Job opening: Medical Support Assistant
Salary: $37 696 - 54 625 per year
Published at: Nov 21 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located in Kayenta Health Center, Division of Administrative Services, Business Office, Patient Registration/Admissions Department, Kayenta, AZ. The purpose of this position is to perform admitting, transferring and discharging of inpatients. The incumbent reports to the Supervisory Health Systems Specialist.
Duties
Interviews patients and/or families to obtain pertinent and accurate patient registration information to update or initiate new record.
Obtains third party coverage information by collecting and photocopying health insurance cards.
Identifies patients with health insurance that are subject to precertification/prior approvals to determine the extent of health care for emergency, surgical, inpatient and outpatient services.
Enters all information into the RPMS Patient Registration System and prints appropriate forms.
Assists patients in completing new or updated forms for RPMS Patient Registration System and obtains all necessary signatures.
Oversees the Admission, Discharge, and Transfer (ADT) System for inpatient services.
Checks and codes chart utilizing proper types of admission codes; inpatient observation status is communicated to the Utilization Review department.
Initiates census by running Admission and Discharge sheets from previous day admits.
Initiates M-202 reprot to reconcile against the coded A-sheet (ASR) to assure the calculation for discharge is accurate.
Oversees the Day Surgery function for the inpatient services.
Admits patients into the day surgery package and follow-up is done on all referrals.
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.
BASIC REQUIREMENT(S):
In addition to the Basic Requirements, you must also meet the Minimum Qualifications stated below.
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:
Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Applicants who have the one (1) year of appropriate specialized experience, as indicated in the table, are not required by this standard to have general experience, education above the high school level, or any additional specialized experience to meet the minimum qualification requirements.
GS-05: Must have one (1) year equivalent to at least GS-04 to qualify and/or 4 years above high school.
Specialized Experience: Examples include:Retrieves, distributes mail, maintains and updates policy manual, prepares purchase requisitions for supplies, equipment and services, makes necessary arrangements for travel, and maintains the time and attendance.
GS-06: Must have one (1) year specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-05 level.
Specialized Experience: Enters all information into the RPMS Patient Registration System and prints appropriate forms. Assists patients in complete new or updated forms for the RPMS Patient Registration System. Checks and codes chart utilizing proper types of admission codes; inpatient observation status is communicated to the Utilization Review department. Abstracts the proper ICD-10, CPT code(s) utilizing the physician's admitting diagnosis from inpatient charts.
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
For positions requiring positive education requirements, you MUST submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned) in your resume.
When there is a positive education requirement, or you are using education to qualify as a substitution for experience, transcripts (unofficial) are required at the time of application to verify that you meet the educational requirement or substitution.
Only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education may be credited. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website:
https://www.ed.gov/accreditation.
Contacts
- Address Kayenta Service Unit
PO Box 368
Kayenta, AZ 86033
US
- Name: Claircita Richards
- Phone: 928-697-4000
- Email: [email protected]
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