Medical Records Technician

**Duties**:

- Maintain the Quality Improvement Program for Outpatient Records to include all sensitive and Civilian Employee Medical Records (CEMR).
- Review all records initiated to ensure clinic visits were made before updating and/or entering into the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS).
- Serve as the Security Manager for the automated DEERS system.
- Monitor and control medical records for the Nuclear Personnel Reliability Program (NPRP).
- Maintain cross-reference files on all records with special release procedures.
- Establish and maintain custody of outpatient medical records in accordance with standard operating procedures.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
- Two year trial/probationary period may be required.
- Applicants must comply with the Exceptional Family Member Program requirements as outlined in the DoD Instruction 1315.19.

**Qualifications**:

- In accordance with the Secretary of Defense policy change for Department of Defense childcare priorities, care for children of civilians will be extremely limited. Alternative options for childcare within the Kaiserslautern/Landstuhl area are also extremely limited. Applicants with childcare requirements are encouraged to research options prior to accepting job offers. Child care needs will not be a factor in the selection process.-
**Who May Apply: US Citizens**Proficiency Required: This position requires a qualified typist. A qualified typist can type 40 words per minute based on a 5 minute sample with three or fewer errors.**

**Specialized Experience**: One year of specialized experience of which includes performing a wide range of recordkeeping and clerical duties; maintaining medical record files in accordance with established guidance, regulations, policies and/or procedures; reviewing records for correct format, completeness and quality. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-04).
- OR**Education**: Four years of education above the high school level obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university.
- OR**Combination of Education and Experience**: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of education beyond two years (total semester hours minus 60) by 60. Add the two percentages.**Education**:
**Additional information**:

- Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
- U.S. citizens overseas under ordinarily resident status are not eligible for appointment under the Status of Forces Agreement.
- This is a Career Program (CP) 53 - Medical position.
- If an employee brings a child to an overseas location and that child is entitled to attend a DoD school on a space-required basis in accordance with DoDEA Regulation 1342.13, the DoDEA and the Military Department responsible for providing related services will ensure that the child, if eligible for special education, receives a free appropriate public education, including related services pursuant to DoDI 1342.12 and DoDM 1342.12.
- If an employee brings an infant or toddler (up to 3 years of age) to an overseas location, and that infant or toddler is entitled to attend the DoDEA on a space-required basis in accordance with DoDEA Regulation 1342.13, then the Military Department responsible for EIS will provide the infant or toddler with the required EIS in accordance with the eligibility criteria consistent with DoDI 1342.12 and DoDM 1342.12.
- Employees (and family members) who require medical or dental care in the overseas location will be responsible for obtaining and paying for such care. Access for civilian employees and their families to military medical and dental treatment facilities is on a space-available and reimbursable basis only.
- Medical and dental care may be provided by host nation providers. The availability and level of care at host nation medical and dental facilities will vary by location.
- Pay retention may be offered to selected applicants for positions at overseas locations. Pay retention will not be offered as an incentive for employees moving between overseas positions.
- Selectees may receive certain foreign area benefits such as: Living Quarters Allowance (LQA) or government quarters, home leave, etc. Selectees will have their eligibility for foreign area benefits determined at the time of hire in accordance with Department of State Standardized Regulation (DSSR) and DoDI 1400.25 volume 1250.
- The initial length of this overseas tour is 12 months.
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