Health Services Assistant

US Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

US Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System seeks professionals to foster a humane and secure environment and to ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

The position requires either graduate education credit or at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level, with credit for related paid and unpaid work. Candidates should be prepared to discuss hospital billing, budgeting, and administrative processes.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduate education may be credited if directly related to the work of the position.
• Experience: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level. Experience related to the duties of the position.
• Combination of Education and Experience: Credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. Must show actual time spent in activities.

Responsibilities

• Experience in processing budget, medical, and other administrative documents, including updating, maintaining, researching, inventorying, and filing records.
• Experience in dealing with community hospitals and contract consultants relating to billing and scheduling of appointments and procedures.
• Establishing, implementing, 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.

Job description

Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements:

Education:

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:

You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level. 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:

• 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.

OR

Combination of Education and Experience:

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.**