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Medical Records Administrator Specialist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
Remote United States $35K – $83K Apply by Jun 15, 2026 Medical Records Administration ENTJESFJESTJISTJ Operations
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The Medical Records Administrator Specialist (MRAS) position is located in the Health Administration Service at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. The incumbent in this position is responsible for providing professional consultation, administrative assistance and health records. The MRAS manages, preserves, analyzes, and oversees the use of diagnostic and therapeutic medical records/health information, and provides expert advice on health information management across the medical center.
What You'll Do
- →Work Schedule: 8:00am to 4:30pm, Monday-Friday Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized Remote: This position is being filled as remote (i.e., the employee will not work at a VA Facility or VA-Leased space).
- →Telework: Once returned to the office Telework may be approved as ADHOC, depending on Supervisor approval.
- →Virtual: This is a virtual position.
- →Functional Statement #: GS-5: 10445-F, GS-7: 10446-F, GS-9: 10447-F and GS:11: 10448-F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized Major Duties include but are not limited to the following: Maintains current knowledge of regulatory and policy requirements affecting coded information.
- →Works within a team environment; supports peers in meeting goals and deadlines; flexible and handles multiple tasks, works under pressure; and copes with frequently changing projects and deadlines.
- →Analyzes situations or processes and recommends improvements.
- →Participates in quality assurance studies of hard-copy and/or electronic health record (EHR) processing.
- →Provides education and training to HIM, clinical and administrative staff.
- →Serves as an EHR liaison for automated clinical applications, particularly those involving the clinical record and tools supporting clinicians and other health care providers.
- →Conducts research and coordinates projects and studies of records systems, including defining study scope, formulating plans of action, designing tools, tabulating results, summarizing findings, making recommendations, and preparing management reports.
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).
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
Benefits
- ★A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.
- ★As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.
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Personality Fit
Job ID: 68d3b3cd-9285-4203-8060-e993516e4d8f
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