Medical Support Assistant ( Advanced)

Advanced Medical Support Assistant

The incumbent serves as an Advanced Medical Support Assistant (AMSA) on the Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) Line within Community Care, providing expert level, efficient and accurate responsive assistance to Veterans seeking care at CAVHCS to include but not limited to Community Based Outpatient Clinics, which provides primary care, long-term health care and mental health care services to eligible Veterans in VISN 7. The Advanced MSA provides excellent customer service based on the principles of relationship-based care for Veteran callers contacting the Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) line. The role requires global understanding of VA policies, independent decision making, and multi-disciplinary collaboration. The AMSA provides the Veteran with compassionate, professional, and knowledgeable "First Call" resolution to their inquiries eliminating or limiting multiple telephone transfers or multi staff attempts. The AMSA handles each administrative and/or clinical call independently guidance from the AMSA Supervisor. The AMSA must be flexible to the changing demands and future development of the Community Care program. The AMSA utilizes advanced interpersonal skills to effectively understand patient's needs, assess possible courses of action, and take appropriate measures to ensure patient satisfaction. Consult Management is a major part of the Care in the Community program operations. The major functions of consult management are:

• Meet and exceed productivity standards as outlined in the yearly performance standard(s).
• Open to receiving audits.
• Ability to utilize multiple systems to review consults, create packets for consults and create authorizations.
• Ability to be flexible and multitask.
• Ability to process consults from end to end (i.e., preferences, review for approval from appropriate approving officials, create documentation packets (REFDOC), apply screening triage tool, apply standard episode of care (SEOC), send consult to authorization system, fax to vendor, contact vendor/Veteran about appointment information, input appointment into computerized system, mail appointment letters and authorizations).
• Provide seamless Customer Service via different mediums-phone, face to face, a plethora of computer-based software- to ensure the appropriate service recovery and customer satisfaction.
• Additional Duties as Assigned.

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional

Work Schedule: Monday- Friday: 7:30am - 4:00pm. Work schedule subject to change based on agency need.

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 Available.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 61272F

US Department of Veterans Affairs