Health Services Assistant
What you'd do
Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.
Major duties
Responsible for processing budget, medical and other administrative documents, to include updating, maintaining, researching, inventorying and filing records. Responsible for prioritizing assigned tasks, soliciting feedback, preparing and consolidating reports and retrieving and maintaining records for two cost centers and monthly accruals. Assists with technical and analytical tasks involving complex medical material procurement. Serves as a liaison between the Financial Management Department and the Health Services Department. Serves as a contact person in dealing with community hospitals and contract consultants relating to the Health Services Department billing, and scheduling of patient appointments and procedures, and tracking outside medical contractor time sheets. The liaison for outside institutions and medical facilities regarding obtaining medical information and medical care for inmates, to include scheduling, establishing priority, securing approval, arranging transportation, and coordinating routine and emergency medical transfers with institution officials and receiving institutions. Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.
What you need to qualify
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.
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