Health Services Assistant

US Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System; Pollock (LA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

US Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System in the United States is seeking candidates for a position requiring evaluation of qualifications and handling administrative processes to support public safety and reentry initiatives.

The role emphasizes one year of specialized experience or graduate education related to the work, with additional examples including budget processing, coordination with hospitals and contract consultants for billing and scheduling, and maintaining financial records and

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level.
• Experience processing budget, medical, and administrative documents, including updating, maintaining, researching, inventorying, and filing records.
• Experience coordinating with community hospitals and contract consultants for billing and scheduling of appointments and procedures.
• Establishing, implementing, maintaining hospital accounting, filing budgetary systems, and reconciling expenditures.
• Experience monitoring and tracking orders and shipment of purchased medical items.
• Experience maintaining financial document files including invoices, vendor files, expenditure and budget reports; credit may be given for paid/unpaid experience.

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.

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.**