### JOB SUMMARY:
Civilian employees serve a vital role in supporting the Army mission. They provide the skills that are not readily available in the military, but crucial to support military operations. The Army integrates the talents and skills of its military and civilian members to form a Total Army.
**About the Position:**
**US Applicants contemplating employment in overseas locations are advised that any temporary absences from the US to an overseas location (for vacations, TDY, or short visits, etc.) after applying for a position while in the US will automatically alter an applicant's LQA eligibility. Physical presence in the US from the time of application until and including the date of acceptance of the job offer is required.**
Come live and work at Camp Zama, Japan, a 2007 Army Community of Excellence Award winner. We're a small community, about 25 miles SW of Tokyo. When you're ready to venture beyond; nearby are Navy and Air Force facilities. You'll find that we're also well situated for easy access to major metropolitan areas and tourist destinations. Japan has one the world's most elaborate train systems, providing fast, convenient access to numerous cultural and sightseeing destinations. Camp Zama's superb MWR and ITT facility offer assistance in
accessing many leisure destinations that provides recreational and exclusive activities. For more information, visit:http://www.usarj.army.mil. U.S. Army Japan Video Link; visit:http://vimeo.com/62773963
**Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens**
### TRAVEL REQUIRED
* Occasional Travel
* Temporary Duty (TDY) travel is required up to 5 percent
### RELOCATION AUTHORIZED
* Yes
* Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is authorized according to the Joint Travel Regulations
### KEY REQUIREMENTS
* Must be able to satisfy the requirements of the 26JUL12 DODI 1400.25 V1230:
* Visit http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/140025v1230.pdf
* The initial length of this tour is 36 months
* Permanent Change of Station (PCS) is authorized.
* Must be able to type at least 40 words per minute.
* Require immunizations for Influenza, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella,
* Hepatitis B series, Tetanus Diphtheria and Pertussis (Tdap.
* This position has a mandatory annual seasonal Flu vaccination
* Living Quarters Allowance (LQA) is authorized.
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### DUTIES:
As a Certified Ambulatory/Surgical Data Coder, you will perform a variety of technically complex
duties to review and analyze ambulatory inpatient medical data, code medical diagnoses and procedures,
and provide technical and educational assistance to the professional staff. The work requires an extensive
knowledge of ambulatory coding (as certified by a nationally accredited organization with a minimum of one
year’s experience), accreditation references and complex medical terminology, anatomy and physiology in
addition to an overall knowledge of DoD and Army medical regulations. You will oversee the activities and services of the Ambulatory Coding section in meeting Department of Defense (DoD), Department of the Army and Data quality goals and standards in all ambulatory coding procedures, quality levels and productivity expectations. You will examine case histories of all injury diagnoses to determine nature, causative agent, how, when and where injury was sustained. You will analyze medical documentation in either the paper health record and/or by use of an automated system to ensure completion and accuracy of disease and injury diagnosis, acuity of care, and procedures. Uses a variety of references, software/hardware programs to code all diagnosis, procedures and/or services either manually or with the use of automated programs.
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### QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts isin this document.
**Experience required:**
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; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: performing the duties such as making recommendation to improve procedures for compiling and retrieving medical information, coding complicated medical records, gathering basic statistical computations, identifying trends for preparing reports and educating staff on coding practices. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service GS-07.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency (knowledge, skills, abilities) in the following areas:
* Ability to Coding Program
* Educative Assistant Skills
* Knowledge of Policy and Guidance
* Administrative Skills
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
**Other Requirements:** Click here for expanded definitions.
* Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
* You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
* One year trial/probationary period may be required.
* Direct Deposit of Pay is Required.
* This is under career program 53.
* Must be able to type at least 40 words per minute.
* The initial length of this tour is 36 months.
* Permanent Change of Station (PCS) is authorized.
* Living Quarters Allowance (LQA) is authorized.
* This position has a mandatory annual seasonal influenza vaccination.
* Must provide documented immunization or titers for the following: 1) Measles, Mumps,
Rubella; 2) Varicella; 3) Hepatitis B series; 4) Tetanus diphtheria and Pertussis – Tdap; 5)
Annual Influenza vaccine; 6) Polio.
* Standard recruitment incentives are adequate to fill this position, therefore, Separate Maintenance Allowance (SMA) will not be granted for accompanied tour area.
* Selectees initially recruited from the United States receive certain foreign area benefits such as: Living Quarters Allowance (LQA) or government quarters, home leave, etc. (Subject to approval)
* Selectees recruited outside the U.S. will have their eligibility for foreign area benefits determined at the time of hire.
* Overseas allowances may be authorized in accordance with Department of State Standardized Regulation (DSSR), DoDI 1400.25 dated 26 July 2012. http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/140025v1230.pdf
* Civilian employment in the competitive service in foreign areas shall be limited to a period of 5 continuous years unless interrupted by at least 2 years of physical presence in the United States or non-foreign area.
* Further certification from this announcement may take place up to 90 days beyond the closing date of this announcement.
### HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
Your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.
**Basis for Rating**: Qualified candidates will be assigned to one of three quality categories: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified and Qualified. Veteran preference eligibles are listed ahead of non-preference eligibles within each quality category.
