Medical Support Assistant (Advanced)
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · Sioux Falls, SD · 1 mo ago
Full-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: h3 for headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We need to parse the posting.
The posting includes:
- Summary: description of role: provides medical administrative support to outpatient clinics, integral member, appointment management, coordination of admin info between staff, patient, caregiver.
- Qualifications: includes basic requirements: US Citizenship, experience none required, education HS diploma, grade determinations: Medical Support Assistant (Advanced) GS-6 Experience: one year experience equivalent to GS-5 grade level, includes advanced knowledge of medical terminology, skill in customer service, ability to operate computerized programs, schedule medical appointments, work independently, communicate effectively.
- Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities (KSAs): list of KSAs.
- Duties: list of duties (major duties include...).
- Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:30am-4pm or 8am-4:30pm Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- Other metadata: Functional Statement #, Relocation/Recruitment Incentives, PCS, etc. We should drop minor metadata.
- No explicit Pay or Benefits mentioned. So we should not create Pay or Benefits sections.
- Schedule: we have work schedule details, so we can include a Schedule section.
- About the role: we can use Summary as About the role.
- Responsibilities: could be Duties.
- Requirements: could be Qualifications (basic requirements) and KSAs? Might combine.
- Skills: could be KSAs.
We need to avoid filler headings. Use only sections with real content.
Thus we can have:
.
Requirements: Basic Requirements section includes:
"United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
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
Grade Determinations: Medical Support Assistant (Advanced) GS-6 Experience: One year of experience equivalent to the GS-5 grade level - which includes - but not limited to: Advanced knowledge of medical terminology specific to understand medical diagnosis and procedures sufficient to communicate clinical staff instructions to patients
Skill in customer service with the ability to identify customer concerns - and refer to the appropriate staff - as necessary - to ensure a satisfactory resolution
Ability to operate computerized programs and systems in order to enter - modify - and retrieve sensitive medical and patient identifying information (PII) into or from electronic health records - scheduling systems - and/or reports
Ability to schedule medical appointments in a clinical setting
Ability to work independently in the accomplishment of a wide variety of duties performing patient support work
Ability to communicate effectively and professionally in person - electronically - and/or by telephone - with internal and external customers"
We can combine these into a paragraph or list. Since it's requirements, maybe a
About the role
...summary...
Responsibilities
- ...duty items...
Requirements
...basic requirements...
maybe also include KSAs as Skills section.Skills
- ...KSAs...
Schedule
...work schedule...
We must not repeat job title as heading. No markdown. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from summary, duties, qualifications, KSAs, schedule. We must not include boilerplate like EEO, etc. Not present. We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. Let's extract content. Summary text: "This position provides medical administrative support to one or more outpatient clinics and is an integral member of the clinic team to effectively carry out day-to-day administrative operations of the clinic. The Advanced Medical Support Assistant (AMSA) is responsible for accurate appointment management and the coordination of all administrative information between the professional staff - patient - patient caregiver and/or representative." We'll put that in About the role. Responsibilities/Duties: The "Duties" section includes a list. Let's extract each duty bullet. From the text: "Major duties include - but are not limited to the following: - Works collaboratively in an interdisciplinary care delivery model and performs receptionist - customer service - and administrative duties for the proper and timely treatment of patients - Demonstrates substantial skills in planning - organizing - problem solving - and decision-making - They maintain appointment schedules for one or more outpatient clinics - while demonstrating a high level of oral and written communication skills - Provides administrative support to our clinical colleagues in the care of our Nation's Veterans - Utilizes a variety of patient data systems and is responsible for performing scheduling functions including appointment scheduling/rescheduling - and cancellations - providing reception to incoming and outgoing customers and communication - appointment check in/out - verification and disposition of provider orders - manual and electronic data entry - and reviewing and updating patient demographics - insurance verification and reviewing and disposition of Message Manager and Secure Messages - Provides specialized and expert administrative patient support while working collaboratively in an interdisciplinary coordinated care delivery model - Work involves specialized administrative judgment and the flexible use of a wide range of clinical flow processes relating to access to care across multiple clinics - specialties - and/or care in the community resources - Recommends changes to existing clinic procedures based on current administrative guidelines - Coordinates with the patient care team to review clinic appointment availability (utilization) - to ensure that clinic schedules are closely monitored to effectively support the needs of the clinics and adjust as necessary - Participates in team huddles and team meetings to manage - plan - problem solve and follow-up with patient care by sharing information and collaborating with the interdisciplinary team - setting priorities and deadlines - adjusting the flow and sequencing of the work to meet team and patient needs - identifies incomplete encounters - independently generates reports - and communicates findings to team members - Receives phone calls in a courteous and timely manner - determine the nature of requests and provide the information desired using privacy rules and established clinic processes - Schedules patient's future appointments with appropriate clinical team members - Organizes paperwork required for the examination - Request medical records from community healthcare facilities - schedules consultation appointments - special procedures - and/or testing labs - radiology - CPAP - PFT's - pulmonary - and other clinics to coordinate care - Able to interpret and communicate requirements of VHA Scheduling Directives and policies - Appointments will be made with the patient's input - either in person - over the phone - or through written communication - This may require a high level of coordination to avoid patients having to make multiple trips to the medical center or clinic - Daily review of return to clinic orders - queries - and referrals" We need to preserve all. We'll put each as- list.
