Medical Records Technician (Health Information Technician)

Bureau of Prisons / Federal Prison System; Coleman (FL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bureau of Prisons is seeking corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities. This role focuses on medical records management, ensuring accuracy and regulatory compliance across inmate health files.

Qualified applicants will have experience with medical records, ICD-9-CM coding, and handling requests for information, plus the ability to generate reports and coordinate with

Qualifications

• Experience organizing and checking medical records for completeness, accuracy, and regulatory compliance.
• Experience maintaining tracking and suspense systems and coordinating appointments for patient treatment.
• Experience preparing reports, purchase orders, receiving reports, pay vouchers, and medical referrals for treatment.
• Experience discerning discrepancies or deficiencies, and prepare written notifications for corrective action concerning inmate files/patient records.
• Experience coding records using ICD-9-CM and handling information releases (FOIA/Privacy Act).
• Experience developing statistical reports to support health service operations and retrieving information for research and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Organize and check medical records for completeness, accuracy, and regulatory compliance.
• Maintain tracking and suspense systems and coordinate appointments for patient treatment.
• Prepare reports, purchase orders, receiving reports, pay vouchers, and medical referrals for treatment.
• Coordinate documentation and record information with hospitals, other treatment facilities, or outside organizations and track progress of requested materials.

Skills

Data systems familiarity

Records management

Administrative duties

Job description

Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements:

Education

GL-06 AND GL-07: As a general rule, education is not creditable above GL-5 for most positions covered by this standard; however, graduate education may be credited in those few instances where the graduate education is directly related to the work of the position.

Experience

GL-06

You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level. Applicants at this level should be familiar with various automated and data systems and have the ability to key and/or code information. Experience at this level demonstrates technical and administrative support through the ability to review, analyze, code, compile, and extract records data.

• Experience in organizing and checking medical records for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with regulatory requirements.


• Experience in maintaining tracking and suspense systems and experience which requires the coordination and scheduling of appointment to facilitate patient treatment.


• Experience in performing a variety of administrative duties such as preparing reports, purchase orders, receiving reports, pay vouchers, and medical referrals for treatment.

GL-07

You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level. Applicants at this level should be versed in medical terminology, medical records, and documentation requests and have the ability to examine medical records for completeness, consistency and compliance with Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare (JCAHO).

• Experience in discerning discrepancies or deficiencies, and prepare written notifications for corrective action concerning inmates files/patient records.


• Experience in coding records using ICD-9-CM. Knowledgeable concerning the release of information under various methods to include the FOIA and Privacy Act.


• Experience in developing various statistical reports to assist health service operations and be capable of retrieving information, conducting research and analysing records for completeness and compliance with standards.


• Experience in coordinating documentation and record information with hospitals, other treatment facilities, or other outside organizations and tracks progress of requested materials.

Combination of Education and Experience

If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities.

**Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.**