Health System Specialist (Family Member Travel Screening/Exceptional Family Member Program)

Summary

About the Position: This position is located at 375th Medical Group at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized. Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service. Student Loan repayment may be authorized. Non-Federal work experience may be creditable for leave purposes.

Duties

• Check individual patients for eligibility of care and determine the reason for the visit.
• Provide advice, guidance and assistance to administrative staff, medical personnel, service members and their families, and others on the procedures, objectives, options, and results of the program.
• Review enrollment packets for completeness, accuracy, legibility and regulatory compliance.
• Perform the initial interview and personally handle unusually difficult or sensitive cases.
• Ensure enrollment forms are uploaded to the patient’s electronic health record.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute the administrative requirements for the program in the health facility.
• Input information into the approved electronic enrollment system.
• Provide age appropriate Developmental Screening Questionnaires, along with instructions, to all families with children birth through 6 years of age prior to their appointment with the medical screener.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications.

Required Documents

• The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstatement, etc).
• Please review the following links to see which documents you need to provide to prove your eligibility to apply: Applicant
• Internal/MP Announcements (DoD)
• As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply.
• If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further. 1.
• Your resume: Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement.
• Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration.
• For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (include month and year), for qualifications purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description that show
• You can perform the tasks at the required level listed in the job announcement.
• If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive consideration for this position.
• Use plain language.
• Avoid using acronyms and terms that are not easily understood.
• The hiring agency will not make assumptions about what's in your resume.
• If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations, and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
• For additional information, to include formatting tips, see: What to include in your resume. 2.
• Other supporting documents: Cover Letter, optional Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable Proof of Eligibility to Apply: Your application must include the documents which prove you are eligible to apply for the vacancy.
• The Proof of Eligibility document describes authorities commonly used in merit promotion recruitment and what document(s) are required to prove you meet the requirements of the authority.
• You must meet the requirements of at least one of the authorities listed in the Who May Apply section above to receive further consideration.
• Time-in-grade documentation: If you are applying for a higher grade and your SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you meet the one year time-in-grade requirement so you will need to
• Provide an SF-50 which clearly demonstrates you meet the time-in-grade requirements (examples of appropriate SF-50s include
• Increases, and SF-50s with an effective date more than one year old).
• You MUST submit a copy of your transcript if you want to substitute your education for experience.
• If you claim qualifications based on education, and do not submit a transcript, your education will not be used in making a qualification determination and you may be found "not qualified." See: Transcripts and
• Licenses NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the
• Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you.
• You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application.
• You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.