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Medical Records Administrator (Assistant Chief (ACHIM))
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 41 days ago
On-site Vancouver, WA $96K – $125K Apply by Aug 13, 2026 Medical Records Administration ISFJ OperationsTrades
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This position serves as a key staff member on Business Office, VA Medical Center, Portland, Oregon. Staff with specific responsibility for planning, coordinating, administering, evaluating and advising on the Medical Center medical record/health information programs. The incumbent is a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA)/Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) with progressive health information experience in acceptable health information methods and techniques.
What You'll Do
- →FUNCTIONS OR SCOPE OF ASSIGNED DUTIES: Comprehensive knowledge of anatomy and physiology, medical procedures, nomenclatures and other health records information systems, statistics, health records quality management and interrelationships between the medical records management and other medical care services sufficient to provide advisory services.
- →Thorough knowledge of medical/health records administration to identify, define and resolve managerial, administrative, and medical/health records problems associated with unique, undeveloped, or controversial aspects of medical/health records management.
- →Provides authoritative advice and consultation on medical/health records management and related issues.
- →Knowledge of medical records/health information management laws (federal and state), policies, regulations, and precedents applicable to the development and administration of a medical/health records program for the Medical Center.
- →A thorough knowledge of program goals is required to maintain working relationships with other programs and to support key functions within the Medical Center.
- →Guidelines include broad administrative policy statements and management concepts that must be translated into medical/health records plans and programs that carry out the Medical Center's mission to deliver quality patient care.
- →Directives and guidelines are in the form of federal legislation, VA directives, Joint Commission accreditation standards; and I ICD 10-CM, ,DSM V and CPT coding books; and Medical Center objectives.
- →Identifies, analyzes, and evaluates the direction and significance of trends and developments occurring in medical/health records administration to adjust programs to latest advancements and changing needs in medical/health records management.
- →Interprets Federal and State statutes (in instances where Federal law is absent), legislation regulations and accreditation requirements to develop and satisfy regulatory requirements.
- →Recognized as the Medical Center expert in medical/health records administration areas with responsibility for influencing, developing and interpreting policies, plans, procedures, and instructions that guide Medical Center personnel in implementing medical/health records management programs.
- →Extensive investigation and analysis are required to find solutions to complex problems with issues and elements that are largely undefined.
- →Creativity and innovation are required to establish policy guidance and procedural material for use by Medical Center personnel, devise new or improve existing health record programs, and develop and institute mechanisms for evaluating health record programs on a continuing basis.
- →Continuing efforts are required to establish concepts, theories, or programs, or to resolve unyielding problems.
- →This work affects the development and implementation of the Medical Center's health records/information programs and Policies.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
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