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Medical Support Assistant
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA
Department of Defense
Location
Arizona
Salary
$42,611 - $55,395
per year
Type
Full-Time
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GS-4 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $30,286 - $39,372
Typical requirements: 1 year general experience. 2 years college or associate degree.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves working as a support assistant in military health clinics at Luke Air Force Base, handling tasks like greeting patients, scheduling appointments, managing records, and using computer systems for information.
It's a good fit for someone with office experience in healthcare or customer service who is organized, communicates well, and can handle administrative duties in a busy clinic setting.
No advanced medical knowledge is needed, just basic clerical skills and reliability.
Key Requirements
- One year of specialized experience in receptionist duties, patient records management, and using office automated systems (or equivalent at GS-04 level)
- Four years of education above high school from an accredited business, secretarial, or technical program (transcripts required)
- Combination of education and experience totaling at least 100% of requirements (transcripts required for education portion)
- Strong communication skills for interacting with patients, coworkers, and leadership
- Proficiency in entering, manipulating, and retrieving data from automated systems
- Ability to perform full range of clerical duties including record keeping and preparing reports
- U.S. citizenship
Full Job Description
About the Position: These positions are located at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona in the Family Health Clinic and the Women's Health Clinic. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation.
Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Basic Requirement for Medical Support Assistant: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes performing receptionist duties, maintaining patient records and retrieving information via multiple office automated systems.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-04).
OR Education: Four years of education above the high school level obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university.
NOTE: You MUST provide a copy of your transcripts.
OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.
To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of education beyond two years (total semester hours minus 60) by 60.
Add the two percentages. NOTE: You MUST provide a copy of your transcripts. Education must have been obtained from an accredited program recognized by the U.S.
Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained Major Duties:
- Perform duties related to clinic administrative operations, customer service, and appointment scheduling.
- Enter, manipulate and/or retrieve information from automated systems.
- Perform the full range of receptionist, record keeping and miscellaneous clerical duties.
- Apply effective communication skills in speaking and writing when working with patients, coworkers, and leadership.
- Prepare correspondences, narratives and statistical reports on reoccurring cycles.
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