But we also have KSAs (Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities). Those are skills.
KSAs list:
"Candidates must demonstrate all of the KSAs below:
- Advanced knowledge of the technical health care process (including - but not limited to - scheduling across interdisciplinary coordinated care delivery and/or care in the community models and patient health care portals) as it relates to access to care
- Advanced knowledge of policies and procedures associated with interdisciplinary coordinated care delivery and/or care in the community operational activities that affect patient flow - and patient support care [administrative functions] to include - but not limited to appointment cycles - outside patient referrals - follow-up care - overbooking - provider availability - etc
- Advanced knowledge of medical terminology due to the technical nature of language utilized by clinicians
- Ability to collaborate and communicate with a wide range of medical clinicians across multiple disciplines (e.g medical doctors - nurse practitioners - physician assistants - psychologists - psychiatrists - social workers - clinical pharmacists - and nursing staff) to accomplish team goal setting to ensure medical care to patients is met
- Ability to independently set priorities and organize work to meet deadlines - ensuring compliance with established processes - policies - and regulations
- Ability to communicate tactfully and effectively - electronically - by phone - in person - and in writing - with internal and external customers
This may include preparing reports in various formats and presenting data to various organizational levels - as well as resolving patient concerns"
We'll put these as
- under Skills.
Schedule: "Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:30am-4pm or 8am-4:30pm Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position"
We'll put as
. We should not include Functional Statement # etc. Now produce HTML fragment. We need to use
for section headings. Use
- for lists. Use
for prose. We must not include any extra text outside HTML. Let's craft. First section About the role:
About the role
...summary...
Second Responsibilities:Responsibilities
- ...list items...
Requirements
- ...list items...
Skills
- ...KSAs...
Schedule
...schedule...
Make sure to preserve hyphens and punctuation. Let's write the content exactly as in posting, but we can adjust formatting for list items. We need to be careful not to lose any detail. Let's draft About the role paragraph: "This position provides medical administrative support to one or more outpatient clinics and is an integral member of the clinic team to effectively carry out day-to-day administrative operations of the clinic. The Advanced Medical Support Assistant (AMSA) is responsible for accurate appointment management and the coordination of all administrative information between the professional staff - patient - patient caregiver and/or representative." Now Responsibilities list items. We'll copy each bullet exactly as in the posting, preserving the dash usage. List: - Works collaboratively in an interdisciplinary care delivery model and performs receptionist - customer service - and administrative duties for the proper and timely treatment of patients - Demonstrates substantial skills in planning - organizing - problem solving - and decision-making - They maintain appointment schedules for one or more outpatient clinics - while demonstrating a high level of oral and written communication skills - Provides administrative support to our clinical colleagues in the care of our Nation's Veterans - Utilizes a variety of patient data systems and is responsible for performing scheduling functions including appointment scheduling/rescheduling - and cancellations - providing reception to incoming and outgoing customers and communication - appointment check in/out - verification and disposition of provider orders - manual and electronic data entry - and reviewing and updating patient demographics - insurance verification and reviewing and disposition of Message Manager and Secure Messages - Provides specialized and expert administrative patient support while working collaboratively in an interdisciplinary coordinated care delivery model - Work involves specialized administrative judgment and the flexible use of a wide range of clinical flow processes relating to access to care across multiple clinics - specialties - and/or care in the community resources - Recommends changes to existing clinic procedures based on current administrative guidelines - Coordinates with the patient care team to review clinic appointment availability (utilization) - to ensure that clinic schedules are closely monitored to effectively support the needs of the clinics and adjust as necessary - Participates in team huddles and team meetings to manage - plan - problem solve and follow-up with patient care by sharing information and collaborating with the interdisciplinary team - setting priorities and deadlines - adjusting the flow and sequencing of the work to meet team and patient needs - identifies incomplete encounters - independently generates reports - and communicates findings to team members - Receives phone calls in a courteous and timely manner - determine the nature of requests and provide the information desired using privacy rules and established clinic processes - Schedules patient's future appointments with appropriate clinical team members - Organizes paperwork required for the examination - Request medical records from community healthcare facilities - schedules consultation appointments - special procedures - and/or testing labs
- for lists. Use