* Best Qualified. Candidates in this category possess exceptional skills and experience to exceed well above the minimum requirements for the announced position.
* Highly Qualified. Candidates in this category possess good skills and experience above the minimum requirements for the announced position.
* Qualified. Candidates in this category meet the minimum experience requirements for the announced position.
**Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP).** If you are a Federal employee in the competitive service and your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority. See Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) for more information. Additional information about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website.
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### BENEFITS:
**The Department of Defense offers an excellent benefits program.**In addition to your take-home pay, your comprehensive compensation/benefits package will include most of the benefits described inthe USAJOBS Resource Center.
### OTHER INFORMATION:
* Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
* If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitantinformation sheet.
* You may claim military spouse preference, see the information in the Military Spouse Preference Under Delegated Examining Procedures information sheet.
* Applicants must comply with the Exceptional Family Member Program requirements as outlined in the DoD Instruction 1315.19 at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/131519p.pdf.
* U.S. citizens overseas under ordinarily resident status are not eligible for appointment under the Status of Forces Agreement.
* Locality pay does not apply in the overseas area.
* On this overseas accompanied tour, medical and DoDDS special education services may not be available in the immediate location of this position.
* In the overseas areas, access for civilian employees and their families to military medical and dental treatment facilities is on a space-available and reimbursable basis only. Medical care may be provided by host nation providers. The availability and level of care at host nation medical facilities will vary by location.
* Movement overseas may require you to initiate a change in your health benefits plan to ensure coverage.
* Pay retention may be offered to successful applicants for positions at overseas locations. For this provision to apply to employees already overseas, the selected individual would have to require a permanent change of station move and would have to be selected as a result of a recruitment effort that had been extended outside of the overseas command involved.
* US Applicants contemplating employment in overseas locations are advised that any temporary absences from the US to an overseas location (for vacations, TDY, or short visits, etc.) after applying for a position while in the US will automatically alter an applicant's LQA eligibility. Physical presence in the US from the time of application until and including the date of acceptance of the job offer is required. If additional clarification is required please contact CPAC personnel.
* For positions in a foreign country, that country's laws or international agreements may have a direct impact on the ability of an employee's same sex domestic partner or spouse to accompany the employee and receive certain benefits. If you believe you may be affected by these laws and agreements, you should familiarize yourself with relevant information before applying for or accepting this position.
* Selectees initially recruited from the United States may receive certain foreign area benefits such as: Living Quarters Allowance (LQA) or government quarters, home leave, etc. Selectees recruited outside of the U.S will have the eligibility for foreign area benefit determined at the time of hire. (Note: Standard recruitment incentives are adequate to fill the position, therefore, Separate Maintenance Allowance (SMA) will not be granted for accompanied tour area.)
* This is a career program 53.
* The initial length of this tour is 36 months.
* Payment of PCS expenses is authorized for this vacancy.
* Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
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### HOW TO APPLY:
To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the **Required Documents** section below.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) onFriday, March 25, 2016 to receive consideration.
* To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire.
* Click the Submit My Answers button to submit your application package.
* It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date.
* To verify your application is complete, log intoyour USAJOBS account, select the Application Status link and then select the more information link for this position. The Details page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
* To return to an incomplete application, log intoyour USAJOBS account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. **You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete**.
* It is your responsibility to verify that information entered, uploaded, or faxed (i.e., resume) is complete, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Faxed documents must be completely transmitted by 11:59p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the closing date of the announcement.
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The Department of the Army provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the servicing civilian personnel unit. Your requests for reasonable accommodation will be addressed on a case-by-case basis.
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### REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:
The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference categories and the associated required documents is in theApplicant Checklist (External).
As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. **If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.**
**Your resume**:
* Your resume may be submitted in any format.
* If you submit more than one copy of your resume, only the most recent version will be reviewed. The latest timestamp will be used to determine which version of your resume is "most recent." It is your responsibility to check the status and timestamp of all documents you submit as part of your application.
* If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
* For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application will be marked as incomplete and you will not receive consideration for this position.
**If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements**: You MUST submit a copy of your transcript if you want to substitute your education for experience. If you claim qualifications based on education, and do not submit a transcript, your education will not be used in making a qualification determination and you may be found "not qualified." See:Transcripts and Licenses
If you are unable to apply online or unable to upload your supporting documents follow the directions located at:Faxing Applications and Documents The Vacancy ID is1539261. You will need the questionnaire,View Occupational Questionnaire, to complete your faxed application
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**NOTE:** Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.
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### AGENCY CONTACT INFO:
Central Resume Processing Center
Phone: (000)000-0000
Email: USARMY.APG.CHRA-NE.MBX.APPLICANTHELP@MAIL.MIL
Agency Information:
W3FBAA MEDDAC Japan
Please contact by email
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
21005
### WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT:
If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your application. Your application package will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position.
If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your application will receive no further consideration.
The documents you submit must support your responses to the online questionnaire. If your application contradicts or does not support your questionnaire responses, you will receive a rating of "not qualified" or "incomplete application" and you will not receive further consideration for this job.
*Job Title:* Medical Record Technician
*Department:* Department of the Army
*Agency:* U.S. Army Medical Command
*Control Number:* 432251200
*Job Announcement Number:* FEFC168447271539261DR