Medical Records Technician

**Duties**:
The Medical Records Technician (Cancer Registrar) supports the cancer conferences of Bay Pines VA Healthcare System (BPVAHCS), coordinating or providing backup for cancer conferences and reporting cancer conference activity to the Cancer Committee. The CR Technician organizes and maintains the cancer registry data system, reviews lifetime follow-up on patients including cancer status and vital status, oversees tumor board documentation ensuring documentation meets the requirements and standards set forth by American College of Surgeons (ACoS) and/or facility standards.

**Duties and responsibilities of the Medical Records Technician (CR) include, but are not limited to**:

- Utilizes CPRS and VISTA to access patient information for case finding, abstracting and follow-up.
- Applies knowledge of human anatomy and cancer staging in case abstraction.
- Maintains a level of Quality as defined in the Cancer Registry Quality Control plan.
- Maintains CTR certification with oncology specific continuing education, with a minimum of 10 CE's annually.
- Collaborates with Cancer Registry team members in discussions regarding the overall function of and processes within the Cancer Registry.
- Participates in Process Improvement projects directly related to the Cancer Registry.
- Provides coverage for Cancer Conferences, either coordinating conference activity or providing back up for Cancer Conferences, monitors compliance of the Cancer Conferences to CoC standards and reports on Cancer Conference activity to the Cancer Committee.

**Work Schedule**: Monday - Friday; 8:00am - 4:30pm

**Compressed/Flexible**: Not Available

**Telework**: 100% Remote

**Functional Statement #**:20287F

**Fi**nancial Disclosure Report**: Not required

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

- 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.
- Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).

**Qualifications**:

- Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.
- **BASIC **REQUIREMENTS**

**United States Citizenship**: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- **English Language Proficiency**: Medical Records Technician must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7403(f).
- **Experience and Education**:

- **Experience**: One year of experience that indicates knowledge of medical terminology and general understanding of the health record. Six months of the required one year of experience must have provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) needed to perform MRT work. **OR,**:

- **Education**:Two years above high school with a minimum of 12 semester hours directly related to MRT work (e.g., courses in medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and introduction to health records). **OR,**:

- **Experience / Education Combination**: Equivalent combinations of experience and education are qualifying. The following educational/training substitutions are appropriate for combining education and experience:

- Six months of experience that indicates knowledge of medical terminology and general understanding of the health record and one year above high school with a minimum of six semester hours of health information technology courses.
- Successful completion of a course for medical technicians, hospital corpsmen, medical service specialists, or hospital training obtained in a training program given by the Armed Forces or the U.S. Maritime Service under close medical and professional supervision. Training may be substituted on a month-for-month basis for up to six months of experience, provided the training program included courses in anatomy, physiology, and medical record techniques and procedures. The position requires six additional months of experience that indicates knowledge of medical terminology and general understanding of the health record.

**Grandfathering Provision**: May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria).**GRADE REQUIREMENTS**

**Medical Records Technician (Cancer Registrar), GS-08**

**Experience. **One year of experience equivalent to the next lower level (GS-07) (Must be demonstrated on resume). KSAs at the GS-07 grade level are:

- Knowledge of pathophysiology to understan