Health Services Assistant

Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System; Bryan (TX); On-site; USD 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

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

Eligiblity depends on meeting the qualification requirements outlined for GL-06 and GL-07 levels, with emphasis on specialized experience and the ability to manage medical and financial records, scheduling appointments, and handling related administrative tasks.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience required to perform the duties at the next lower grade level.
• 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 updating, maintaining, researching, inventorying, and filing hospital financial records and reports.
• Experience in dealing with hospitals and contract consultants relating to billing and scheduling of appointments and procedures.
• Experience in monitoring and tracking orders and shipment of purchased medical items.

Skills

Specialized experience

One year experience

Education

GL-06 and GL-07 education

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

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.

Experience

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. 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.