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The Medical Support Assistant in Patient Care Services at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare system in North Little Rock, Arkansas is assigned to Health and Wellness System of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and may assist other inpatient/outpatient areas as needed.
The primary duties of the Medical Support Assistant (Advanced) may include but are not limited to:
- Directing and accomplishing a wide span of team Administration procedures
- Ensuring medical records are reviewed and coded prior to transfer out to another VA facility
- Entering appropriate codes from completed Encounter forms
- Extracting Encounter Forms/Prescription Profiles for clinic visits
- Identifying various chemical compounds, symbols, and abbreviations comprising medication orders
- Informing Health and Wellness Service of patient movements, i.e., discharge, consult, etc.
- Initiating referrals as needed and related forms, when ordered by physician
- Issuing meal tickets
- Maintaining census information of patients on applicable forms and/or through the computer terminal
- Making routine administrative decisions regarding administrative functions of the Health and Wellness system and Department of Veterans Affairs policies
- Managing consults for new patients
- Performing checking in/out clinic of visits
- Providing administrative guidance and support to a constantly changing professional staff
- Receiving and handling most customer callers, both personal and telephonic
- Recognizing and referring urgent messages to the clinical staff for immediate action
- Recording telephone messages such as detailed reports, x-rays, test results
- Routing information to appropriate departments for action
- Scheduling and notifying Health and Wellness personnel of patient appointments with various clinics and Services throughout the medical center
- Serving as the point of contact for Health and Wellness services
- Serving as the team clinic/scheduling liaison with other elements of the medical center, and with the public
- Sorting and distributing mail
- Transcribing and directing a wide variety of physician orders for inpatient and outpatients to include requests for diagnostic tests, medications, treatment activities, etc.
- Transferring patients in the computer between departments
- Using the Electronic Record System
- Verifying physicians' orders and forwarding requests in a timely manner to ensure proper care is provided
- Orienting new physicians, residents, interns, nurses and nursing students to Health & Wellness Services
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:30am - 4:00pm and subject to change based on the needs of the service
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized
Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66
. Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Telework: Not Authorized
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 598-00786-F
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Starting at $44,117 Per Year (GS 6)