Health Services Assistant

US Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System; Springfield (MO); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

US Bureau of Prisons is seeking candidates for a position that may be filled at the GS-06 or GS-07 level. The role requires at least one year of specialized experience or credit for graduate education directly related to the work, with additional examples of qualifying duties such as maintaining records and coordinating appointments.

Experience at GS-06/07 level includes handling administrative tasks like budgeting, filing, and processing medical and financial documents, and coordinating with

Qualifications

• Graduate education may be credited in those few instances where the graduate education is directly related to the work of the position.

Responsibilities

• You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level. This experience must equip you with the qualifications to perform the duties of the position, typically in or related to the position.

Education

Graduate education creditable if directly related to the work

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:

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.

OR

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.

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.**