[Hiring] Lead Medical Records Technician @Dayton VA Medical Center

Role Description

The Dayton Ohio Veterans Affairs Medical Center's Health Administration Service is recruiting for a well-qualified Lead Medical Records Technician (Coder- Inpatient) within the Health Information Management (HIM) section.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Monitors the status and progress of work and day-to-day adjustments.
• Instructs employees in specific tasks and job techniques.
• Gives on-the-job training to new coders and students.
• Trains and works closely with professional and administrative staff to assist in the development, maintenance, and usage of ICD and CPT codes.
• Conforms to standards and participates in the technical evaluation and validation of health records for compliance with The Joint Commission requirements, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and/or health record documentation guidelines.
• Distributes and balances the workload among employees, and assures timely accomplishment of the assigned workload.
• Analyzes and recommends improvements in documentation systems used to provide patient care.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 0800-1630

Qualifications

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens.
• Experience and Education:
  • (1) Experience: One year of creditable experience that indicates knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, medical coding, and the structure and format of health records, OR
  • (2) Education: An associate's degree from an accredited college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education with major field of study in health information technology/health information management, or related degree with a minimum of 12 semester hours in health information technology/health information management.
  • (3) Completion of AHIMA approved coding program, or other intense coding training program of approximately one year or more that included courses in anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, basic ICD diagnostic/procedural, and basic CPT coding.
  • (4) Experience/Education Combination: Equivalent combinations of creditable experience and education are qualifying for meeting basic requirements.
• Loss of Credential: Following initial certification, credentials must be maintained through rigorous continuing education.
• English Language Proficiency: MRTs (Coder) must be proficient in spoken and written English.

Requirements

• Experience: One year of creditable experience equivalent to the journey grade level MRT (Coder).
• Certification: Employees at this level must have mastery level certification.
• Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • Ability to work with a team to provide technical guidance, plan, organize, and coordinate activities.
  • Advanced knowledge of current coding classification systems for the subspecialty being assigned.
  • Ability to effectively communicate, both orally and in writing.
  • Knowledge of training methods and the ability to provide training to new coding staff.
  • Ability to collect and analyze data and present results in various formats.
  • Leadership skills, including interpersonal relations and conflict resolution.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
• 37-50 days of annual paid time off per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year).
• After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
• After 60 days of employment, full-time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children.
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care insurance (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement).

Physical Requirements

Work takes place in an office environment with no special physical demands required.