This position is located at Shiprock Service Unit, Northern Navajo Medical Center (NNMC) Division of Nursing Services, Operating Room, Shiprock, NM. The purpose of this position is to provide a variety of clerical duties associated with the care and treatment of patients. The incumbent reports to the Supervisory Nurse.
To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of general experience obtained in either the private or public sector performing the following type of work and/or tasks: General Experience is determined to be: Progressively responsible clerical, office, or other work that indicates ability to acquire the particular knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of the position to be filled. Specialized Experience: Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. At the GS-04 level, specialized experience is not required. -OR- Education: Successfully completed education above the high school level in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite is creditable at grades GS-3 through GS-5 for all positions except Reporting Stenographer, GS-5.This education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. One year of full-time academic study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university, or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business, secretarial, or technical school. Time In Grade Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade Requirements: Merit Promotion (status) candidates must have completed one year of service at the next lower grade level. Time-In-Grade provisions do not apply under the Excepted Service Examining Plan (ESEP). You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.
Total Compensation Package - Check out IHS's outstanding total compensation package for this job: Medical Support Assistant Total Compensation | Pay (ihs.gov) Performs receptionist duties, record keeping, maintaining unit log; patient census; and other related clerical duties; receives patients to the unit; reviews nurses' admission notes for patient allergies, check charts and files appropriate records; prepares authorization forms for surgery and other procedures, interprets process as required; utilizes computer systems such as Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Resources Patient Management Systems (RPMS). Orders supplies by established methods and procedures, maintains proper supply levels; types a variety of forms, monthly reports, minutes from meetings for nursing personnel. Participates in the Continuous Quality Improvement program; assist the Nursing staff in orientation of new personnel.Operates personal computer, will be required to use common type software such as word processing, electronic mail, database management, graphics, and spreadsheet software; maintains filing system for the unit.