If you are a self-motivated and detailed-oriented registered nurse looking for an opportunity to use your knowledge to review medical records of long-term care facilities, check out this opportunity with the Department of Human Services!

We are searching for a qualified Medical Records Examiner for our Office of Long-Term Living, Pittsburgh Nursing Facility Field Operations Unit. This position is responsible for reviewing medical records for facilities in the geographic area of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Cameron, Clarion, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Greene, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Venango, Warren, Washington, and Westmoreland counties. If you are looking to advance your career while fostering Pennsylvania's long-term living system, consider joining our team and apply today!

As a Medical Records Examiner, you interact with other agencies and departments to ensure appropriate services are provided for individuals using long-term living services. You coordinate nursing facility reviews including pre-review, entrance and exit conferences, and all appropriate paperwork.

In addition, you must possess an understanding of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) to evaluate and analyze the efficiencies to ensure compliance with the review requirements are performed. This includes ensuring that Minimum Data Set submitted to the database for accuracy and documentation support in the clinical records, reviewing the PA Pre-Admission Screening Resident Review process to ensure nursing facilities are compliant with the OBRA, performing evaluations of identified targeted individuals residing in long-term care facilities, and monitoring appropriateness of nursing facilities admissions and determine need for continued stay by reviewing clinical records, evaluating discharge plans, and interviewing staff and residents.

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment, 37.5-hour work week
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday to Friday, with 30-minute lunch.
• Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time up to five (5) days a week. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Templeton.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Please check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Three years of professional experience in the field of medical assistance, health care services, or human services; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training .

• All positions require active authorization to practice as a Registered Nurse in Pennsylvania.
• All employees possessing an active temporary practice permit must obtain licensure as a Registered Nurse within the one (1) year period defined by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing
• This position requires the employee to have an active motor vehicle license.

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. *7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.employment.pa.gov/Additional%20Info/Pages/default.aspx and click the Veterans' Preference tab or contact us at ra-cs-vetpreference@pa.gov.

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
• Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
• Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
• You must provide complete and accurate information or:
  • your score may be lower than deserved.
  • you may be disqualified.