Job opening: Claims Assistant (OA)
Salary: $33 693 - 49 009 per year
Published at: Aug 14 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
Position is located in the Purchased Referred Care (PRC) section of a Medical Treatment Center. Work is to perform daily clerical and record keeping requirements connected to medical referral, i.e. sending a patient by health care professional to outside referrals for diagnostic testing, medical specialists.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying.
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; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector performing the following type of work and/or tasks:
GS-04
Must have one year of general experience related to the position OR two years above high school.
GS-05
One full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-04 grade level that equipped me with the knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. Examples include Work examples of qualifying specialized experience include review claims and correct amounts for allowable items, use information. Furnished by the claimants to determine the appropriate provisions under which claims should be submitted and the nature and amount of supporting evidence required to process the claim, assist claimants in preparing supporting evidence, examine files, determines allowable items, and calculate the correct amounts for allowed items, etc. OR
4 years of education above the high school level. This education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university OR
A combination of education and experience that when combined fully meet the minimum qualifications for this position. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for GS-05 grade level.
Proficiency Requirement
This position requires the skill of a qualified typist. In addition to meeting experience or education requirements, you must be able to type at least 40 words per minute (based on a 5-minute sample with 3 or fewer errors). All candidates must self-certify their typing ability when completing the occupational questionnaire.
Time In Grade
Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade Requirements: Merit Promotion (status) candidates must have completed one year of service at the next lower grade level. Time-In-Grade provisions do not apply under the Excepted Service Examining Plan (ESEP).
You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.
Education
Successfully completed education above the high school level in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite is creditable at grades GS-3 through GS-5 for all positions except Reporting Stenographer, GS-5. This education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. One year of full-time academic study is defined as 30 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.
Contacts
- Address Colville Service Unit
PO Box 71
HWY 155 Agency Campus
Nespelem, WA 99155
US
- Name: Norene Mousseau
- Phone: 503-414-7738
- Email: [email protected]
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