Fort Bragg's Job Post of the Day

Job Title:Medical Records Technician (Coder)

Department:Department of the Army

Agency:U.S. Army Medical Command

Job Announcement Number:SCDN12753321-709816D

JOB SUMMARY:

Civilian employees serve a vital role in supporting the Army mission.  They provide the skills that are not readily available in the military, but crucial to support military operations.  The Army integrates the talents and skills of its military and civilian members to form a Total Army.

About the Position:
This position is located Womack Army Medical Center (WAMC), Patient Administration Division. WAMC is located on Fort Bragg and occupies over 1 million square feet scattered over 163 acres of land. There is an onsite gymnasium, star quality dining facility, full-service bank, shopette, barbershop, florist, etc., located in the hospital complex. The work area is well lighted and temperature controlled. Special safety precautions are used to reduce exposure to pathogens. Strict compliance with laboratory saftey standards/guides is required.

 Specialized experience: To Qualify applicants must possess oney year of specialized/general experience equivalent to the next lower grade/level (GS-06). Specialized experience is defined as: Performing a variety of duties under general supervision to review and analyze ambulatory and outpatient medical data, code medical diagnoses and procedures, conduct wide range of quality assurance studies; utilize graphs, spreadsheets, word processing and presentation software to gather,  assist with the development and deliver coding information to the clinical services; make recommendations in a training setting to improve procedures for compiling and retrieving medical records information;  assist with identifying possible trends and patterns for preparing reports; conduct internal audits under general supervision.

HOW TO APPLY:

To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:

1. Your resume: If you submit a resume with inappropriate material e.g. photos, you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume may be submitted in any format. For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). Resumes that do not contain this information will be marked as insufficient and applicants may not receive consideration for this position.
2. Your responses to the questionnaire
3. Additional required documents (see Required Documents section below)

The complete Application Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Tuesday, September 04, 2012.

To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account.  Follow the prompts to complete the questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button at the end of the process. 
To fax supporting documents you are unable to upload, complete this cover page http://staffing.opm.gov/pdf/usascover.pdf using the following Vacancy ID709816.  Fax your documents to 1-478-757-3144.