Combination: Equivalent combinations of creditable experience and education are qualifying towards meeting basic experience requirements.

Skills

The candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs:

• Ability to develop policy and provide workload analysis for release of information.
• Skill in interpersonal relations and conflict resolution.
• Ability to provide or coordinate staff development and training.
• Ability to provide the full range of supervisory duties, to include responsibility for assignment of work to be performed, performance evaluation, selection of staff, recommendations of awards, advancements, and disciplinary actions.

Pay

Grade Determination: GS-8 Supervisory Medical Records Technician (ROI)

Schedule

Full Time: Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm

Benefits

Not specified

Benefits

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Application Instructions

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Equal Opportunity Employer

The VA is committed to equal opportunity employment and will not discriminate against applicants based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.