Job Summary

This position is located under the Health Information Management (HIM) Section of the Business Office Service at VA Medical Center in St Cloud, MN. The position supports patient care and administrative operations by ensuring timely availability, accurate placement, and secure handling of all medical and administrative records.

Job Description

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 12/31/2026. Opening Date: September 29, 2026 Closing Date: July 15, 2026 First Cut-Off Date: October 12, 2026 Note: This is an Open Continuous Announcement. Qualified candidates will be referred as vacancies occur. Eligible applications received after October 12, 2026, will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until all positions are filled. Final disposition will be completed at the end of the open period stated in the announcement. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of general experience with duties related to the position. General experience is progressively responsible clerical, office, or other work that indicates ability to acquire the particular knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of the position, such as, receiving, indexing, scanning and filing of health and administrative information. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 2 years of education above high school. 1 year is considered to be 30 credit hours. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of specialized experience and education beyond high school. Example: The position to be filled is a Clerk-Typist, GS-4. The applicant has 4 months of qualifying experience and 1 year of business school. The applicant meets 33 percent of the required experience and 50 percent of the required education. The applicant meets 83 percent of the total requirements and is not qualified for the position. 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/. Physical Requirements: Work requires sitting at a computer for scanning tasks and frequent standing, bending, reaching, lifting, and pulling when filing, retrieving, organizing, or boxing paper records. You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position. Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation or examination. Working Conditions: Work is performed in office and records storage areas that may contain dust or particulate matter associated with paper record handling.