File Clerk

This position serves as a File Clerk/Scanning Specialist in the Medical Administrative Service, Health Information Management Section, Scanning Unit and is under the supervision of the Chief, Health Information Management. The VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System (VAGCVHCS) consists of a VHA facility in Biloxi, Mississippi.

* Receiving, indexing, scanning, and assignment of appropriate nomenclature to health and administrative information, as assigned, for incorporation into the correct patient's record

* Performs filing of health and administrative documents in accordance with approved procedure

* Maintains a system of medical records

* Retrieves and delivers records or documents from such system upon request from persons having right of access.

* Incumbent also requests from and transfers records to other Veterans Health Administration (VHA) medical facilities.

* Identifies and prepares records for retention and disposition.

* Fully protects the confidentiality of patient information, access to computer files and release of access codes, according to established guidelines and policies.

* Performs clerical duties

* Knowledge with which to periodically identify, organize, and ship inactive records to federal archives or the appropriate VHA medical center.

* Read, write, communicate, and follow instructions

* Ensure documents are scanned to the correct patient's computerized patient record

Work Schedule:

Monday
- Friday, 8:00AM-4:30PM; subject to change, based on the needs of the facility.

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#:
File Clerk/PD03378A

Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not Authorized

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI):
Not Approved

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized