Advanced Medical Support Assistant

Veterans Health Administration; Chillicothe (OH); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Veterans Health Administration within the VA Medical Center seeks a health care support technician to assist clinicians and care teams. The role involves facilitating patient care by handling technical support tasks and coordinating across call center, urgent care, and interdisciplinary teams.

The position requires US citizenship, a high school diploma or GED, English proficiency, and the ability to work in a clinical environment.

Qualifications

• Must understand technical health care processes and support patient care flow.
• Ability to communicate with clinicians and support staff across disciplines.
• Proven ability to set priorities, organize work, and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Perform a variety of technical support duties to facilitate physicians, nurses, and other clinicians.
• Coordinate with care teams in call center, urgent care, or interdisciplinary settings as needed.

Skills

Healthcare process knowledge

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Prioritization and organization

Communication skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

Post-high school education

Job description

This position is located in Care Navigation Center, Community Care at the VA Medical Center and is responsible for performing a variety of technical support duties that facilitate the work of physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nursing assistants, and other members of the medical facility who provide direct patient care. The incumbent may work in the Call Center, Urgent Care, or in an interdisciplinary care team within a primary care team or specialty clinic on an infrequent basis.

Basic Requirements:

United States Citizenship: Be a citizen of the United States (U.S.). Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens according to 38 U.S.C. § 7407(a).

Education: High school diploma or transcript (including homeschooling), General Education Development (GED) certificate, Proficiency certificate issued by a State or Territorial Board or Department of Education, Post-high school education.

Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupational Health Service for requirements.

English Language Proficiency: Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f).

May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria).

Grade Determinations:

Experience: One year of creditable experience equivalent to the next lower grade (GS-5).

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs):

In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate the following KSAs: Advanced knowledge of the technical health care process (including, but not limited to, scheduling across interdisciplinary coordinated care delivery and/or care in the community models and patient health care portals) as it relates to access to care. Advanced knowledge of policies and procedures associated with interdisciplinary coordinated care delivery and/or care in the community operational activities that affect patient flow, and patient support care administrative functions to include, but not limited to appointment cycles, outside patient referrals, follow-up care, overbooking, provider availability, etc. Advanced knowledge of medical terminology due to the technical nature of language utilized by clinicians. Ability to collaborate and communicate with a wide range of medical clinicians across multiple disciplines (e.g., medical doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, clinical pharmacists, and nursing staff) to accomplish team goal setting to ensure medical care to patients is met. Ability to independently set priorities and organize work to meet deadlines, ensuring compliance with established processes, policies, and regulations. Ability to communicate tactfully and effectively, electronically, by phone, in person, and in writing, with internal and external customers. This may include preparing reports in various formats and presenting data to various organizational levels, as well as resolving patient concerns.

Preferred Experience:

Scheduling experience, consult experience

Reference:

For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-6.

Physical Requirements:

The work is mostly sedentary. It typically requires sitting with sustained periods of concentration. There will be some walking, standing, bending, and carrying of relatively light objects. Incumbent may occasionally have to walk some distance to a meeting.