Medical Record Technician

• Hiring Agency: Headquarters, Air Force Reserve Command

This is an Air Reserve Technician (ART) position. ARTs are part of the regular career civil service and enjoy all the benefits granted to Federal employees in the competitive civil service.

The primary purpose of this position is to:
Assist the medical records administration specialist with responsibility for the daily operations of the Medical Records, Quality Assurance, and Risk Management programs. Oversees all activities related to the development, implementation, maintenance of, and adherence to the organization's policies and procedures covering Service Treatment Records (STR) administration.

Provides direct support to the Medical Records Administration ART and Senior ART by accomplishing a variety of duties relating to medical administration, military functions, and analysis to assist with the operational requirements of the Squadron and Wing Force Health programs. Works directly with AFRC STR Processing Center, sub-set of Air Force Medical Readiness Agency (AFMRA). Provides training to reserve members in the accomplishment of tasks set forth herein.

DUTY 1:
Provides direct support to the Medical Records Administrator and Senior ART in planning, directing, implementing, and controlling all elements of the day-to-day STR operation. Performs STR administrative duties for the organization as assigned by supervisor. Responsible for the proper administration, maintenance, disposition, quality management and review of all STRs. DUTY 2:
Ensures quality and security of the STR program.

Uses quality control measures to review and evaluate documents in the STR for overall procedural problems, identifying inadequate documentation and compliance with standards and reports findings to the Senior ART. Prepares reports and quality assurance metrics on program status as directed by the Administrator. DUTY 3:
Provides advisory and consultant services on service treatment records to Reserve Medical Unit staff.

Advises executive management committee (EMC) on the STR functional requirements as established by regulatory agency guidance. Implements methods of ensuring appropriate items are addressed to the medical staff in a timely manner. DUTY 4:
Educates Reserve Medical Unit personnel and others on service treatment records requirements.

Conducts initial and on-going training programs for medical records technicians on methods of creating, recording, retrieving, maintaining, and retiring service treatment records. DUTY 5:
Manages Health Service Benefits and Entitlements. Ensures members on extended orders are briefed on health care benefits/entitlements. Tracks member's eligibility through the service period and those members with entitlements beyond their service period.

IF USING EDUCATION TO QUALIFY:
If position has a positive degree requirement or education forms the basis for qualifications, you MUST submit transcripts with the application. Official transcripts are not required at the time of application; however, if position has a positive degree requirement, qualifying based on education alone or in combination with experience, transcripts must be verified prior to appointment. An accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.

Department of Education must accredit education.  to check accreditation. FOREIGN

EDUCATION:

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

This position is with Headquarters, Air Force…