Job opening: Medical Support Assistant (Office Automation)
Salary: $43 646 - 56 746 per year
Published at: Aug 26 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position: This position is located in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Weed Army Community Hospital, Fort Irwin, CA.
This is a Direct Hire Solicitation
A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized
Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.
Duties
Perform the full range of receptionist, recordkeeping, and miscellaneous clerical duties within the ambulatory setting.
Enter, manipulate, and/or retrieves information and data from automated systems, such as, Composite Health Care System (CHCS), the Ambulatory Data System (ADS), the Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application (AHLTA), etc,.
Complete request forms, manually or automated, for individual patient orders, blood work, and other requests.
Maintain and monitor patient appointment schedules for the clinic/practice.
Coordinate and/or schedules patient appointments with other clinics or specialties.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- A Personnel Security Investigation is required.
- Selectees will be required to sign a statement (Condition of Employment) consenting to seasonal influenza vaccinations or must provide a recognized exemption.
- This position may require the incumbent to work during irregular work hours which may include evenings, weekends, holidays, and/or varying work schedules.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: US Citizens
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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 an automated system to enter and/or retrieve information; and performing receptionist duties in a clinical setting or scheduling medical appointments for customers and patients.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.
Proficiency Required:This position requires a qualified typist. A qualified typist can type 40 words per minute based on a 5 minute sample with three or fewer errors.
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-DD83CO DHA STAND-ALONE MKT-WEED ACH
DO NOT USE
Fort Irwin, CA 92310
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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