Health Services Assistant

Federal Bureau of Prisons; Yankton (SD); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Federal Bureau of Prisons in Yankton, SD seeks corrections professionals focused on humane, secure environments and public safety through preparing individuals for reentry.

Position requires at least one year of specialized experience at or above the GL-05/06 levels, including maintaining medical and financial records, scheduling, and data entry into computer systems, with credit for applicable education or experience. Your eligibility will be assessed via the application questions.

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level.
• Examples include maintaining medical and financial records; preparing and keying medical data into a computer system; preparing, processing and maintaining medical and financial forms, documents and reports.
• Combination of education and experience (GL-05 only) may be used.
• Credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience; show actual time spent on activities.
• Eligibility for consideration will be based on responses to the application questions.

Skills

Records management

Medical data entry

Documentation

Education

GL-05

GL-06

Job description

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

Education:

GL-05: Four years above high school.

GL-06: 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:

GL-05:

• Experience in maintaining medical and financial records.
• Experience in preparing and keying medical data into a computer system.
• Experience in preparing, processing and maintaining medical and financial forms, documents and reports.

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.

OR

Combination of Education and Experience:

GL-05 only: A combination of education and experience. This experience must have equipped you with the qualifications to perform the major duties of this position as described above.

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.**