Summary This position is in the Business Office at the VA Manchester Healthcare System. This is a full time position at 40 hours per week working nights, weekends & holidays. Responsibilities Provides medical administrative coverage for all Facility administrative duties during absences and irregular hours (Non-Policy Making). Assist with processing admissions. Assists with processing discharges. Assists with enrollment & eligibility for external customers about VA Health Benefits. Provides travel processing support for internal and external customers. Supports health information management systems with information and processing, presentation, and reporting. Maintains and pulls regular reports on multiple digital systems upon request. Coordinates communication between departments and leadership for any emergency situations. Interprets and instructs on established VA, Federal, and Local Policy, Procedures, and SOPs. Provides medical administrative coverage for all Facility administrative duties during absences and irregular hours (Non-Policy Making). Assist with processing admissions. Assists with processing discharges. Assists with enrollment & eligibility for external customers about Health Benefits. Provides travel processing support for internal and external customers. Supports health information management systems with information and processing, presentation, and reporting. Provides medical administrative coverage for all Facility administrative duties during absences and irregular hours (Non-Policy Making). Assist with processing admissions. Assists with processing discharges. Assists with enrollment & eligibility for external customers about Health Benefits. Work Schedule: Full Time Compressed/Flexible: Not Available Telework: Ad Hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position Position Description/PD#:Medical Admin Specialist/PD99368S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Physical Requirements: The work requires no special physical demands, but will require some physical effort such as standing, walking, bending or sitting. Work Environment: The employee will be working in a busy office setting. Due to the varied duties assigned to this position and the requirements for timeliness, coupled with the sensitivity of personal contacts, the employee must perform in a highly stressful environment. The work area is usually an adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated office or medical facility setting. The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts that require normal safety precautions. Employee may work in close proximity to mentally disturbed patients, and consequently, there is a possibility of physical abuse. Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. You may be required to serve a probationary period. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Must pass pre-employment physical examination. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details. This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay. Current employees must submit copies of their most recent SF50, (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.-This position is in the Competitive service. Time-in-Grade Restriction: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also met time-in-grade requirements. The grade may have been in any occupation but must have been held in the Federal service. Veteran's preference does not apply for other current permanent Federal agency employees This position is required to cover nights, weekends and holidays. Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement,07/01/2024. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS 09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07 level. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS 07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Formulates, presents, executes, and analyzes organizational budgets. Plans, develops and conducts internal review studies in deficient areas including records management, and privacy issues. Utilization Review and Health Information activities, privacy, records management and the new scanning program. Interviewing and counseling Veterans concerning the law and regulatory guidelines on their enrollment and eligibility for health care benefits. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related. The degree must be in a field that equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the Medical Administration Specialist position. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond one year of graduate education. Education A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. Additional Information VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Contact the Agency Contact for information on how to apply under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/. Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position. It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment. Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members. For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Status Candidates and Other Candidate Definitions document. If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.