Summary

This position is located at the Kansas City VA Medical Center within the Health Information Management Sections (HIMS) of the Business Operations Service. This position is administratively located under the direct supervision of the File Room/Scanning Supervisor.

Duties

This position is located at the Kansas City VA Medical Center, within the Health Information Management Section (HIMS) of the Business Operations Service (BOS) and supports the transition from maintaining paper health records to electronic health records through the use of Computerized Patient Records System (CPRS) templates or other scanning procedures. Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Performs duties related to medical records: receipt, intake, scanning, indexing, quality control, destruction, and transfer of health and administrative information.
• Scans various health information documents and assures that the scanned documents are associated to the correct patient and note in CPRS.
• Confirms record integrity and review the image quality.
• Ensures regular quality checks are carried out according to described time frames and criteria.
• Notifies the Supervisor when images are scanned into the wrong patient's record, are indexed incorrectly or corrupted.
• Reviews received documents to ensure they meet appropriate scanning criteria and that all necessary health/administrative information meeting the criteria is integrated into CPRS through the scanning software and hardware.
• Indexes all documents imported from other devices or sources, including pdf, tiff, jpeg files, etc. in VistA Imaging.
• Maintains confidentiality of all electronic records and paper components of the health records.
• Utilizes computers to perform a wide variety of record keeping, correspondence, and tracking operations.
• Interacts daily with other administrative and clerical staff members throughout the facility.
• Communicates and treats customers in a courteous, tactful and respectful manner providing the customer with consistent information according to established policies and procedures.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 7:00 am to 4pm. Telework: This position may be authorized for telework. Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#:

File Clerk (Office Automation)/ PD08923A

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives:

Not Authorized

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI):

Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):

Not Authorized

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
• Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
• Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
• As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/03/2026.

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-4 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-3. 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.

Typing Requirements:

Must be able to type a minimum of 40 works per minute.

General Experience:

You must possess one year of general experience. General Experience is progressively responsible clerical, office, or other work that indicates the ability to acquire the particular knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of this position being filled. Examples of general experience include: working with a personal computer (PC), copying and duplicating equipment; performing duties in reproduction and mail area to provide reproduction materials or general office duties.

OR, Education:

You must have successfully completed at least two (2) years of education above the high school level. This education must have been obtained in an accredited business or technical school, junior college, college or university. One full year of full-time academic study is defined as 20 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university, or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business, secretarial or technical school. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED)

OR, Combination:

Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at the GS-04 level. To calculate, first identify the percentage of required education you have earned (when substituting, you cannot use the first 60 semester hours that you earned). Then identify the percentage of required experience you possess. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify at the GS-04.

Additional information

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.

Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application.

Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies.

To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy.

To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job.

Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.