Health Services Assistant

Bureau of Prisons / Federal Prison System; Yankton (SD); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bureau of Prisons seeks corrections professionals to uphold humane, secure environments and to ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities. This role emphasizes meticulous record-keeping and data integrity across medical and financial documentation.

Applicants should have four years of education above high school and at least one year of specialized experience.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Maintain medical and financial records for individuals.
• Prepare, input, and manage medical data and related forms in computer systems.

Skills

Medical records

Financial records

Medical data entry

Education

Four years above high school

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:

Four years above high school.

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 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.

OR

Combination of Education and Experience:

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.