Job opening: Medical Support Assistant (OA)
Salary: $39 576 - 51 446 per year
Published at: Aug 28 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
Incumbent serves as a patient registration assistant in the Lawton Indian Hospital, interviewing patients to obtain pertinent patient registration information. This position is supervised by the Supervisory Nurse.
Duties
Interviews patients to obtain pertinent patient registration information.
Assists patients in completing new or updated forms.
Responsible for verifying eligibility for all patients seeking services.
Register patients into the registration system.
Prepares new patient chart or reactivates a chart.
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):Applicants must meet the following typing proficiency:40 words per minute based on a five minute sample with three or fewer errors.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 GS-04 grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector performing the following type of work and/or tasks:. Examples include: providing patient registration and eligibility services information interacting with patients to obtain and process demographic and insurance information for alternate resources, private and commercial insurance.
OR
Have 4 years of education above the high school level.
OR
Have 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.
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
This position has an education requirement. You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer.
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.
If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit
https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Contacts
- Address Lawton Service Unit
1515 North Lawrie Tatum Rd
Lawton, OK 73507
US
- Name: Lillie Heminokeky
- Phone: 405-308-0887
- Email: [email protected]
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