Advanced Medical Support Assistant

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Tuskegee (AL); On-site; USD 46,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Child Care Subsidy

Retirement

Job summary

The Advanced Medical Support Assistant (AMSA) position is with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs under the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System in Tuskegee, AL.

The AMSA will handle Veterans and vendor calls, coordinate consults, and support the Community Care Program with HIPAA-compliant service across multiple systems. Responsibilities include end-to-end consult processing, documentation, and ensuring timely appointments, with a schedule 7:30am–4:00pm, Monday–Friday.

Qualifications

• Provide expert level, efficient, accurate responsive assistance to Veterans seeking care.
• Meet and exceed productivity standards as outlined in annual performance standards.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and carry out administrative duties in support of the VA Community Care Program.
• Assist Veterans, Vendors, and VA staff via the ACD line with HIPAA-compliant service.
• Review consults, create packets for consults, and create authorizations.
• Process end-to-end consults including preferences, approvals, documentation packets, and submissions.
• Provide customer service across phone, in-person, and various software to ensure service satisfaction.

Skills

Customer service

HIPAA compliance

Call handling

Medical terminology

Tools

ACD Line

Authorization system

Job description

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

The employee serves as an Advanced Medical Support Assistant (AMSA) in the VA Care in the Community program at the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System in Tuskegee, AL. The employee will be responsible for receiving and completing calls to Veterans, Vendors, other VA staff members, etc.

Key Responsibilities

The employee is responsible for initiating and carrying out a variety of administrative and technical duties in support of the VA Community Care Program. Duties include but not limited to: Provide expert level, efficient and accurate responsive assistance to Veterans seeking care on the Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) Line within Community Care. Meet and exceed productivity standards as outlined in the yearly performance standard(s).

Ability to utilize multiple systems to review consults, create packets for consults and create authorizations.

Ability to process consults from end to end (i.e., preferences, review for approval from appropriate approving officials, create documentation packets (REFDOC), apply screening triage tool, apply standard episode of care (SEOC), send consult to authorization system, fax to vendor, contact vendor/Veteran about appointment information, input appointment into computerized system, mail appointment letters and authorizations).

Provide seamless Customer Service via different mediums-phone, face to face, a plethora of computer-based software- to ensure the appropriate service recovery and customer satisfaction. Monitoring the Community Care Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) line which is an integral part of the Community Care Program.

Screen/receive phone calls in a courteous and timely manner, determines the nature of the request, assess the caller needs, and provide the desired information using HIPPA guidelines and established Community Care processes. Complete warm handoffs to other departments as deemed appropriate. Provide vendors and Veterans with consult updates as requested.

Contact Veterans by telephone to educate the Veteran on the Community Care consult process and coordinate appointment(s) with other VA facilities, contract Vendors, or Community providers. Will have advanced knowledge of methods and metrics that directly affect access to Community Care, hospital performance goals and objectives, as well as public image. Perform additional duties as assigned. Work Schedule: 7:30am to 4:00pm, Monday - Friday.

Work schedule subject to change due to the needs of the department.

• Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
• Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
• Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
• Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
• Telework: Not available
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
• Functional Statement #: 619-61272F Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized

Requirements & Education

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.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/.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $45967 – $59757/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-03.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.