Job Summary

This position is located in the Veteran's Health Administration, Mid Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6), Central Virginia VA Health Care System, Fredericksburg Health Care Center (HCC), organizationally aligned under Health Administration Service, Health Information Management Section (HIMS). The HIMS Scanning Unit has transitioned from maintaining paper health records to electronic health records by implementing templates in the electronic medical record or scanning following procedures.

Job Description

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/11/2026. 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. 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-3 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is experience which has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of a File Clerk. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed two (2) years of education above the high school. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond the high school level, which meets the total experience requirements for this 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/.