What are the responsibilities and job description for the Administrative Support (Inpatient) position at Portland VA Medical Center?
Work Schedule: Tours will include nights and weekends. Staff working nights/weekends will be compensated with night differential pay and weekend differential pay. Exact work schedule will be discussed during the interview process
Telework: No telework available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Federal Employee Benefits: https://help.usajobs.gov/working-in-government/benefits
Minimum Requirements: One year of medical scheduling experience and medical terminology experience. These requirements must be annotated in a candidate's resume to be considered.
Inpatient Medical Support Assistants provide administrative support to our clinical colleagues in the care of our Nation's Veterans. Our mission is to provide efficient and effective healthcare services by promoting and enabling the delivery of timely, accurate, accessible health care. VA is committed to cultivating a dedicated workforce of highly skilled employees who understand, believe in and take pride in VA's mission.
Duties will include but are not limited to:-Determining health care eligibility for Veteran patients.- Administrative processing of Veteran patients in enrollment, benefits, and registration.- Counseling Veteran patients regarding entitlement enrollment for health care benefits and other special programs.- Obtaining essential information and documentation from Veteran patients for enrollment activities.- Performing scheduling functions for Veteran patients including appointments, cancellations, and re-scheduling.- Facilitating communication between Veterans and other facility consult departments.- Support of inpatient units and wards with administrative duties during day, evening, night, and weekend shifts.- Processing and record keeping of inpatient medical records.- Manual and electronic data entry.- Collation of statistical information.- Entry of Physician orders and consult requests.- Prepares Veteran patient statistics.-Providing reception to incoming and outgoing customers and communication.- Utilizes Microsoft Office software to compile data and formulate reports
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $56,716.00 per year
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Work Location: In person
Salary : $56,716