Job opening: Patient Affairs Clerk (Office Automation)
Salary: $39 272 - 51 058 per year
Published at: Jul 11 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position: Liaisons for the military medical center with responsibility for the clerical administrative processing of forms, reports, and other materials to support events of health care treatment/services provided to Reserve Component.
Duties
Conduct a telephone or in-person interview with the service member for essential information, such or, name, social security number, unit address, and other details.
Respond to telephone inquiries from unit administrators/service members seeking information as to eligibility and appropriate procedures to obtain medical care.
Schedule appointments with clinics for medical examinations and physician reviews of medical conditions upon request from the unit.
Advise the service member as to entitlements, benefits, and choices (options) with regard to military health care.
Maintain an open case file for service members and ascertains the preparation and submission of the appropriate documents associated with the care and treatment.
Receive and review treatment documentation/police reports and safety reports in the preparation/initiation for forms such as Line of Duty Medical Statement (DA2173).
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- Appointment to this position is subject to a background investigation (NACI) to determine your suitability for Federal employment.
- This position has a mandatory seasonal influenza vaccination requirement and is subject to annual vaccination.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.
Current Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA)Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian EmployeeDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceExecutive Order (E.O.) 12721Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-04). Applicants may not be promoted more than 2 grade within the preceding 52 weeks.
Time-in-grade documentation: If you are applying for a higher grade and your SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you meet the one year time-in-grade requirement so you will need to provide an SF-50 which clearly demonstrates you meet the time-in-grade requirements (examples of appropriate SF-50s include Promotions, Within-grade Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s with an effective date more than one year old).
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or specialized experience requirements described below. 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. 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 is in this document.
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes utilizing automated tracking system to distribute information; maintaining files and records to provide exchange of information; and/or receiving records, singing records in and out to appropriate office personnel.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-04).
OR
Education: Four years of education above the high school level obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university.
OR
Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of education beyond two years (total semester hours minus 60) by 60. Add the two percentages.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
ClericalCustomer Service (Clerical/Technical)Oral CommunicationPatient-focused Customer Service
Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-04). Applicants may not be promoted more than 2 grade within the preceding 52 weeks.
Education
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit:
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
Contacts
- Address JT-DHA-DDAAFN DHA CENTRAL NC MARKET
DO NOT MAIL
Fort Bragg, NC 28310
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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