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Medical Records Administrator (Chief HIM- CHIM)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 10 days ago
On-site Vancouver, WA $115K – $149K Apply by Jun 26, 2026 Medical Records Administration ENTJESFJESTJISTJ OperationsHealthcare
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This position is located in the Health Information Management (HIM) Section of Business Office at the VA Portland Healthcare System. Medical Records Administrators (MRAs) in VHA perform or supervise work concerned with the management of a health record program or the provision of services related to medical record administration/health information services. Position reports to the Chief of the Business Office or acting thereof.
What You'll Do
- →The duties of this position include, but are not limited to: Serves as Chief of Health Information Management (CHIM) with full program responsibility for all facets of the Health Information Management (HIM) program and processes.
- →Serves as the Co-Chair of the Medical Records Committee - MRC.
- →Ensures HIM program meets and/or exceed national HIM policies, procedures, and performance metrics.
- →Responsible for the administrative management of health records, which includes planning, managing, advising, and directing the health information program in accordance with applicable Federal laws, facility by-laws, VHA policy, The Joint Commission (T JC) standards, the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), and other regulatory and accrediting agency standards.
- →Creates and monitors systems to ensure accurate, timely, and complete health records, in accordance with VHA policy and T JC health information protocols.
- →Measures ongoing intradepartmental performance by establishing priorities, collecting data, monitoring and reporting outcomes, using valid and reliable techniques to analyze trends and variation, and taking appropriate action based on findings.
- →Develops policies, processes, and procedures that address all VA, Federal, regulatory, and accrediting requirements for HIM.
- →Evaluates health records program and independently determines the nature and extent of problem areas.
- →Develops recommendations and solutions for program improvement.
- →Develops and implements innovative solutions to correct technical, complex problems.
- →Provides detailed technical expertise in health records science and other very technical aspects of HIM.
- →Maintains all health information input into the local VistA database and assures timely transmission of that data into all VA centralized databases - most frequently those maintained at the Austin Data Processing Center.
- →Serves as key advisor to the Chief of Staff, Executive Management, and clinicians and is responsible for providing technical guidance on health information issues such as documentation requirements, liability issues, advance directives, informed consent, release of information, transcription/speech recognition, health information exchange, etc.
- →Recommends improvements in health record documentation used to provide patient care, to optimize VERA workload, third party reimbursement and to manage resources.
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.
- ✓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.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
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