Medical Records Technician (Office Automation)

About the Position: This position falls under Defense Health Agency, Naval Health Branch Clinic Norfolk, functioning as a Medical Record Retirement Technician, maintaining and researching medical records and medical record archive system ensuring records are archived and retired, answering patient inquires, and utilizing electronic health record systems from 7:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. Monday-Friday. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation

Review and screen incoming inpatient, outpatient and ambulatory procedure visit records for compliance with established criteria. Review records and files, assembling loose reports, and properly verify each jacket for patient identification making additions/corrections as necessary. Verify selected inpatient and ambulatory procedure visit records with computer generated patient indexes to ensure a record is present. Research and retrieve inpatient and ambulatory procedure records from the archive system. Separate records into distinct shipments by patient category depending upon designated retention periods in accordance with guidelines, ensuring proper sequencing in terminal digit order. Prepare and label boxes and packs records accordingly. Utilize Patient Record Tracking (PRT) system to generate record retirement index. Check out records in the Medical Tracking Module and track the location of the record. Subject Matter Expert (SME) on proper retirement and retrieval of records at a medical treatment facility. Training personnel at other clinics, coordinating shipments, and managing communication between multiple departments and agencies. Assist members checking in and out of the command daily.