Health System Specialist
The Health System Specialist (HSS) is responsible for facilitating improved overall quality, education, and completeness and accuracy of health record documentation. As well as promoting appropriate clinical documentation through coding guideline and extensive interaction with physicians and other staff to ensure clinical documentation and services rendered to patients are complete and accurate for care rendered in inpatient and outpatient settings across North Florida/South Georgia VHS. Serve as technical expert in health record content and documentation requirements. Perform reviews of the health record documentation; developing criteria, collecting data, graphing and analyzing results, creating reports and communicating in writing and/or in person to appropriate leadership and groups. Obtain appropriate corrective action plans from responsible clinical services directors, when necessary, and recommend improvements or changes in documentation as deemed necessary. Ensure accuracy and completeness of clinical information used for measuring and reporting physician and medical center outcomes with continuing education to all members of the patient care team on an ongoing basis. Assist in the development of guidelines for data compatibility, consistency, and monitoring for compliance to improve the quality for clinical, financial, and administrative data. Compile, review, abstract, analyze and interpret medical data incidental to a variety of patient care activities. Conduct daily reviews of all new admissions/outpatient encounters to identify those with potential, documentation improvement opportunities, through periodic evaluation during the patient's stay. Review the health record and discuss the case with the clinical staff. Perform admission reviews for specific patient populations to facilitate appropriate clinical documentation and ensure the level of services and acuity of care are accurately reflected in the health record. Adhere to established documentation requirements for ICD-10 CM/PCS, CPT/HCPCS as outlined by accrediting agency guidelines, regulations, policy and medical-legal requirements. Develop and implement ICD-10 CM/PCS, CPT/HCPCS training/education programs for all providers to ensure the CDIS program objectives are met. Develop and conduct ICD-10 CM/PCS, CPT/HCPCS specialty specific seminars, workshops, short courses, informational briefings, and conferences concerned with health record documentation, educational and functional training requirements. Work Schedule:
Monday - Friday, 8:
00 a.m. - 4:
30 p.m. Telework:
Not Available Virtual:
This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#:
Health System Specialist/PD05785A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives:
Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report:
Not required To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/10/2020. Time-In-Grade Requirement:
Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note:
Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:
Specialized
Experience:
You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. The required Specialized Experience for this position is defined as auditingcoding IDC10 guideline and; performing a variety of analytical, planning, evaluative, and advisory work associated with organized programs; directly contributing to effective administrative and clinical management of a facility's healthcare delivery system; providing support to the health care system in the monitoring and reporting of issues related to medical record documentation; OR, Education:
Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree with a major study in hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration; OR successfully completed three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent degree with a major study in hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration; OR successfully completed an LL.M. degree that is related to the position being filled. https:
//www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/students/federal-occupations-by-college-major/ Combination:
Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience. The percentage of the required education plus the percentage of the required experience must equal one hundred percent. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
Audit ReportingAuditingCustomer ServiceProblem Solving Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note:
A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements:
The work is mostly sedentary, sitting and working at a computer for extended periods of time. The work also requires walking throughout the medical center to participate on rounds. Most duties can be accomplished by sitting, walking, standing, bending, and possibly lifting involved in the routine performance of the job duties. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https:
//www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Monday - Friday, 8:
00 a.m. - 4:
30 p.m. Telework:
Not Available Virtual:
This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#:
Health System Specialist/PD05785A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives:
Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report:
Not required To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/10/2020. Time-In-Grade Requirement:
Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note:
Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:
Specialized
Experience:
You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. The required Specialized Experience for this position is defined as auditingcoding IDC10 guideline and; performing a variety of analytical, planning, evaluative, and advisory work associated with organized programs; directly contributing to effective administrative and clinical management of a facility's healthcare delivery system; providing support to the health care system in the monitoring and reporting of issues related to medical record documentation; OR, Education:
Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree with a major study in hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration; OR successfully completed three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent degree with a major study in hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration; OR successfully completed an LL.M. degree that is related to the position being filled. https:
//www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/students/federal-occupations-by-college-major/ Combination:
Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience. The percentage of the required education plus the percentage of the required experience must equal one hundred percent. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
Audit ReportingAuditingCustomer ServiceProblem Solving Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note:
A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements:
The work is mostly sedentary, sitting and working at a computer for extended periods of time. The work also requires walking throughout the medical center to participate on rounds. Most duties can be accomplished by sitting, walking, standing, bending, and possibly lifting involved in the routine performance of the job duties. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https:
//www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
- Department:
0671 Health System Specialist - Salary Range:
$64,009 to $83,210 per year
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
|
|
 | |
