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Medical Support Assistant (Office Automation)
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA
Department of Defense
Location
California
Salary
$46,533 - $60,494
per year
Type
Full Time
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January 26, 2026
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 an administrative assistant in a pediatric clinic at a naval medical center, where you'll schedule patient appointments, handle phone calls and visitors, and manage records using computer systems.
It's a good fit for someone with customer service experience in a healthcare or office setting who is organized and comfortable with basic data entry.
Entry-level candidates with relevant education or volunteer work in similar roles would also be suitable.
Key Requirements
- One year of specialized experience in customer service, such as handling phone calls and assisting visitors in a clinic setting
- Experience scheduling various types of appointments
- Proficiency in using automated systems for inputting and retrieving data
- Four years of education above high school from an accredited business, secretarial, technical school, junior college, college, or university (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
- Ability to prepare clinic schedules based on instructions from nurses or physicians
- Skills in tracking missed appointments, rescheduling, and maintaining records
- Familiarity with retrieving data from databases or spreadsheets to compile reports
Full Job Description
About the Position: This position is located at Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California at Directorate of Medicine, Pediatrics.
Recruitment or relocation incentives MAY be authorized for highly qualified candidates. Advance Leave Accrual MAY be authorized for highly qualified candidates.
Salary Negotiation MAY be authorized for highly qualified candidates.
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.
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes1) providing customer service, addressing phone calls, assisting visitors entering the clinic and 2)scheduling various types of appointment and 3) using automated systems to input and retrieve data.
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.
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. Major Duties:
- Prepare various schedules for the clinic on instruction from the clinic nurse and/or physician.
- Schedule patient appointments for the clinic.
- Tracks and maintains records of all missed appointments. Reschedules appointments as directed.
- Receive visitors and patients via telephone and in-person.
- Request patient records for files.
- Assist in referring walk-in and emergency patients for treatment.
- Retrieve data from databases or spreadsheet software to compile standard reports.
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