Medical Records Technician

About the Position: Located at Army Medical Center Madigan Hospital, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Tacoma, WA. Tacoma is a diverse city nestled between Seattle and the state capital of Olympia. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Recruitment Incentive maybe Authorized. Advance In Hire maybe authorized to those who are new to the federal employment. Perform miscellaneous clerical functions relating to patient file records. Extract pertinent information from medical records in form of paper or electronics relating to injuries, diseases, operations, and complete medical histories. Answer phone calls from staff, patients and/or public and greets visitors. Review a patient documents for completeness and compliance in accordance with regulations and requirements. Operate electronic typewriter, word processor, microcomputer, or computer terminal to produce work by coding information into an automated database. 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. General Experience: One year of general experience. General experience is progressively responsible clerical, office, or other work that indicates my ability to acquire the particular knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of the position to be filled, such as, performing support work in connection with processing and maintaining medical records for compliance with regulatory requirements, utilizing an automated filing system. OR Education: Two years of education above the high school level obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. 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%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of by 60. Add the two percentages. 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: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.