Health Services Assistant
Responsible for processing budget, medical and other administrative documents, to include updating, maintaining, researching, inventorying and filing records. Assists with technical and analytical tasks involving complex medical material procurement. Serves as a liaison between the Financial Management Department and the Health Services Department. The liaison for outside institutions and medical facilities regarding obtaining medical information and medical care for inmates, to include scheduling, establishing priority, securing approval, arranging transportation, and coordinating routine and emergency medical transfers with institution officials and receiving institutions. Prepares medical data on medical in-transit forms and ensures available information is included in the packet for transfer. Assists the Health Information Technician with the maintenance of inmate and staff medical records both hard copy and electronic records. Responsible for the maintenance of required documents for the budgeting process. This information is used to prepare monthly financial reports for the Financial Management Department and used to monitor expenditures for the Health Service Department cost centers. All expenditures must be approved by the cost center manager. Establishes, implements, and maintains hospital accounting, filing budgetary systems, and reconciliation of all medically related expenditures. Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis. To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements:
Education:
GL-06 and GL-07:
As a general rule, education is not credible above GS-5 for most positions covered by this standard; however, graduate education may be credited in those few instances where the graduate education is directly related to the work of the position. OR
Experience:
GL-06 and GL-07:
You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level in federal service. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualifications to perform successfully the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled. Some examples of this qualifying experience are:
GL-06:
Experience in maintaining medical and financial records. Experience in scheduling health care appointments to accommodate patient treatment. Experience in preparing and keying medical data into a computer system. Experience in preparing purchase requests and coordinating orders and shipment of purchased medical items. Experience in preparing, processing and maintaining medical and financial forms, documents and reports. GL-07:
Experience in processing budget, medical, and other administrative documents, to include updating, maintaining, researching, inventorying, and filing records. Experience in dealing with community hospitals and contract consultants relating to the billing and scheduling of appointments and procedures. Establishing, implementing, and maintaining hospital accounting, filing budgetary systems, and reconciling medically related expenditures. Experience in monitoring and tracking orders and shipment of purchased medical items. Experience in maintaining financial document files including invoices, vendor files, expenditure and budget reports from Financial management, and electronic fund control files. If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities. Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Education:
GL-06 and GL-07:
As a general rule, education is not credible above GS-5 for most positions covered by this standard; however, graduate education may be credited in those few instances where the graduate education is directly related to the work of the position. OR
Experience:
GL-06 and GL-07:
You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level in federal service. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualifications to perform successfully the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled. Some examples of this qualifying experience are:
GL-06:
Experience in maintaining medical and financial records. Experience in scheduling health care appointments to accommodate patient treatment. Experience in preparing and keying medical data into a computer system. Experience in preparing purchase requests and coordinating orders and shipment of purchased medical items. Experience in preparing, processing and maintaining medical and financial forms, documents and reports. GL-07:
Experience in processing budget, medical, and other administrative documents, to include updating, maintaining, researching, inventorying, and filing records. Experience in dealing with community hospitals and contract consultants relating to the billing and scheduling of appointments and procedures. Establishing, implementing, and maintaining hospital accounting, filing budgetary systems, and reconciling medically related expenditures. Experience in monitoring and tracking orders and shipment of purchased medical items. Experience in maintaining financial document files including invoices, vendor files, expenditure and budget reports from Financial management, and electronic fund control files. If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities. Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.
- Department:
0303 Miscellaneous Clerk And Assistant - Salary Range:
$45,408 to $61,987 per year
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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