Supervisory Medical Support Assistant

Job Title

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional

Duties include but are not limited to:

• MSAs at this level interviews and selects new employees subject to the approval of the Chief, Health Administrative Service. Tracks the progress of new employees, evaluates the performance of all assigned Medical Support Assistants(MSA), Advanced Medical Support Assistant (AMSA), and Lead Medical Support Assistants (LMSA) counsels when necessary, and submits justifications for incentive awards or personal actions.
• Identifies and anticipates changes or trends, which could have Medical Center wide significance or create substantial changes in MSA/AMSA/LMSA's. Develops and maintains a quality improvement program for the MSA/AMSA/LMSA, collects data on performance such as customer service and accurate order implementation. Ensures ongoing multidisciplinary teamwork, excellent customer service and professionalism.
• Plans and directs the MSA/AMSA/LMSA activities within eligibility, travel, call center, compensation and pension and inpatient and outpatient clinical areas. Ensures administrative procedures are accomplished in accordance with specified guidelines and within established timeframes.
• Operates in highly diversified medical complex; the supervisor administers a program that is broad, diversified and requires high performance and leadership qualities of the incumbent.
• Makes personnel assignments, adjusting schedules to cover frequent absence of personnel on short notice and for ensuring that adequate coverage of assigned area is always maintained.
• The supervisor reviews appointments, insurance card scanning, pre-registration, encounters, consults, incomplete orders, and patient movement reports, for results achieved, technical soundness, and conformance with applicable regulations, policies, and requirements of the Health Care system.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30 am - 4:00 pm or 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, based on the needs of the service.

Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized

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)

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 Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 54215-F

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized