Job Listing
Medical Records Administrator - Chief of Health Information Management
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 5 days ago
On-site Grand Junction, CO $90K – $116K Apply by Sep 21, 2026 Medical Records Administration ENTJESFJESTJISTJ Operations
Apply for this job → About the Role
Chief of Health Information Management (CHIM) is the highest-level professional position at the facility, with responsibility for the management and direction of the health information management program. Assignment only for facilities designated as complexity level 2 or 3 as designated in the VHA Facility Complexity Level Model, with full program management and supervisory responsibility to direct professional MRAs, technical MRTs, and other support staff in health information management.
What You'll Do
- →Serves as Chief of Health Information Management (CHIM) with full program responsibility for all facets of the Health Information Management (HIM) program and processes.
- →Must ensure 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 (TJC) standards, the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), and other regulatory and accrediting agency standards.
- →Develops policies, processes, and procedures that address all VA, Federal, regulatory, and accrediting requirements for HIM.
- →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.
- →Must assure that all health information that is coded and abstracted meets the requirements of the VA and/or TJC and is consistent with professional health records standards.
- →Clinical support role: Serves as a 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.
- →Completes internal quality assurance reviews to ensure employee performance and that work meets quality and quantity standards.
- →Establishes monitors to ensure the timeliness of health record entries and reports findings with subsequent trending of data.
- →Serves as a key member of the Quality Improvement (QI) team, works closely with QI personnel, and is responsible for assuring that the facility is compliant with all TJC standards regarding health information.
- →Assures that all patients have a complete, accurate, and timely record of their health care at the facility.
- →Must assure that such information is appropriately stored and readily available for the provision of medical services to the patients.
- →Responsible for leading the automation of all health information systems.
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.
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details.
- ✓IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
- ✓You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 7a1d165b-395d-4833-8b88-89216f1b16c3
Posted via USAJobs