Supervisory Medical Support Assistant

Job Title

Supervisory Medical Support Assistant

Job Description

Supervisory Medical Support Assistants (SMSA) provide administrative support to our clinical colleagues in the care of our Nation's Veterans. Our mission is to provide efficient and effective healthcare services by promoting and enabling the delivery of timely, accurate, accessible health care. VA is committed to cultivating a dedicated workforce of highly skilled employees who understand, believe in and take pride in VA's mission. SMSAs are essential to the success of this mission and may be assigned to many areas (service lines) of the medical center that have a need. The SMSA has the ability to collaborate, communicate, and demonstrate customer service and interpersonal skills with internal and external customers to ensure quality/continuity of care and ensure compliance with established policies and regulations. The duties of this position include but are not limited to the following:

• Plans, organizes, administers, and directs how the support services work will be accomplished for the organizations served.
• Planning, coordinating, analyzing, and directing the many diverse activities of the Ward Administration/outpatient specialty clinic sections that provide the clerical support for the professional and/or services.
• Assigning work of subordinate staff which requires developing performance standards.
• Resolving complex issues to ensure that patient services are met.
• Evaluating new products, equipment and systems in order to make recommendations for improved operations.
• Provides the technical and management guidance necessary to achieve the optimum use of the support service resources which require the application of highly specialized knowledge and skills.
• Carries out a full range of administrative and supervisory duties, to include assignment of work, performance evaluations, selection of staff and recommendations for awards and advancements.
• Organizes work, sets priorities and delegates tasks and responsibilities in order to meet deadlines.
• Manages staffing requirements, manages priorities and coordinates work in order to complete duties in an accurate and timely manner.
• Provides briefings, orientations, staff development and training.
• Develops and formalizes performance evaluations for those under the direct supervision of this position.
• Provides advisory services to all levels of management regarding the requirements and implications of the services provided and following protocols regarding the hospital's policy and regulations.
• Provides advice to operating managers and supervisors in various departments on how provided services can assist in accomplishing their missions and programs.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 0800 - 1630

Compressed/Flexible: Not authorized

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not authorized

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not authorized

Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).

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)

Telework: Not authorized

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized

PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not authorized