About This Role
This role involves ensuring the completeness, consistency, and compliance of medical records within a correctional institution. It suits a professional who can analyze and audit medical records, process information requests, and perform various administrative duties while maintaining institutional security.
Responsibilities
- Analyze medical records for completeness, consistency, and compliance with Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), Bureau of Prisons (BOP), and medical staff requirements
- Perform monthly medical record audits in coordination with medical staff
- Process requests for medical information from outside hospitals, clinics, and physicians
- Respond to requests from outside sources for the release of BOP medical information, including court orders, requests by U.S. Attorneys, and other institutions
- Code complicated diagnoses and procedures for discharged inmates using ICD-9-CM, ensuring diagnoses and procedures are supported in the medical record and appropriately reported via Sentry
- Establish medical records for all new admissions to the facility
- Acquire, monitor, and account for medical records accompanying patients transferred from other BOP institutions
- Perform a full range of administrative duties, including preparing reports, purchase orders, receiving reports, pay vouchers, quarterly and annual reports, medical referrals for treatment to other BOP facilities, and pre-certification requests
- Maintain security of the institution, as staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship is required
- Meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria (for Federal and/or DOJ employees who are surplus or displaced)
- Be rated well-qualified for the position, scoring at least half of the total possible points for the vacancy KSAs or competencies (for CTAP/ICTAP)
- Submit appropriate documentation to support CTAP eligibility (agency notice, most recent performance appraisal, most recent SF-50) (for CTAP/ICTAP)
- Selective Service Requirement
- Maximum entry age of 36 for original appointment to a position in a Bureau of Prisons institution (qualified Preference Eligible Veterans may be exempt)
- Satisfactory completion of a pre-employment and panel interview, urinalysis, physical, and background investigation
- Satisfactorily pass all screening requirements in relation to National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and credit check
- Complete a qualification inquiry regarding convictions of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence to be authorized to carry a firearm (for applicants not currently working in an institution)
