The incumbent serves as a Medical Administrative Specialist- Health Administrative Specialist on Duty (HOD) located in the Business Office (BO), or similarly named and organized service; the position has both the authority and responsibility to represent both the Medical Center Director and the Chief, HAS on all administrative matters occurring when assigned to other than a normal tour of duty.
Duties include, but may not be limited to the following:
- Delegated full authority and responsibility to exercise the Medical Center Director's prerogative in medical administrative matters and issues that may arise.
- Represents management in (non-policy making) administrative matters.
- Represents management in matters pertaining to the lawful retention of veterans in the VAMC.
- Maintains continuity of functions and provides full medical administrative support during other than normal tours of duty to clinical and administrative medical center staff.
- Responsible for achieving management objectives and supporting the decision of management in carrying out duties.
- Provides technical guidance necessary to meet procedural, legal, and administrative requirements relating to the care and treatment of patients to achieve optimum use of available resources.
- Processes administrative issues surrounding beneficiary death, seriously ill cases, elopements, suicides, assaults, deaths on arrival (DOAs), homicides, code blue, cost recovery matters, and facility or community disasters, etc.
- Assists in responding to emergencies, determines priorities and nature of action to be taken.
- Assists with computer issues during non-business hours.
- Maintains good public and media relations as instructed and trained by the Public Affairs Officer until the designated employee arrives.
- Conducts analytical studies on operational processes, issue topics, or related special projects as assigned.
- Reviews data and information for trends, problem areas, and makes recommendations to management to resolve issues.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.
Work Schedule: Various; Rotating 8 hour shifts. (Monday - Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm; Monday - Friday 4:00 pm to 8:00 am, Weekends and holidays apply.
Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized
Virtual: This is not a virtual position
Position Description/PD#: Medical Administration Specialist- AOD
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PD99385S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required
Notifications: This position is in the Competitive Service.
This position is a AFGE Bargaining Unit position.
This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay.
Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees.
Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
Interchange Agreements with Other Merit System: Employees who occupy medical or medical-related positions and were appointed under 38 U.S.C. 4701(1) or (3) [formerly 38 U.S.C. 4104 (1) and (3)] must be serving in a full-time position without time limit and have served continuously for at least one year in this other merit system to be eligible to convert to the Title 5 System. Some exceptions to this rule may apply if you have previously acquired tenure under a Title 5 appointment.
Physical Requirements: The work requires much walking through the medical center with occasionally the requirement to lift objects such as suitcases, clothing, or medical charts. Work is accomplished in a busy, generally congested office area. The HOD routinely goes to most sections and buildings, including offices, clinics, wards, laboratories and morgue.
Starting at $55,383 Per Year (GS 7-9)
