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OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans?
The South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS) is comprised of two inpatient campuses: the Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital in San Antonio and the Kerrville VA Hospital in Kerrville, Texas. The STVHCS serves one of the largest primary service areas in the nation, with 63 counties, and is part of the VA Heart of Texas Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN 17), with offices located in Arlington, Texas. Providing a service to Veterans with a working staff of more than 3,100 employees, South Texas provides health care services for 93,000 Veterans. The STVHCS is a facility providing primary, secondary and tertiary health care in medicine, surgery, psychiatry, and rehabilitation medicine. It also supports a 90 bed Extended Care Therapy Center, a 30-bed Spinal Cord Injury Center, an eight-bed Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, and a Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center. Affiliated with the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, the system has an active ambulatory care program with numerous satellite outpatient clinics. The system dedicates 28,000 square feet to medical research, and there are more than 150 research investigators conducting over 500 research activities. The system has a National Institute of Health (NIH) funded General Clinical Research Center and the Veterans Evidence-Based Research Dissemination Implementation Center (VERDICT). The Biomedical Research Foundation of South Texas was created in 1990 to support the research mission of the system.
City of San Antonio Information: http://www.sanantonio.gov/
01/31/2018 to 02/21/2018
$50,598 - $79,586 per year
GS 9 - 11
1 vacancy in the following location:
Not required
No
Permanent
Full-Time
11
No
VHA-10129423-18-KA
490050000
Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Not available
Telework: Not avalable
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description Title/PD#: Records and Information Management Specialist/ 671-3756-O, 671-3757-O
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
Duties: The Records and Information Management (RIM) Specialist is responsible for the entire records management program, including planning, implementation and execution for the Health Care System and supporting catchment area, including distributing information, preparing Health Care System specific guidance, reviewing and analyzing records management policies and procedures for compliance with overall program requirements. The RIM specialist provides ongoing training, investigates complaints and incidents, and collaborates with the Privacy Officer and Information Security Officer in investigation data breaches, and participating on committees and work groups related to records management. Work includes a wide variety of unique projects and nonrecurring assignments involving records management, inventory, storage and dispositioning of a variety of record types. The RIM specialist deals with multitasking programs and missions, each with individual priority requirements and considerations. The RIM specialist develops instructional methods, materials and guidance related to the management of Health Care System records. The RIM specialist implements this guidance based on the federal requirements of VHA Records Control Schedule (RCS) 10-1, General Records Schedule (GRS), 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 18, 31, 38, 40, 44, United States Codes (U.S.C), 41 CFR, the Privacy Act (PA) as amended, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and implementing regulations, Executive Orders, OMB Memorandums, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) and other NARA policies and requirements. The RIM specialist is responsible for the full development, implementation and execution of the records management program for the Health Care System and supporting catchment area. The process for development of the records management program requires: Ensuring compliance with recordkeeping requirements for VHA records. Coordinates records management functions with service line records liaisons and leadership. Conducts focused monitors and audits of records created and maintained by service lines. Maintains a thorough and working knowledge of VA/VHA Systems of Records (SOR), VA/VHA privacy policy, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Office of Management and Budget (OMB), NARA, The Joint Commission (TJC) and other federal laws and regulations.
Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary. There will be episodes of moderate lifting or prolonged periods of standing and bending in searching various files. There is lifting and carrying of such items as record boxes and bulky files. The work involves considerable walking, standing and bending conducting rounds, auditing, and providing training to both on-site and off-site personnel. There is also occasional lifting and carrying of such items as records boxes and bulky files, weighing up to 30 lbs. and boxing records in preparation for records retirement and shipment
Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
PLEASE NOTE: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement). Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html. All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly. 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.
Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.
For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Status Candidates and Other Candidate Definitions document.
If you are unable to apply online view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
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Narrative responses are not required at this time. If you are referred for consideration, you may be asked to submit additional job related information, which may include, but not limited to; responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities; completion of a work sample, and/or contact for an interview.Your resume and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 02/21/2018 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/10129423.
Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. After we receive application packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applications to ensure qualification and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certificate(s) is issued and applicants will be notified of their status by email. Referred applicants will be notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notification once a selection decision has been made.
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