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Advanced Medical Support Assistant
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
Hybrid Reno, NV $58K – $76K Apply by Jul 6, 2026 Medical Support Assistance ISFJISTJ Customer Success
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The Advanced Medical Support Assistant (AMSA) is assigned to the VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System (VASNHCS) Community Care (CC) Service to perform a full range of duties related to eligibility, preferences, scheduling, provider interaction, and customer service. The Community Care Program serves eligible Veteran populations through community providers in a variety of patient care settings such as emergent, inpatient, outpatient, and extended care.
What You'll Do
- →Duties of the position include, but are not limited to: Support the consult teams, by using an interdisciplinary coordinated care delivery model.
- →Use advanced interpersonal skills in order to effectively understand patient's needs, assess possible courses of action and take appropriate measures to ensure patient satisfaction.
- →Demonstrate exceptional interpersonal communication skills and work collaboratively with medical center programs, services and multidisciplinary team members in providing accessibility to care and in meeting patient care needs, both clinical and administrative.
- →Serve as the coordinator of incoming telephone calls, receiving a wide range of inquiries, utilizing administrative systems knowledge to identify patient/caller needs, practicing independent decision-making, coordinating care needs, assist in scheduling appointments and directing problem resolution as appropriate.
- →Work closely with CC Nurses and other clinical providers to ensure patients' health needs are met.
- →Maintain appointment schedules for CC, communicates with CC providers to ensure they accept VA patients and payments, prepare any required pre-appointment documents, schedule the appropriate level of care and document the schedule in the appropriate consult.
- →Obtain medical documentation from community providers, scans to appropriate consult within the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) and alerts VA providers for continuity of care.
- →Collaborate with the CC Nurses, Specialty Care teams, and Facility staff for all patient coordination of care issues.
- →Schedule Veteran appointments with community providers using Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS)/ VA Information System Technology Architecture (VistA) or other software scheduling options.
- →Utilize a global knowledge base to provide timely and appropriate telephone caller referral and/or problem resolution.
- →Display a cooperative attitude and will effectively work together to implement the organization's mission and goals.
- →Protect printed and electronic files containing sensitive data in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 and other applicable laws, Federal regulations, VA statutes and policy, and VHA policy.
- →Performs other duties as assigned.
- →Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Telework: Available- Ad Hoc (As determined by office policies) Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓There is no education substitution at this grade level.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 46fb466f-9958-4d96-8fcf-0a7e184281fc
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