This position is located in the Health Information Management (HIM) Section of Business Management Service (BMS) at the Birmingham VA Healthcare System. Medical Records Administrators (MRAs) in VHA perform or supervise work concerned with the management of a health record program or the provision of services related to medical record administration/health information services.
MRAs manage, preserve, analyze, and supervise the use of diagnostic and therapeutic health records/health info mgmt.
Duties to include, but not limited to, the following: Oversees all facets of health records management for the facility ensuring maintenance of completed, accurate, timely, clinically-pertinent, and readily-accessible patient health records. Exercises independent judgment in carrying out duties and responsibilities and has complete authority to plan, design and direct the HIM program; recommendations and/or technical decisions made by employee are not reviewed.
Provides administrative management of health records: planning, managing, advising, and directing the health information program in accordance with applicable Federal laws, facility by-laws, VHA policy, The Joint Commission standards, the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), and other regulatory and accrediting agencies.
Creates and monitors systems to ensure accurate, timely, and complete health records, in accordance with VHA policy and The Joint Commission health information protocols.
Ensures maintenance of complete, accurate, timely, clinically-pertinent, and readily-accessible patient health records, which contain sufficient recorded information to serve as a basis to plan patient care, support diagnoses, warrant treatment, measure outcomes, support education, research, and facilitate performance improvement processes and legal requirements. Evaluates health records program and independently determines the nature and extent of problem areas.
Develops recommendations and solutions for program improvement. Develops and implements innovative solutions to correct technical, complex problems. Provide detailed technical expertise in health records science and other very technical aspects of health information.
Maintains all health information input into the local VISTA database and assures timely transmission of that data into all VA centralized databases - most frequently those maintained at the Austin Data Processing Center.
Key advisor to the Chief of Staff, Executive Management, and clinicians; providing technical guidance on health information issues such as documentation requirements, liability issues, advance directives, informed consent, patient privacy and confidentiality, etc. Recommends improvements in documentation used to provide patient care, to optimize VERA workload, third party reimbursement and to manage resources.
Conducts training programs in health information management, medical terminology, health record documentation, and medico-legal matters. Incumbent is responsible for establishing formal affiliation with university programs in health information and precepting students from such programs. Performs the administrative and personnel management functions relative to staff supervised.
Establishes guidelines and performance expectations for staff, which are clearly communicated through the formal employee performance management system. Observes workers' performance; demonstrates and conducts work performance critiques. Provides informal feedback and periodically evaluates employee performance. Responds to the needs of customers; communicates and treats customers in a courteous, tactful and respectful manner.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm Telework: Ad-Hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #62507F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS):Not Authorized
IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. 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/.
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This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $107510 – $139764/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-09-25.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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