Medical Support Assistant (Advanced)

The incumbent serves as an Advanced Medical Support Assistant in the Health Administration Service in support of Intensive Care, Progressive Care, Telemetry, Mental Health, Medical, and Surgery units. The Lexington Veterans Health Care System located in Lexington, Kentucky. Incumbent will perform duties related to support of services on the Intensive Care, Progressive Care, Telemetry, Mental Health, Medical, and Surgery care units of the hospital. PRINCIPALES MISSIONS : VA Careers - Medical Support Assistant: https://youtube.com/embed/EE9c4XkaELo The AMSA provides specialized and expert administrative patient support while working collaboratively in an interprofessional coordinated care delivery model. The inpatient AMSA is responsible for interpreting and verifying provider orders and securing hospital follow-up appointments for discharged patients. Assignments at this level include, but are not limited to: Training new staff, mentoring and providing guidance to MSAs at the entry and developmental level, Receiving admissions and lodgers, performing patient discharges, inter-ward transfers and transfers to other facilities. Monitoring both inpatient and outpatient appointments, have appointments cancelled and rescheduled; sends patients to X-ray, lab, EKG, and other clinics. Prioritizing events that arise throughout the day and coordinate admissions/discharges with clinical staff; Serving as the unit main point of contact and information. Receiving multiple calls and provide information to various medical staff, clinics, and patient families; Providing orientation to staff, patients, and visitors; Performing data entry in VISTA and CPRS, Bed Management System, and BIO Point. Building and updating medical records and extracts information for review. Utilizing Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, and Outlook; Performing office work such as filing, faxing, copying, and ordering supplies. Work Schedule: Variable tours to include days, nights, weekends and holidays. Tours will be assigned upon selection and are subject to change based on the needs of the service. Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 31361F 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) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience. 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) Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized QUALIFICATIONS REQUISES : Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Basic Requirements: Citizenship. Be a citizen of the United States (U.S.). Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens according to 38 U.S.C. § 7407(a). Experience. No experience required. Education. High school diploma, General Education Development equivalency certificate, or proficiency certificate from a State or territorial-level Board or Department of Education. Licensure/Certification/Registration. None Foreign Education. To be creditable, education comple

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OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans? The Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center is a fully accredited, two-division, tertiary care medical center with an operating bed complement of 199 hospital beds. Acute medical, neurological, surgical and psychiatric inpatient services are provided Cooper Division - Clinical Additional Entrance at the Cooper Division, located adjacent to the University of Kentucky Medical Center. Other available services include: emergency care, medical-surgical unites, acute psychiatry, ICU, progressive care unit, (includes Cardiac Cath Lab) ambulatory surgery, OR/PACU, hemodialysis, medicine specialty clinics, surgery specialty clinics, and outpatient primary and spe