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Advanced Medical Support Assistant
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 5 days ago
On-site Mount Vernon, WA $54K – $70K Apply by Sep 21, 2026 Medical Support Assistance ESFJESTJISFJISTJ
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Puget Sound VA Medical center is looking to fill Advanced Medical Support Assistant position at the Mount Vernon, WA Community Based Outreach Clinic. The list generated from this announcement can be used up to 90 days to fill any additional vacancies that may arise.
What You'll Do
- →The Advanced Medical Support Assistants 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.
- →AMSAs are essential to the success of this mission and may be assigned to any department/service line of the medical center that have a need.
- →Duties will include but are not limited to: Determines health care eligibility for Veteran patients.
- →Performs administrative processing of Veteran patients in enrollment, benefits, and registration.
- →Counsels Veteran patients regarding entitlement enrollment for health care benefits and other special programs.
- →Obtains essential information and documentation from Veteran patients for enrollment activities.
- →Performs scheduling functions for Veteran patients including appointments, cancellations, and re-scheduling.
- →Facilitates communication between Veterans and other facility consult departments Supports of inpatient units and wards with administrative duties during day, evening, night, and weekend shifts.
- →Processes and record keeping of inpatient medical records.
- →Performs manual and electronic data entry.
- →Collation of statistical information.
- →Entry of Physician orders and consult requests.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: b5241f57-dfa5-4fdb-8098-91740e94a890
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