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This position is located in the Health Information Management Service. The duties and responsibilities are carried out throughout the system including all administrative and clinical areas. Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (CDISs) are responsible for facilitating improved overall quality, education, and completeness and accuracy of medical record documentation on as well as promoting appropriate clinical documentation through extensive interaction with physicians, other patient caregivers, HIM coding staff and other associated staff to ensure clinical documentation and services rendered to patients is complete and accurate for appropriate workload capture and resource allocations.
Learn more about this agency03/07/2018 to 03/20/2018
$50,598 - $65,778 per year
GS 9
1 vacancy in the following location:
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Permanent
Full-Time
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CBAK-10157840-18-KRS
493229400
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
Current excepted service federal employees.
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
ALL US CITIZENS
Major duties include but are not limited to the following:
· Serve as technical expert in health record content and documentation requirements.
· Perform reviews of the health record documentation; developing criteria, collecting data, graphing and analyzing results, creating reports and communicating in writing and/or in person to appropriate leadership and groups.
· Obtain appropriate corrective action plans from responsible clinical services directors, when necessary, and recommend improvements or changes in documentation as deemed necessary.
· Ensures the accuracy and completeness of clinical information used for measuring and reporting physician and medical center outcomes with continuing education to all members of the patient care team on an ongoing basis.
· Assists in the development of guidelines for data compatibility, consistency, and monitoring for compliance to improve the quality for clinical, financial, and administrative data.
· Compiles, reviews, abstracts, analyzes and interprets medical data incidental to a variety of patient care activities.
· Conducts daily reviews of all new admissions to identify those with potential, documentation improvement opportunities, through periodic evaluation during the patient's stay.
· Reviews the health record and discusses the case with the clinical staff. Performs admission reviews for specific patient populations to facilitate appropriate clinical documentation and ensures the level of services and acuity of care are accurately reflected in the health record.
· Adhere to established documentation requirements for ICD-10 CM/PCS as outlined by accrediting agencies guidelines, regulations, policy and medical-legal requirements.
· Develop and implement ICD-10 CM/PCS training/education programs for all providers to ensure the CDIS program objectives are met.
· Develops and conducts ICD-10 CM/PCS Specialty specific seminars, workshops, short courses, informational briefings, and conferences concerned with health record documentation, educational and functional training requirements.
Work Schedule: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Position Description Title/PD#: Medical Record Technician (CDIS) Clinical Document Improvement Specialist / FS70210F
Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary. However, there may be some walking, standing, and bending.
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
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.
IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.
The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be well-qualified, applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors if applicable, and must be proficient in most of the requirements of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website which can be found at https://www.opm.gov/.
Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
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You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
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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 occupational questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 03/20/2018 to receive consideration.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/493229400. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY: This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (5 CFR 337.205) for this occupation.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT REPLACES ANNOUNCEMENT# CBAK-10154082-18-KRS
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CLOSES ON TUESDAY MARCH 27, 2018 OR FIRST 100 APPLICANTS