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About the Position: This position is with the Directorate of Administration, Department of Patient Administration, Inpatient Records located at the Ft Belvoir Community Hospital located in Ft Belvoir, VA. Performs a variety of technically complex duties to review and analyze ambulatory medical data, code medical diagnoses and procedures, and provides assistance to the professional staff in an inpatient or outpatient medical treatment facility (MTF). The work is mainly sedentary, but may require walking, bending, standing, and/or carrying of light items such as files and manuals. The work does not require any special physical effort or ability. The work area is usually an adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated office or medical facility setting. The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts that require normal safety precautions.
Learn more about this agency04/17/2018 to 05/07/2018
$50,912 - $66,191 per year
GS 8
1 vacancy in the following location:
Not required
No
Permanent
Full-Time
No
NCJT187312778855D
496748800
Assigns codes to all final diagnoses, procedures, and operations. Sequences codes utilizing the complication or comorbid condition exclusion list in the code book. conduct a wide range of quality assurance studies; make recommendations to improve procedures for compiling and retrieving medical records information; identify specific clinical findings, support existing diagnoses, or substantiate listing additional diagnoses in the medical record; code complicated medical records that are difficult to classify; gather and represent data graphically; make a variety of basic statistical computations; identify possible trends and patterns for preparing reports; and manage medical records. Reviews the medical record for continuing quality improvement activities including comparison of diagnosis related group data with that entered in the medical record. Performs quality improvement activities in support of institution-wide medical documentation concerns. Trending is done to show patterns in either up-coding or downcoding. Coding records and reports are utilized to support clinical research projects.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your résumé and supporting documentation will be compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If, after reviewing your résumé and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.
You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation.
Basis for Rating: Qualified candidates will be assigned to one of three quality categories: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified and Qualified. Veteran preference eligibles are listed ahead of non-preference eligibles within each quality category.
The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference categories and the associated required documents is in the Applicant Checklist (External).
As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.
1. Your resume:
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.
To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 05/07/2018 to receive consideration.
If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your application. Your application package will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your application will receive no further consideration.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/496748800. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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The Defense Health Agency, National Capital Region Medical Directorate (NCR-MD) is the future of Military Medicine- a partnership in World Class Medical Healthcare. The Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE), Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, Dilorenzo Clinic and the Joint Pathology Center, provide world class medical services to the nation's service members and their families.