You will serve as an ASSISTANT PATIENT ADMINISTRATION OFFICER in the Operational Force Readiness of NMRTC TWENTY NINE PALMS CA.

Duties

You will establish plans, controls, and supportive mechanisms to ensure quality patient administrative services. You will ensure an ongoing comprehensive performance improvement process which monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of Patient Administration Department services and programs. You will oversee patient administration support activities, functions and services provided to the command and authorized beneficiaries on a wide variety of administrative matters. You will supervise and manage the processing, archiving of all outpatient and in patient medical records to ensure proper record management in accordance with Department of Defense (DoD) and Bureau of Medicine (BUMED) directives. You will serve as the Decedent Affairs Officer. You will compile and maintain records and statistics pertaining to the Decedent Affairs Program. You will be the command appointed inspector for inspecting remains of deceased Active Duty members. You will be responsible for the procurement and preparation of uniforms and medals for all deceased active duty personnel. You will liases with the responsible County Coroner on all cases involving servicemembers, dependents, or any persons expiring onboard the installation.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience applying administrative policies, regulation, and precedents applicable to the management and administration of patient administration programs. Experience analyzing and evaluating program effectiveness, efficiency, productivity to formulate and present findings and making recommendations to management. Experience working with Exceptional Family Member Program, Overseas Screening Program and Casualty Assistance Calls Officers (CACO) Program. Experience establishing long-term plans, developing operating objectives and set goals to deliver quality patient administration services. Experience communicating verbally and in writing to prepare and deliver clear and concise reports and presentations. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

or

3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree

or

LL.M., if related

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Contacts

• Address NMRTC TWENTY NINE PALMS CA Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms Twentynine Palms, CA 92278 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]